How Do You Visit South Beach, Florida?
Once a quiet, Miami Beach retirement community on the Atlantic Ocean along South Collins Avenue, “SoBe” has zoomed into a prominent tourist destination with luxury art deco hotels, gourmet dining, upscale shopping districts, pristine beaches and azure waters decorated with colorful, artsy lifeguard stations. Visitors will enjoy exploring Ocean Drive or relaxing on the beach to soak up the sun. After sunset, the town turns into one grand night club with hot spot after hot spot with music and dancing into the wee hours. Stop at the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau on Brickell Avenue or the Chamber of Commerce on Meridian Avenue and pick up maps and visitor, parking and tour information. Take a 1 1/2-hour guided walking tour of the Art Deco District, scheduled through the Miami Design Preservation League Welcome Center on Ocean Drive. There’s lots of history that goes back to the 1920s. Visit the lobbies of some of the renovated hotels from that era. South Beach was also a mil
