Occupying the 100-year-old landmark Moore building, this boutique hotel is perfectly situated to help you take advantage of the best of the Design District and explore Wynwood. In addition to 15 guestrooms, the four-story building also houses a posh co-working space, multiple restaurants, and a karaoke den. A private members club (which hotel guests have access to during their stay) features exclusive spaces like intimate cocktail lounges and regularly hosts events like artist talks and musical performances. The hotel also has an art gallery with a rotating lineup of emerging artists. Accordingly, the hotel attracts an artsy and fashionable clientele; its lounges and hallways buzz during the annual Art Basel fair and events like the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix and Miami Music Week.

The Moore’s most striking design element is artist Zaha Hadid’s site-specific installation “Elastika,” which spans the hotel’s light-filled atrium. Stretches of weblike-material gives the space a futuristic feel that contrasts with the building’s historic architecture. The residential-style rooms are elegant and comfortable thanks to Swedish Duxiana beds, Byredo shower amenities, and oversized soaking tubs in porcelain bathrooms.

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Downtown through Brickell

If you prefer a cosmopolitan urban landscape over a beachy escape, the Brickell neighborhood has gone through a renaissance in the last decade. What was once a sleepy financial district has become a sophisticated tourist destination, home to lashy hotels and even flashier restaurants, most of which are actually quite good, despite their penchant for sparkler-festooned champagne bottles and DJ booths.

Stay downtown and you can easily pop over to happy hour at LPM Miami to rub elbows with Brickell power players and try its legendary tomatini served with clarified tomato juice. From there it’s on to dinner at Osaka next door, with dazzling Nikkei-style dishes. Further up the avenue, Claudie channels the South of France, complete with a bubbling fountain in its picturesque courtyard, while across the street, seductive spot Felice dishes up excellent pasta and tiramisu. For a big night out, you’ll want—no, need— Brickell’s most over-the-top sushi restaurant Sexy Fish. Bronze mermaids, floating fish, and a large octopus sculpture by Damien Hirst look down on diners in the dining room.

Antonio Tur