The Local House

Fourteen rooms sit above the ground-floor terrace at 400 Ocean Drive, where The Local House anchors the quieter south end of Miami Beach's Art Deco strip, two blocks from South Pointe Park and its Government Cut views.

Rooms keep a residential scale rather than resort-size suites, with terrazzo floors nodding to the building's 1930s bones. The Ocean Drive bike path runs directly out front for the ride north to Lincoln Road.

A four-star property built for walkers, it favors guests skipping rental cars in favor of the beach, the park, and South Beach's restaurant blocks on foot.