Overall

We went last year - it depends how you take it , .hence the big mix of reviews here. Our take : 1. Miami beach is lovely, nice and quiet too. Our hotel (Wyndham Miami beach) had fantastic views, good access to the beach and a lovely pool area and we were glad we there rather than in one of the boutique onea 2. The beach on South Beach is rubbish. There's a horrible vast concrete bit before the beach itself which isn't all that good and it is full of people showing off thinking they're cool. Unpleasant. 3. It does get crowded on the main run for restaurants and what have you leading up to Ocean Drive but the vibes are good. Food is excellent, particularly if you avoid the so called 'exclusive' places. Great music too. 4. If you go off the main drag, you can find some interesting places, we found a great dim sum place and in the North we went to this huge market with a very latin and caribbean feel Taking the fashionistas in good spirit (i.e we laughed at them), we otherwise found Miami a very chilled relaxing place and would love to go back - part of the appeal here is the mix of cultures from southern US to latin and caribbean

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Great for: Beaches, Nightlife

Last Visit: August 2005

1 November 2006 | A Yahoo! User

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