Miami International Airport (MIA): Approximate driving time is 15 minutes and distance is 7 miles.

Driving directions from Miami International Airport: From the airport exit, take NW 21st St and merge on to SR-953 (N Le Jeune Rd) heading south. Bear right on to toll road SR-836 East. Take Exit for SR-9 (Unity Blvd) and continue south. Turn left onto SW 27th Ave.

Taxis, rental cars, and shuttle vans are the most common ways used to get from the airport to the hotel and back. Transportation options are available on the ground level of the airport terminal, outside the baggage claim area. SuperShuttle offers service to the hotel: $16–$25. There is a flat-rate taxi fare to the hotel from MIA: $16–$25. The Metro-Dade Transit Department provides bus service to most areas of Dade County: less than $5. Car rentals are available on this Web site: more than $36. Rates are subject to change without advanced notice.

Getting around: The hotel is located within walking distance to the Streets of Mayfair and Cocowalk with fine shops, boutiques, and sidewalk cafes. Taxis offer convenient way to get around downtown Miami and Miami Beach: less than $5. Although driving is often easiest, parking downtown can sometimes be problematic. Valet parking is available at the hotel: $16–$25.

The Lounge - Located in the hotel's lobby, The Lounge serves cocktails, afternoon tea, and light fare. The lobby offers plenty of comfortable couches and chairs and overlooks the courtyard waterfall. Open midday until late evening, with live piano and Spanish guitar music every night.

Amenity highlights: The hotel caters to both business travelers and vacationers, putting a premium on service from the moment guests enter the cathedral-like lobby, with its towering palms and view of the courtyard waterfall. Guests exercise in the 5,000-square-foot fitness center and take classes such as yoga and Pilates, or swim in the small outdoor pool. The boutique spa offers a menu of massages and signature body and facial treatments. For meetings and events, the hotel has 30,000 square feet of function space.

Insider tip: The hotel is located 2 blocks from CocoWalk, an indoor-outdoor shopping, dining, and entertainment center in the heart of Coconut Grove. CocoWalk is built around an open courtyard full of vendors' carts and has several outdoor cafés, a multiplex, sidewalk entertainers, and 30 stores and restaurants. It's a lively destination well into the night.

The Ritz-Carlton Spa has six private rooms and offers massages, saunas, and facial and body treatments. Treatments include hot stone massage, aromatherapy, and Executive Express, designed to reduce the effects of stress, jet lag, and fatigue.

The hotel offers several specialized services, including a technology butler to help with computer needs, a bath butler to draw and customize scented baths, a travel butler, and even a "bow-wow" butler to walk and feed guests' dogs. Guests may also request the services of a personal shopper (fee). The hotel provides complimentary overnight shoeshine.