Holiday Inn Port of Miami Downtown, Miami

Advantages: Quite handy if you're actually staying in Miami
Disadvantages: The list is endless!

...HOTELS There is one hotel located at the airport, unoriginally named The Miami International Airport Hotel, although within the neighbouring five kilometres there is a wide array of Holiday Inn, Sofitel, Wyndham, and Hilton establishments. WHEELCHAIR ACCESS The whole airport is designed to be wheelchair friendly, with ramps and/or lift to all areas, and disabled rest rooms in all concourses. PASSENGER FIGURES (PASSING THROUGH MIA PER YEAR) Total Passengers 30.1 million Overseas Passengers 14.3 million ******************************************************... Read review

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Advantages: Great beaches, nightlife and shopping
Disadvantages: it can be expensive

...with the kids. Coral Gables Top hotel's and restaurants located in this upscale area - golf courses bars and good shopping. Key Biscayne The first island in the Florida Keys. Great beaches, with Hobie Beach especially good for jet skiing. Downtown Miami One of my favourite districts, this is home to lots of restaurants including the Hard Rock Café in Bayside Marketplace. It is an outdoor shopping centre, a mixture of large brand shops such as Gap, and Bodyworks, to little market stalls that overlook the harbour. I picked up some excellent bargains here! Little Havana It is like being in Cuba! As you can imagine the Latin America population here is quite large, and there are many art galleries with cheap eateries. We stayed at the Blue moon hotel on Collins Drive South Beach in June 2004 for 3 nights. It was lovely... Read review

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Advantages: Value for money, good facilities, near "Music City" centre
Disadvantages: Bus ride to malls if you're there for the shopping

...I was in Nashville for a classical music conference attended by more than 1000 delegates, so I was surprised that this Holiday Inn - one of the overflow hotels was listed as being only 2 star. I needn't have worried. It proved to be a more than adequate base for my stay and had some great plus points which to me puts it more in the 3 star level as far as we Brits grade hotels. I paid about £70 a night booked direct. The room was typical Holiday Inn Express, no frills, clean, basic furnishings, but with huge US tv and very comfy king size bed (better than in British Holiday Inns in my experience) usual things like hairdryer, ironing board, coffee/tea + kettle, free newspaper all OK. Plus point was the extras in the bathroom: shampoo, conditioner, body cream etc which were replenished several times during my stay (note we don't get... Read review

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