Hotel Riu Plaza Miami Beach
Hotel Riu Plaza Miami Beach is a large beachfront hotel on Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, Florida, with rooms overlooking either the ocean or the pool. The building has an outdoor pool with a separate children's area, several dining options, and a fitness facility on the premises.
Collins Avenue has been the main resort corridor of Miami Beach since the early 20th century, when the area first developed as a tourist destination. The current building has been updated over the years and is now part of the Spanish RIU hotel group, operating under its Plaza brand.
The hotel sits in Mid Beach, a neighborhood that draws families looking to enjoy the ocean away from the noise of South Beach. Collins Avenue, which runs right past the property, is the main hotel strip of Miami Beach and gives a clear sense of how the coastline has been shaped by tourism over the decades.
The hotel is within walking distance of the beach and close to the main points of interest in Miami Beach, with South Beach reachable in a short drive or by bike. If being close to the water matters, rooms on higher floors with an ocean view are worth requesting at check-in.
The RIU group was founded by a German family on the island of Mallorca, which partly explains why the hotel draws so many European guests and why the buffet and service style feel familiar to visitors from across the Atlantic. This background gives the property a noticeably different feel compared to most American hotel chains operating along Collins Avenue.
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