So last week I went to Miami! What an amazing place.
We stayed at the Red South Beach Hotel. It was more mid-beach than South Beach so it was a bit of a trek when we wanted to explore, but Ubers became life/feet savers.
We upgraded our room so we had a bigger bed, as neither me or my boyfriend are great at bed sharing. The room was well air conditioned - another life saver, and there was a en-suite, wardrobe, fridge and safe. Also a TV and dressing table. There was an iron and ironing board - but please, we were on holiday - so I pretended that didn't exist.
As you probably guessed by the name, the theme of the hotel is the colour red, so the hotel and rooms have a nice red decor.
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| Bedroom |
We didn't pay for an ocean view room - which I believe was an option (I guess this would be the higher rooms) but we could just see it through the buildings. We mainly looked out over a main road - Collins Ave, which could be a bit noisy at night - a lot of racing cars and sirens. But this didn't bother us too much. What was annoying though was the other people staying in the hotel. We were often woken up by shouting, and people walking down the corridors talking loudly and playing music at 5am - but hey it is Miami, a lot of people go there to party, and I expect it's the same in most hotels.
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| View from room - window was a bit dirty! |
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| Hotel pool area |
The hotel also had a nice pool area with a restaurant. The restaurant offers room service - although we didn't take advantage of this. We did however have the most delicious mushroom pizza there. Service was a little slow, but they made up for it with the delicious food. One day we even had a pizza out by the pool while we were sunbathing - heaven.
I'm ashamed to say I never actually went in the pool as the only time I went down it was pretty busy and I was too engrossed in my book. There were plenty of sun loungers for sun bathing and the hotel offers beach towels to use by the pool or the beach.
The beach is literally two minutes away. Cross the road, and walk down a small street and you are there. There were plenty of places to hire sun loungers and parasols - $35 for 2 loungers and a parasol for the day. As you can imagine the beach was beautiful. There was a path so you can walk all the way along it. A lot of people were jogging along the path - crazy people - I could barely walk in that heat.
The hotel also offers tours to different places around Miami, such as the Everglades, the Mall, the Sea Aquarium and many others. Obviously these are at a cost, but the prices seemed reasonable. This is booked through the concierge at the front of the hotel.
Over all we were happy with the hotel and would probably stay there again. The staff were friendly and the hotel had everything you need for a holiday in Miami!
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