WELCOME TO THE CENTURY HOTEL, ONE OF THE MOST CHARMING ANDARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT BOUTIQUE HOTELS IN MIAMIBEACH. DESIGNED IN 1939 BY THE LEGENDARY ART DECOARCHITECT HENRY HOHAUSER, THE CENTURY HAS BEEN IMPECCABLYRENOVATED FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.WITH ITS MODERN AMENITIES, FRIENDLY STAFF, CONVENIENTOCEAN DRIVE LOCATION IN THE QUAINT YET CHIC SOUTH OFFIFTH STREET NEIGHBORHOOD, THE CENTURY IS AN ALLURINGDESTINATION.IN THE 1920S THE FORMAL MACHINE AESTHETICS OF LECOURBUSIER, MIES VAN DER ROHE, THE BAUHAUS, THECONSTRUCTIVISTS AND DE STIJL IRREVOCABLY BLEW APARTCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURAL TRADITION. WHEN THESE RADICALSTYLES FROM THE COSMOPOLITAN NORTH WERE TRANSPLANTED TOTHE BREEZY SHORES OF THE SOUTH, THEY TOOK ON ADISTINCTIVELY TROPICAL TONE. PERHAPS THE FOREMOST EXPONENTOF THE DECO GENRE ON MIAMI BEACH WAS HENRY HOHAUSER, ANDIT WAS HE WHO, IN 1939, DREW THE PLANS FOR THE CENTURYHOTEL, A BUILDING GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE AMONG HISMOST SUCCESSFUL AND DELIGHTFUL DESIGNS.IN APRIL OF 1990, CENTURY HOTEL RECEIVED THE MIAMI BEACHDESIGN PRESERVATION LEAGUE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING FACADEPRESERVATION. THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THERE WAS A SECOND,SIMILAR AWARD, THIS TIME FOR INTERIORS.VOTED ONE OF TRAVEL AND LEISURE MAGAZINES 25 STYLISHHOTELS FOR UNDER 200.00 USD FOR 2001, THE 26 ROOMCENTURY STILL DRAWS CELEBRITIES AND MODELS ALONG WITH AMORE SUBDUED AND GROWN UP CLIENTELE.
Rates:
180 - 225.33
Number Of Rooms: 26
Number Of Floors: 2
Check In Time: 1500
Check Out Time: 1200
Amenities:
24 Hour Security
Safe
In House Bar
Pets Allowed
Car Rent Desk
Century Hotel
140 Ocean Dr
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Driving Directions:
THE CENTURY HOTEL IS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED NEARBY THEFOLLOWING 20 MIN. FROM MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 10 MIN. FROM MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTERDIRECTION FROM MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FROM MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOLLOW THE SIGNS 836EAST, DOWNTOWN. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILES, 836 BECOMES395 EAST, MIAMI BEACH AND THEN LEADS ONTO THE MAC ARTHURCAUSEWAY, WHICH ENDS UP ON 5TH STREET ON MIAMI BEACH.FOLLOW 5TH STREET TO OCEAN DRIVE, TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTHFOR FIVE BLOCKS TO FIND THE HOTEL ATLANTICA ON YOUR RIGHT.