Miami’s best all-rounder, Aventura Mall boasts all the biggies: Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s and Nordstrom. It also has boutique locations for 7 For All Mankind, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Pucci and Ted Baker. In addition, there’s a 24-screen cineplex and popular restaurants such as the Cheesecake Factory and Johnny Rockets. It’s easy to get to from South Beach, as several buses terminate here—it’s just a hell of a long ride. And as a taxi can cost as much as $50 each way, it’s worth the price of a one-day car rental to stock up.
Miami shopping can be a strange experience. Whereas like-minded stores in other cities tend to cluster—one neighborhood might be great for buying jewelry and accessories, while another is lined with designer storefronts—in Miami it's not unusual to see a shop that sells $5 YOLO T-shirts wedged between two high-end couture boutiques. And the streets of South Beach's most touristy areas offer a seemingly never-ending supply of smoke shops, vintage clothing and thrift stores, sex shops and more smoke shops. It’s not so much disorganized; just a tad schizophrenic at times.
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