In both daytime and at nightfall, the South Beach section of Miami Beach is a major entertainment destination with hundreds of nightclubs, restaurants, boutiques and hotels. The area is popular with both American and international tourists (mainly from Canada, Latin America, Europe, Israel, the Caribbean and within the United States), with some having permanent or second homes. The large number of European tourists also explains their influence on South Beach's lax and overall tolerance of the female monokini, aka topless sunbathing, despite it being a public beach.
From Ocean Drive, Alton Road, Espanola Way and Lincoln Road, South Beach has properties in all price ranges and has a unique and special energy to it; and while South Beach has a number of nicknames from the American Riviera to the chic sounding SoBe…one thing is for certain, this is one of the hippest and most fun places in the world.
