Hotels near Ocean Drive and the Art Deco Historic District

The Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District holds the largest concentration of 1920s and 1930s Art Deco architecture in the world, roughly 800 protected buildings of pastel facades, porthole windows, neon signs and streamlined curves. Ocean Drive is its showpiece, a seafront run of boutique hotels that glow in neon after dark.

By day the district is a walking museum, and guided tours from the Art Deco Welcome Center explain the styles and the designers behind them. By night Ocean Drive becomes a noisy, neon-lit promenade of restaurants and bars - more spectacle than fine dining, but unmistakably Miami.

Pro Tip: Walk Ocean Drive at dusk when the neon flickers on but before the dinner crowds peak, then cut a block west to quieter Collins Avenue and Espanola Way for the prettiest facades. The Art Deco Welcome Center runs good-value guided and self-guided audio tours.