Miami
The spirit of the place according to Allan Shulman
"Although I wasn't born in Miami, the city has become part of my DNA. I've got my own habits here, but I also love discovering new places. I love to dine at Pinch Kitchen, on Biscayne Boulevard, not far from my home in East Miami, a neighbourhood that I've seen transformed over the last fifteen years...
Hotels: elegance with your feet in the water
Miami's hotel history goes back as far as the city itself... The arrival of the railway in 1896, the year Miami became a municipality, launched the first wave of tourists attracted by the lure of sea bathing. So it was only logical that the city's first hotel should open in 1897, the Royal Palm Hotel....
French touch in Miami
"The French people who move to Miami today are not the same as they were five or six years ago," says Jérôme Cherki, owner of the concept store "L'appartement", which recently opened in the Wynwood district. "They first came after 2008 for the property boom, when the euro was strong, but now it's the desire for a change of life,...
Wynwood: the walls of freedom
It all began with Craig Robins, an art-loving property developer who, in the late 80s, set his sights on Miami, and in particular on the Art Deco streets of South Beach. At the time, the area was nothing more than a den of gangsters, the favourite playground of Two Cops in Miami and Scarface....
Miami: visa for a makeover
You really get the impression that the city is changing from week to week," enthuses Pascale Villet, Director of the Miami Franco-American Chamber of Commerce. As early as 2010, two years after the crisis that hit South Florida so hard, business started to pick up again, and in a big way." Miami has undergone a metamorphosis. Long considered to be...
Miami: practical guide and address book
Identity card Formalities: biometric passport or machine-readable passport issued before 25/10/2005, both valid. An ESTA electronic travel authorisation is also required (https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta). Otherwise, a visa is required. Time difference: - 6 h. Area code: + 1. Currency: US dollar ($). 1 euro =...
Downtown Miami
The good thing about Miami is that it's very close to the United States," Americans are wont to joke. Exaggerated, of course, but not completely out of place. The air of the Tropics, the omnipresence of palm trees, the pre-eminence of the Spanish language: all this contributes to maintaining a certain exoticism. A particularism that is apparently very attractive, since Miami...
