Frommer's South Florida: With the Best of Miami & the Keys

By Lesley Abravanel

Book Overview

Insider advice on exploring some of South Florida's greatest gems, from South Beach in Miami to the Everglades, and from the crystal-clear waters of the Treasure Coast to the laid-back Florida Keys. Plus tips for navigating the region's best travel routes, like the oceanfront Florida A1A, which runs from Miami to Fort Lauderdale. Where to find the absolute best seafood, the most authentic Cuban food, the best people-watching sites, and the hottest nightlife spots in Miami. Insider tips on how to find South Florida's best beaches, from quiet Matheson Hammock Park Beach to family-friendly Crandon Park Beach. Plus suggestions for the best snorkeling and diving spots and the best spots to connect with nature, like the Dolphin Research Center in Marathon Key and Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park in Key Biscayne. Opinionated reviews. No bland descriptions and lukewarm recommendations. Our expert writers are passionate about their destinations--they tell it like it is in an engaging and helpful way. Exact prices listed for every establishment and activity--no other guides offer such detailed, candid reviews of hotels and restaurants. We include the very best, but also emphasize moderately priced choices for real people. User-friendly features including star ratings and special icons to point readers to great finds, excellent values, insider tips, best bets for kids, special moments, and overrated experiences.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118359461
• ISBN13: 9781118359464
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Frommer's
• Length: 369 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Great books, but not for keys.

Like other Fodor books, this one is informative and easy to read. Each section is broken up into, things to do, lodging, dining, etc. It covers all of South Florida, including the Keys, though not as extensive as its smaller counterpart that focuses on the Keys. If you want to know more about the keys, get the smaller one about the Keys. This one is great for southern Florida. As always, the ratings and comments make the book a valuable asset in planning your travels and useful throughout.

Very Helpful and informative

This book has been a great help in deciding what to do on our trip to Fl this summer. We are traveling from Miami to Key West and it is filled with info about different things to do and even has a map. Wounderful buy.

The Best Guidebook Ever!

This is probably the best guidebook I ever read. The author has a really good writing style and it is genuinely interesting and fun to read (not that I'm suggesting you pick it over Fitzgerald or anything, just that it's a really well-written book). Her restaurant reviews are really excellent--just reading some of them made me start to drool. And while many of the restaurant listings are for priceyish places, she does list some great, fun, authentic, and in some cases, way off the beaten track yummy places to try. I trust her opinion completely! This is a really thorough guidebook, with good and honest hotel listings (one of the only people to vocalize what we all know--the Delano IS overrated!) and a great chapter on what to do and see if you want to do and see more than just the beaches of South Florida. The Miami coverage is awesome-- good tips on shopping, a really knowledgeable chapter on nighlife, and more. The Everglades chapter has a hilarious essay about how the author was reluctant to go the first time, and the coverage of the Keys, Palm Beaches, Boca, etc. are just as good. I usually expect a Frommer's guidebook to be a bit stuffier than this, but as soon as I read the intro, I knew I had to try this book, and I'm so happy I did. You will be too. It rocks!

South Florida exposed

Wow. I used to think that South Florida just meant Miami and palm trees. This book proved to me and my husband that South Florida is much, much more. I got the book on a bet with my husband, who insisted that So Flo was a lot of fun and not just laying out at a pool kind of fun. This book proved me wrong and I lost the bet, but boy was I glad to be a loser in this wager! This book is a must have for anyone who thinks that a trip to Florida can be hot and boring. Quite the contrary!! Thanks, Frommer's. We'll be back to So Flo very soon.

A good travel guide

This is a typical travel guide from Frommer. It details much of the Miami and Keys area listing hotels, restuarants, entertainment and much more.The listings are detailed and accurate and provide abundant information on each of the cities/keys listed in the book.If you are heading south this year, this is the book you want to have with you.