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Miami

Compare Miami Beach, Brickell, Downtown and Wynwood. Choose your base around beach time, dining, a cruise departure or a short city stay.

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A practical plan for this area

Use this page to decide whether Miami belongs in a wider Florida trip, then choose the detailed base on Miami Guide. A beach stay, a Brickell work visit and a night before a cruise need different hotel and transfer plans.

Getting there and back

Check whether you arrive at MIA, another airport or by road. For a cruise, identify the ship’s PortMiami terminal from the cruise line. Include the cross-bay journey when comparing Miami Beach with a mainland overnight.

Before you book

Match the hotel to the main commitment and check its actual transfer arrangements. Choose the cruise, work or beach plan before comparing rates; a cheap room in another area may add journeys both ways.

If plans change

If a late flight removes the beach afternoon, compare a mainland or airport sleep stop. Keep the next-day transfer explicit and choose a meal near the hotel.

Plan reviewed: Sep 16, 2026

Guides

Florida planning guides

Region decisionFlorida by region: the Atlantic coast vs the Gulf coast vs the KeysFlorida is too spread out to see in one trip, so pick a region and base, not a statewide loop. The Atlantic coast is about surf, historic St. Augustine, and the Palm Beach–to–Fort Lauderdale strip; the Gulf coast is about calmer, warmer water and the beach towns of Sarasota, Naples, and Sanibel; the Keys are a separate long drive to Key West. Add the Everglades as a nature day from either the Miami side or the Gulf side. Choose by the water you want, the season, and how much driving you will tolerate.Keys route plannerDriving the Overseas Highway: Miami to Key West through the KeysThe Overseas Highway (US-1) runs about 160 miles from Miami to Key West on a single road, crossing the Seven Mile Bridge and a chain of islands to mile marker zero in Old Town. It is toll-free but slow — two-lane stretches, one road in and out, and one bad crash can stall the whole chain — so give it a full day and stay at least a night. In Key West, base in walkable Old Town for Hemingway's home and its six-toed cats, Fort Zachary Taylor's beach, the lighthouse, and the butterfly conservatory.Historic coast plannerHistoric Atlantic Florida: St. Augustine, Amelia Island, and Palm BeachFlorida's Atlantic coast holds the state's deepest history. St. Augustine is the old Spanish city — the Castillo de San Marcos, the Lightner Museum, and Flagler College — best based in the walkable historic district. Amelia Island, just north, adds a quiet 19th-century fort and beach town. Far south, Palm Beach is Gilded-Age Florida — the Flagler Museum, The Breakers, and Worth Avenue — with Fort Lauderdale's beaches and museums nearby. Base in the north for the old city or the south for the Gilded-Age strip; they're too far apart to combine casually.

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Miami in the Florida region roster

Use the statewide map to compare this region against the other islands, historic cities, the Everglades, and the Gulf and Atlantic coasts.

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Florida regions

1MiamiBeach-area choices, Brickell and downtown, Little Havana, Wynwood, cruise and airport bases on Biscayne Bay.2Key WestThe end of the Overseas Highway: walkable Old Town, Hemingway's house, the lighthouse, and sunset at the island's edge.3St. AugustineThe oldest city: the coquina Castillo, St. George Street, and the Flagler-era Gilded Age buildings.4Ybor CityTampa's historic Latin cigar quarter on 7th Avenue - the Columbia Restaurant, Cuban bakeries, and social clubs.5NaplesOld Naples, the pier, the Fifth Avenue South shops and dining, gardens, and the Gulf-coast beaches.6St. ArmandsRingling's St. Armands Circle, Lido and Longboat beaches, the Ringling museum, and Selby Gardens.7Worth AvenuePalm Beach's luxury Worth Avenue promenade, the Flagler Museum, and the historic Breakers oceanfront resort.8Las OlasFort Lauderdale's Las Olas Boulevard, the Riverwalk museums, the Bonnet House, and the beach strip.9Amelia IslandThe northeast barrier island: Victorian Fernandina Beach downtown, Fort Clinch, and Atlantic resorts.10EvergladesThe river of grass: the Homestead, Shark Valley, and Gulf Coast gateways to Everglades National Park.11SanibelThe shelling islands: the Sanibel lighthouse, the Ding Darling wildlife refuge, and the Shell Museum.

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Where to stay

Compare places to stay in Miami and Miami Beach

Once the plan above has settled which part of Miami and Miami Beach you're basing in, this live map compares lodging prices there for your dates.

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