Frommer's^® South Florida: With the Best of Miami and the Keys, 7th Edition

by Lesley Abravanel

• ISBN13: 9780470632352
• ISBN10: 0470632356
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-01
• Publisher: Frommers

Summary

Author Lesley Abravanel lives and works in Miami as a gossip columnist for the Miami Herald, so she knows the Florida scene, what's hot and what's not, which restaurants the celebs frequent and sometimes own (and which establishments you might avoid for that very reason). Lesley covers Florida's highlights from a resident's perspective: the South Beach club scene, the best restaurants, hotels at every price point, dive sites in the Keys, baseball spring training, theme parks, the Everglades, the Gold Coast, the Treasure Coast, world-class golf courses, and beaches, water sports, and lots of beach bars. Miami plays host to several major festivals each year, including Art Basel Miami Beach, the Miami International Boat Show, and the Miami Book Fair International. Ten new hotels opened in 2009, with five more slated for completion in 2010. Includes a full-color foldout map.

Author Biography

Lesley Abravanel is a freelance journalist and a graduate of the University of Miami School of Communication. When she isn’t combing South Florida for the latest hotels, restaurants, and attractions, she is on the lookout for vacationing celebrities and covers them in her weekly nightlife and gossip column, "Velvet Underground," in the Miami Herald. She is a contributor to Business Traveler, Time Out, all three illustrious supermarket tabloids, and is the author of Florida For Dummies, Frommer's Florida, and Frommer's Portable Miami.

Table of Contents

List of Maps.

1 THE BEST OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

2 SOUTH FLORIDA IN DEPTH.

3 PLANNING YOUR TRIP TO SOUTH FLORIDA.

4 SUGGESTED SOUTH FLORIDA ITINERARIES.

5 GETTING TO KNOW MIAMI.

6 WHERE TO STAY IN MIAMI.

7 WHERE TO DINE IN MIAMI.

8 WHAT TO SEE & DO IN MIAMI.

9 MIAMI SHOPPING.

10 MIAMI AFTER DARK.

11 THE EVERGLADES & BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK.

12 THE KEYS & THE DRY TORTUGAS.

13 THE GOLD COAST.

14 FAST FACTS: SOUTH FLORIDA.

Index.