Shopping - Where to Shop In & Around South Beach

With its proximity to many five star hotels South Beach, Lincoln Road in South Beach is today the premiere shopping area for both locals and tourists visiting South Beach. A very popular pedestrian mall, one can find many retail outlets, shops and boutiques in this area. From 6th street to Lincoln Road, is Collins Avenue with many designer labels like Nicole Miller, Armani and Diesel having their stores here. You can also find smaller boutiques offering more interesting antiques and artifacts close to many South Beach downtown hotels. Here are some of our recommendations for shopping in South Beach.

Collins Avenue/Washington Avenue: With South Beach being the winter home of more than a few famous models, rock stars and fashion designers, it is natural for a high-end designer district to crop up in this area. Collins Avenue and Washington Avenue include stores such as the Armani Exchange, United Colors of Benetton and Nicole Miller. Girouz is one of the hottest shoe stores in the area while Sephora is famous for perfumes, facial creams and exotic bath salts. If you are looking for something more unique and original, you could visit A. Dominguez who can provide an outfit made from beautiful fabrics, designed just for you. Ritchie Swimwear is a must if you are dying to wear one of the swimsuits featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimwear Issue. Art Connection Jewelry may seem like a small, cute store but wait till you walk inside and see the largest and best collection of handmade, semi-precious jewelry.

Lincoln Road: This seven-block stretch is now closed to traffic between Washington Avenue and Lennox Avenue. After its recent renovation, Lincoln Road wears a more trendy look with stores showing off their latest designs and street performers entertaining the steady stream of shoppers. You can find most known brands featured here. However, what are more interesting are boutiques such as The Fragrance Shop that prides itself on carrying more than 800 bottles of pure scented oils; Rosa Cha, a Brazilian fashion shop that displays the best of swimwear and Neo Accessario, whose routine customers include Jennifer Lopez, Gloria Estefan and P. Diddy! Agora is the place to look for unique souvenirs - you can choose from unusual lighting, furniture, jewelry and various trinkets-most of them handmade in India, China or Indonesia. If you are a chocolate lover, you might be forgiven if you thought you had died and gone to heaven when you step into Ghirardelli, the premier chocolate store.

Neatly mingled among the big names on Lincoln Road or Collins Avenue are a number of restaurants, coffee shops, outdoor caf�s and ice cream parlors. Even if you are based at a luxury hotel South Beach, you can shop at any of these places at your leisure and then enjoy a quiet cup of coffee or a delicious ice cream.