Fontainebleau Miami Beach

Built in 1954 on Collins Avenue in Mid-Beach, the Fontainebleau retains Morris Lapidus's curved marble lobby and bow-tie terrazzo floor, now framing a property that spans several towers between the ocean and Indian Creek. Eleven pools and a private stretch of sand separate this stretch of Miami Beach from the denser hotel rows further south.

The Lapis spa and a run of nightlife venues keep the property functioning as its own destination, while Lincoln Road's shops sit fifteen minutes north by car. Business travelers and groups gravitate toward its convention-scale meeting space, distinct from the boutique South Beach crowd.