The White Sand, Red Carpet Lifestyle in Miami

Miami has a reputation for being Florida’s playground for the rich and famous. With a comfortable tropical climate, beautiful beaches and luxury hotels, it attracts celebrities escaping America’s colder cities for weeks at a time. Expedia’s Aussie travellers usually spend 3-4 days in the seaside city, but that’s plenty of time to eat and drink with the beautiful people.

Star spotting

There are two types of stars to be spotted in Miami – the ones you can see twinkling through a telescope at the Miami Museum of Science and Space Transit Planetarium and the ones who regularly flock to restaurant hot-spot Mr Chow.

If you enjoyed the out-of-this-world experience offered at the planetarium, launch yourself further into space with a visit to the Kennedy Space Center. It’s closer to Orlando than Miami, but the Astronaut Hall of Fame and ground-shaking shuttle launch experience make it worth taking a break from the tanning to make the day trip.

Back in South Beach (that’s SoBe to the locals), as the sun goes down the beautiful people come out to play and Mr Chow, located in the super-glamorous W hotel, is where they go to eat. The 123-foot-long chandelier, dripping with gold leaf and sparkling Swarovski crystals, runs the length of the dining room and sets the tone for an A-lister evening of mingling and munching. The modern Chinese menu features (allegedly) one of the best Beijing duck dishes in the world.

Walk the runway

Cameras at the ready – check out Miami’s best angles on a Hop-on Hop-off tour. Choose between a Beach Loop or City Loop and explore as many of the 20 stop-off points across the city as you can. From the historic villa and stunning gardens of Vizcaya Museum and the flora and fauna at Jungle Island zoological park, to the buzzing nightlife of Little Havana and the colourful Art Deco District, Miami is picture-perfect. Later, you can indulge your own aspirations of being a supermodel as you strut your stuff at the Townhouse Hotel. The rooftop lounge has been the beautiful backdrop for a number of fashion shoots, including Vanity Fair and Cosmopolitan. The deck is lined with sun loungers during the day so you can perfect your tan for an evening at the hotel’s bar where there’s an all-organic menu.