JulieVikmanis

We live in FLL and I am something of a hotel freak so each year at least once I try to get to Miami to walk about South Beach and see which hotels have returned to disrepair and which are newly renovated. I think I'll be going again this weekend and haven't been in almost a year. What's new? apparently the Victor, finally after all these years. What else? Thanks for any tips you can give.

GoTravel

Has The Victor opened yet? It still had a ways to go the end of September.

The Setai (http://www.setai.com/) is next door to the Shore Club and one of the tallest high rises in South Beach. Rates start around $900 a night.

If you haven't been yet, the Ritz-Carlton South Beach finally opened. It was the former Di Lido.

JulieVikmanis

Thanks. We drove by and it doesn't look like the Victor is open just yet, but they're getting close.

Graziella5b

I believe that the Setai is way over the others. THe out door spaces are stunning. It is beautiful no matter where you look at it. Food is also wonderful in the restaurant.
The Ritz is the remodeled Di Lido which happened to be in its days, and in my opinion, an ugly hotel. The Victor, I have seen only the lobby is not much. But, ah...the Setai is very, very, nice...

GoTravel

The Ritz-Carlton South Beach is much more than the remodeled DiLido. They spent hundreds of millions of dollars and four years building on to the DiLido. The old hotel is a small section of the new RC.

Versace's mansion has rooms you can rent.

GoTravel

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