Where to stay in Florida?

On Indian Creek Drive, in Mid-Beach, 2.6 km from Ocean Drive. You sleep a little north of the South Beach bustle, in a design hostel that also serves as an evening meeting place.

The hostel's bar, the Broken Shaker, is a cocktail spot known all over Miami Beach.

A hostel on Collins Avenue, in South Beach, between the beach and the Art Deco facades of Ocean Drive. For a budget stay in Miami Beach's liveliest neighbourhood, everything on foot, even late at night.

Collins Avenue, near Española Way: you are in South Beach, a few streets from Ocean Drive and the beach. A simple address for experiencing the Art Deco district on foot, without hiring a car.

On Collins Avenue, on South Beach. A palace hotel within walking distance of Ocean Drive, for those who want the Art Deco district without its noise.

On Collins Avenue, 2 km from Ocean Drive, on the beach. You are north of South Beach, in a quiet spot, with the Art Deco district and Wynwood a few minutes away by taxi.

At the end of Lincoln Road, on the ocean side: the palace hotel opens onto the sand, with the pedestrian street and its terraces just behind. For an upmarket stay in South Beach where everything is on foot, all the way to Ocean Drive.

The building is the former DiLido hotel, designed by Morris Lapidus, a leading figure of Miami Beach's MiMo style.

Washington Street, in the residential Casa Marina district, in the south of Key West. A charming motel for sleeping away from the bars, with Duval Street and Mallory Square a bike ride away.

At the bottom of Duval Street, on Lower Duval, next to Mallory Square. You watch the Mallory Square sunset from the neighbouring pier, and the Duval bars start at the door.

On William Street, on the historic harbour. A resort on the quays, for those who want the boats, the Seaport bars and Duval Street on foot.

On Century Drive, on the Disney property. Disney's entry level: free transport to the parks and days that start early.

A Skyliner station, Disney's gondola system, serves the hotel: Epcot and Hollywood Studios without a bus.

A motel on International Drive, 11.6 km from Walt Disney World. For families with a car who want a simple bed near the restaurants and the shuttles to the parks.

On Floridian Way, on the Magic Kingdom lagoon. The monorail stops at the hotel: you get into the park with no bus or parking.

Opened in 1988 in the style of Florida's grand Victorian hotels; the monorail stops at lobby level.

On Bonnet Creek Resort Lane, in the Bonnet Creek enclave on the edge of the Disney property. You enjoy the parks next door and the calm of a resort with golf.

In the Bonnet Creek enclave, surrounded by the Walt Disney World estate but outside the Disney hotels. An upmarket base near the parks, with a lagoon for restful afternoons between busy days.