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GENERAL INFORMATION OF Century Hotel |
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| Address: |
140 Ocean Drive
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Miami Beach,
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| Rates: |
100 - 210 |
| Description: |
WELCOME TO THE CENTURY HOTEL, ONE OF THE MOST CHARMING
AND ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT BOUTIQUE HOTELS IN MIAMI
BEACH. DESIGNED IN 1939 BY THE LEGENDARY ART DECO
ARCHITECT HENRY HOHAUSER, THE CENTURY HAS BEEN IMPECCABLY
RENOVATED FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.
WITH ITS MODERN AMENITIES, FRIENDLY STAFF, CONVENIENT
OCEAN DRIVE LOCATION IN THE QUAINT YET CHIC -SOUTH OF
FIFTH STREET- NEIGHBORHOOD, THE CENTURY IS AN ALLURING
DESTINATION.
IN THE 1920*S THE FORMAL MACHINE AESTHETICS OF LE
COURBUSIER, MIES VAN DER ROHE, THE BAUHAUS, THE
CONSTRUCTIVISTS AND DE STIJL IRREVOCABLY BLEW APART
CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURAL TRADITION. WHEN THESE RADICAL
STYLES FROM THE COSMOPOLITAN NORTH WERE TRANSPLANTED TO
THE BREEZY SHORES OF THE SOUTH, THEY TOOK ON A
DISTINCTIVELY TROPICAL TONE. PERHAPS THE FOREMOST EXPONENT
OF THE DECO GENRE ON MIAMI BEACH WAS HENRY HOHAUSER, AND
IT WAS HE WHO, IN 1939, DREW THE PLANS FOR THE CENTURY
HOTEL, A BUILDING GENERALY CONSIDERED TO BE AMONG HIS MOST
SUCCESSFUL AND DELIGHTFUL DESIGNS.
IN APRIL OF 1990, CENTURY HOTEL RECEIVED THE MIAMI BEACH
DESIGN PRESERVATION LEAGUE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING FACADE
PRESERVATION. THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THERE WAS A SECOND,
SIMILAR AWARD, THIS TIME FOR INTERIORS.
VOTED ONE OF TRAVEL AND LEISURE MAGAZINES -25 STYLISH
HOTELS FOR UNDER 200.00 USD- FOR 2001, THE 26 ROOM
CENTURY STILL DRAWS CELEBRITIES AND MODELS ALONG WITH A
MORE SUBDUED AND GROWN-UP CLIENTELE.
Das 1939 vom weltberuhmten Art-Deco-Architekten Henry Hohauser entworfene Hotel The Century wird wegen seines Charmes und seines aussergewohnlichen Services hoch geschatzt. Das Hotel liegt unweit der glitzernden Strande des atlantischen Ozeans. Das The C
Disenado en 1939 por el legendario arquitecto de estilo art deco Henry Hohauser, el Hotel Century es conocido por su encanto y su servicio excepcional. El hotel se encuentra cerca de las blancas y espumosas playas del Oceano Atlantico. El Century ha sido
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Area Information |
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WHETHER YOU ARE LOOKING FOR WORLD CLASS SHOPPING,
EXCELLENT DINING OR THE MOST EXCITING NIGHTLIFE, YOU WILL
FIND IT IN MIAMI*S SOUTH BEACH. HERE YOU CAN ENJOY
HUNDREDS OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SAILING,
BOATING, WAVE RUNNING, PARASAILING, HANG GLIDING, SUN
BATHING, SCUBA DIVING, BICYCLING, ROLLERBLADING AND MUCH
MORE.
THE CENTURY HOTEL IS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED NEARBY THE
FOLLOWING ATTRACTIONS-
- EVERGLADES .......... 25 MI SE
- FLORIDA KEYS.......... 80 MI SE
- LINCOLN ROAD SHOPPING .......... 1 MI N
- MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER.......... 1 MI N
- MIAMI CONVENTION CENTER.......... 3 MI E
- SEAQUARIUM.......... 8 MI S
THE HOTEL IS ALSO CONVENIENTLY LOCATED TO ALL TYPES OF
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS SUCH AS FLORIDA MARLINS-BASEBALL,
MIAMI HEAT-BASKETBALL, MIAMI DOLPHINS-FOOTBALL, AND
FLORIDA PANTHERS-HOCKEY.
THE HOTEL IS ALSO LOCATED NEARBY MIAMI CITY BALLET, BASS
MUSEUM, AND GLEASON THEATER.
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