Hotel at a Glance: Fortune House Hotel

Not everyone is lucky enough to have a luxury condo in Miami, but the 3.5- Star Fortune House Hotel has the next best thing. Their luxury suites come complete with kitchens, in-room washers and dryers, and modern furniture, making them the perfect home-away-from-home to return to after a long day of sampling Cuban food or laying out on the Miami coast. Just like at home, guests can put their feet up and eat take-out in front of the TV or spend a morning sipping coffee on the private balconies.

• Loosen up: The hotel sauna is the perfect place to sweat it out, leaving you feeling relaxed and unwound.
• Feel the sand between your toes at the shores of South Beach, which are about 7 miles from the hotel.
• Get a little artsy: Only 3 miles away is modern and contemporary artwork from all over the globe at the Pérez Art Museum Miami.
• Catch a show at the James L. Knight Convention Center, which is about a mile away and regular hosts concerts and comedy shows.

Miami’s Brickell Neighborhood: Upscale Shops and Restaurants in Thriving Financial District

Bustling professionals en route to their offices set the pace in Brickell, where glittering commercial high-rises share the skyline with upscale condo buildings. Boutique spas and high-end restaurants stay busy throughout the day, but the scene really picks up around happy hour. To the north, causeways connect the neighborhood to Miami’s South Beach.

Sometimes called the “Manhattan of the South” for its high concentration of banks, Brickell has long served as Miami’s financial district. In recent years, however, the area has seen a boom in luxury residences, and gourmet restaurants and posh boutiques followed in their wake. You’ll find these new storefronts on the area’s two main thoroughfares—Brickell and Miami Avenues—which are also home to eclectic art galleries, wine-tasting rooms, and chic bakeries. At night, an array of stylish clubs and VIP lounges offers everything from live blues music to DJ-dropped electronic beats.