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Mid-Beach
Faena Hotel Miami Beach
The theatrical heart of the Faena District on Collins Avenue, with a gilded mammoth, the Damien Hirst-adorned Tree of Life, and the cabaret-led Living Room.
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Florida · Miami
The Magic City, planned in full.
The stays, the tables, the yachts and the art. Every top-rated way to experience Miami, curated and handled by a private concierge.
The destination, curated
Miami runs on contrast: Art Deco glamour and a wild Everglades edge, century-old stone crab and a starred tasting room, the open bay and a gilded beachfront. The best of it takes a yacht, a reservation held weeks ahead, and someone who knows the city's many moods.
Ways to experience Miami
Six trips, one place.
Start with the version of Miami you came for. Each is designed end to end, with the activities and stays that fit.
For two
Luxury honeymoon
Begin in the gilded glamour of Mid-Beach, end on the quiet sands of Surfside, and let someone else carry every reservation in between.
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For the whole group
Private family villa
Calm, reef-protected swimming, multi-bedroom residences with real kitchens, and resort programming when you want it.
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For the active traveler
Adventure & wellness
Miami rewards a rhythm of adrenaline and recovery in the same day.
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For private groups
Private group retreat
Every signature Miami experience has an exclusive-use version. We assemble them into one seamless week.
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For the food-led
Food & chef experience
Miami's food runs from century-old icons to a starred tasting room. We build the trip around it.
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Mobility-friendly
Accessible luxury
The city's best scenery and culture, planned to minimize rough terrain and long transfers.
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Beachfront flagships and design icons.
From the gilded Faena District to a serene oceanfront sanctuary, these are the stays a Miami trip is built around.
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South Beach
The Setai, Miami Beach
An Art Deco-meets-Asian sanctuary with three temperature-set pools, oceanfront suites, and one of the quietest stretches of South Beach sand.
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Surfside
Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club
A restored 1930s private club in Surfside with two Richard Meier towers, a Le Sirenuse restaurant, and a storied oceanfront cabana lawn.
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South Beach
1 Hotel South Beach
A nature-forward, sustainable-luxury flagship with four pools, a rooftop bar, and reclaimed-wood interiors steps from the sand at 24th Street.
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Brickell Key
Mandarin Oriental, Miami
A serene island address on Brickell Key with a private beach club, an acclaimed spa, and skyline-and-bay views from every room.
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Brickell
Four Seasons Hotel Miami
A polished downtown tower above Brickell Avenue with a seventh-floor pool terrace, the EDGE steakhouse, and quick access to the financial district.
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Stone crab icons and chef's-table tasting rooms.
Miami's dining runs from century-old institutions to a MICHELIN-starred tasting room and Italian-American theater. We hold the hard reservations.
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South Beach
Joe's Stone Crab
The 1913 Miami Beach institution that defined stone crab season, still family-run and famously without reservations for the main dining room.
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South Beach
Stubborn Seed
Chef Jeremy Ford's MICHELIN-starred, ingredient-driven tasting room in South of Fifth, with a counter looking into the open kitchen.
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South Beach
Carbone
The Major Food Group's red-sauce theater, spicy rigatoni vodka and tableside Caesar amid mid-century Italian-American glamour.
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Wynwood
KYU
Wood-fired Asian-inspired plates in the heart of Wynwood, anchored by a beloved smoked-and-roasted cauliflower and a lively bar.
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Little Havana
Versailles Restaurant
The self-styled world's most famous Cuban restaurant on Calle Ocho, an essential ventanita cortadito and a true taste of Little Havana.
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Surfside
Le Sirenuse Miami
The Positano legend's only outpost, refined Amalfi Coast cooking inside the Four Seasons at The Surf Club, with a jewel-box champagne bar.
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The skyline you only get from the water.
Miami reveals itself from Biscayne Bay: Star Island mansions, the downtown skyline, and Stiltsville. Private full-boat charters are the luxury way to see it.
Summer afternoons can bring fast-moving thunderstorms; morning and sunset departures are the most reliable.
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Homestead
Biscayne National Park Institute
The park's official partner, running guided sailing, snorkel, and the historic Stiltsville cruise across the bay's protected waters.
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Miami Beach
Prime Luxury Rentals
Private full-boat yacht charters on Biscayne Bay with captain and crew, a polished option for skyline cruising and sandbar afternoons.
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Miami Beach Marina
Miami Yacht Charters
A broad private fleet out of Miami Beach Marina, from sport yachts to large motor yachts, well suited to groups and celebrations.
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Coconut Grove
Sailing Florida Charters
Crewed private sailing from the Grove and the bay, a quieter, wind-powered way to take in the skyline and Key Biscayne.
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Oceanfront spas and rooftop calm.
Miami is built for the slow restore: a Russian-Turkish bathhouse, a sustainable rooftop sanctuary, and a serene island spa.
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Mid-Beach
Tierra Santa Healing House at Faena
A South American-inspired healing house at the Faena, with shamanic-informed rituals, a hammam, and a sweeping menu of treatments.
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South Beach
The Spa at The Setai
A tranquil Asian-influenced spa with traditional therapies, a hydro circuit, and one of the calmest wellness floors on the beach.
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Belle Isle
The Standard Spa, Miami Beach
A bayfront wellness retreat on Belle Isle with a Turkish hammam, mud lounge, and an adults-only infinity pool over the water.
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South Beach
Bamford Wellness Spa at 1 Hotel
Carole Bamford's organic, botanical-led spa inside 1 Hotel South Beach, pairing natural treatments with a nature-forward setting.
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Murals, a Gilded Age villa, and a design district.
Miami's culture sits between an open-air mural museum, a Renaissance-revival bayfront villa, and a luxury design enclave. These are the anchors.
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Coconut Grove
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
A 1916 Italian Renaissance-style villa on Biscayne Bay with formal gardens and a stone barge, the city's most romantic landmark.
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Wynwood
Wynwood Walls
The outdoor museum that turned a warehouse district into a global street-art destination, ringed by galleries, shops, and restaurants.
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Design District
Miami Design District
A walkable enclave of flagship boutiques, public art, and acclaimed restaurants, anchored by the Institute of Contemporary Art.
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Downtown
Perez Art Museum Miami
Herzog and de Meuron's hanging-garden museum on Biscayne Bay, with a terrace cafe and rotating contemporary collections.
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South Beach
Ocean Drive Art Deco District
The pastel heart of South Beach, the largest concentration of Art Deco architecture anywhere, best seen on a guided morning walk.
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South Beach
South Beach
The wide white-sand stretch behind Ocean Drive, lined with lifeguard stands, cabanas, and the famous Art Deco hotels.
Signature adventures
Airboats, mangroves, and a barrier-island park.
The one-of-a-kind days: gliding the Everglades sawgrass by airboat, paddling Key Biscayne's mangroves, and a lighthouse on the island's tip.
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Everglades
Everglades Safari Park
Private and small-group airboat tours across the River of Grass off the Tamiami Trail, with a wildlife sanctuary and walking trails.
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Everglades
Gator Park Airboat Tours
A long-running Tamiami Trail operator running narrated airboat rides deep into the sawgrass, with resident alligators up close.
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Key Biscayne
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park
The barrier island's southern tip, a historic 1825 lighthouse, calm swimming beaches, and seagrass flats to paddle.
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Key Biscayne
Virginia Key Outdoor Center
Guided kayak and paddleboard tours through the protected mangrove tunnels and lagoon between Miami and Key Biscayne.
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Key Biscayne
Crandon Park
A two-mile barrier-island beach with a shallow, reef-protected lagoon, ideal for gentle swimming and a family beach day.
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Everglades
Shark Valley, Everglades National Park
A 15-mile loop into the national park by tram or bike to a panoramic observation tower over the wetlands and wildlife.
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Championship layouts within the city.
Two of South Florida's most celebrated courses, both within easy reach of where you stay.
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Doral
Trump National Doral, Blue Monster
The famed Blue Monster, a long-time PGA Tour host, a demanding, water-laced championship layout at the Doral resort.
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Key Biscayne
Crandon Golf at Key Biscayne
The only municipal course on a barrier island, mangrove-and-bay holes with Atlantic views, a former Champions Tour venue.
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Miami Beach
Miami Beach Golf Club
A classic Arthur Hills redesign minutes from the sand, the most convenient quality round for a South Beach base.
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Sailfish, mahi, and flats off Biscayne Bay.
Private charters run year-round from Miami's marinas for Atlantic sailfish, mahi-mahi, and tuna offshore, plus bonefish and tarpon on the flats.
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Haulover
THERAPY-IV Deep Sea Fishing
A long-established 58-foot charter out of Haulover Marina, private offshore trips for sailfish, mahi, tuna, and wahoo.
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Miami Beach Marina
Reward Fishing Fleet
A Miami Beach institution since 1947, with private deep-sea charters and a well-run drift boat out of the marina.
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Miami
Bouncer's Dusky 33
Captain Bouncer Smith's legendary light-tackle and offshore charters, decades of expertise on Biscayne Bay and beyond.
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Timing is the whole trip.
Best overall months
November to April brings warm, dry days, low humidity, and the city's peak social and art calendar.
Stone crab season
Mid-October through early May is the window for Florida stone crab, the time to book Joe's.
Boating and the bay
Year-round, though summer afternoons bring fast storms. Morning and sunset departures are the most reliable.
Art and design week
Early December is Art Basel and Design Miami, the city's busiest and most glamorous week, booked far ahead.
Your Miami
Let us build the Miami you came for.
Tell us the shape of the trip you can already picture. A concierge fills in everything still open and sends back a plan, not a quote.