Porto Vita -  Aventura, FL

 AVENTURA. ”The City of Excellence” is a planned city located in northeastern Miami-Dade County, Florida with 29,475 residents. The city name comes from the Spanish word for "adventure".  Aventura is a very residential and well kept area and it offers a mix of condos, townhouses and single family homes.  It is known for its beautiful marinas and impeccable parks. Aventura is home of the famous “Aventura Mall” and the “Turnberry Resort and Golf Club” which was named one of the “World's Best” in 2008 by Travel + Leisure magazine.

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, the City of Sun and Sea, is located on a barrier island in the northeast corner of Miami-Dade County, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east and the Intracoastal Waterway on the west. Golden Beach lies to the north, Bal Harbour and Haulover Park, to the south and midway between downtown Miami and Fort Lauderdale.

The City is steadily replacing outdated motels with luxury residential oceanfront developments that enjoy the 2 ½ mile-long fine sand beach and all types outdoor amenities as well as the abundant shopping, dining and entertainment options nearby.

Sunny Isles

Sunny Isles

Pinnacle, Acqualina and Trump buildings Sunny Isles, FL

Golden Beach

Golden Beach

 
Private Beach - Golden Beach, FL

GOLDEN BEACH  is located in the barrier island that separates the Intracoastal Waterway from the ocean; the entire town is about one mile from north to south, and four blocks from east to west. Golden Beach is known as a very upscale community, and many of its houses are worth well over a million dollars. Several celebrities, including Bill Gates, Ricky Martin, Benjamin Rose, and a Paul Newman, maintain homes there. The Eric Clapton album 461 Ocean Boulevard was named after the Golden Beach house at that address, a photo of which is also featured on the album cover.

BAL HARBOUR is in Miami-Dade County, Florida, is located on the northern tip of the barrier island commonly referred to as Miami Beach. The main traffic corridor running south to north through Bal Harbour is Collins Avenue, also demarked as Florida State Highway A1A. A channel between the north end of Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic ocean runs across the northern end of Bal Harbour. A bridge, maintained by the State of Florida connects Bal Harbour to Haulover Park, to the north. Haulover Park is maintained by the Miami-Dade Parks Commission. The famous upscale open-air Bal Harbour Shops, is considered to be the most exclusive shopping destination in the Southern US.

Bal Harbour

Bal Harbour

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Aerial view of Bal Harbour, FL

Miami Beach

Miami Beach

Star Island - Miami Beach, FL
MIAMI BEACH, FL

MIAMI BEACH's Art Deco Historic District was listed in 1979 on the National Register of Historic Places. The Art Deco District is the largest collection of Art Deco architecture in the world and comprises hundreds of hotels, apartments and other structures erected between 1923 and 1943. Mediterranean, Streamline Moderne and Art Deco are all represented in the District. The Historic District is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the East, Lenox Court on the West, 6th Street on the South and Dade Boulevard along the Collins Canal to the North.

SOUTH BEACH, also known as SoBe, or simply The Beach the area from 1st street to about 25th street) is one of the more popular areas of Miami Beach. Topless sunbathing is tolerated on certain designated areas of the beach. Before the TV show Miami Vice helped make the area popular. Miami Beach, particularly Ocean Drive of what is now the Art Deco District was also featured prominently in the 1983 feature film Scarface and the Birdcage. Lincoln Road is a nationally known spot for great outdoor dining, bicycling, rollerblading and shopping.

South Beach

South of Fifth - South Beach, FL
SOUTH BEACH, FL

Fisher Island

Fisher Island

Fisher Island

Fisher Island, FL

FISHER ISLAND is a town located on an artificial island of the same name in Miami Beach. Named after automotive parts pioneer and Miami Beach developer Carl Fisher, who once owned it, Fisher Island is 3 miles off shore of Miami, Florida. No road or causeway connects to the island, which is accessible by private ferry and helicopter. Once a one-family island home of the Vanderbilts, and later several other millionaires. Today, Fisher Island remains a very exclusive and wealthy community. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fisher Island had the highest per-capita income of any place in the United States.

DOWNTOWN MIAMI, is the “Central Business District” of South Florida and the best example of “Manhatization”. Brickell Avenue/Biscayne Boulevard is the main north-south road in downtown. The Metro Mover, along with the Metrorail and other Public Transportation in the area is used more than in any other part of Miami. The tremendous new infrastructure being built, such as new office and residential high-rises, restaurants, art centers and shopping malls, makes way for a new urban lifestyle for young professional as well as for "empty-nesters". Miami skyline ranks third in the US. Behind New York and Chicago.

Downtown Miami

Miami

Miami

Downtown Miami, FL

Brickell

The Four Seasons - Brickell Ave, FL

BRICKELL.  Is a neighborhood within Downtown Miami. Brickell is Miami's and South Florida's financial district as well as the site of many high-rise luxury condos and office towers that constantly redefine the Miami skyline. Referred to as the "Manhattan of the South", Brickell is home to the largest concentration of international banks in the United States.

In recent years, Brickell has extended the upscale residential neighborhood feel, at the center of Brickell, is Mary Brickell Village with an assortment of restaurants, boutiques, services that create a gathering area for high-class retail and restaurants and attracts social gathering and entertainment.

CORAL GABLES, was one of the first planned communities. The city was developed by George  Merrick in the 1920s. The city's architecture is almost entirely Mediterranean Revival Style.  Coral Gables is known as a pedestrian-friendly destination. Located four miles from Miami International Airport, the "City Beautiful" has around 140 restaurants and shops. The landmarks are the Venetian Pool, Douglas Entrance, the Biltmore Hotel. At one time the pool at the Biltmore was the largest pool in the world with Johnny Weissmuller as a swimming instructor (later Tarzan actor). The hotel has been used as a setting for the movie Bad Boys and TV programs like CSI: Miami and Miami Vice.