1 Hotel South Beach

2341 Collins Avenue in Mid-Beach — the same neighbourhood as Faena, a few blocks south. The hotel sits on an entire city block of prime oceanfront real estate with 600 feet of private beachfront. Lincoln Road Mall is 0.7 miles away; the Art Deco Historic District and South Beach proper are a short walk or bike ride south. The position offers beach access with proximity to South Beach's cultural and dining life without sitting directly in the most intense part of the strip. Miami International Airport is approximately 26 minutes by car.

This is the most environmentally credentialed hotel in the Miami luxury market. LEED Silver certified. 5 Green Key rating — the highest available. The design uses reclaimed and recovered materials throughout: beetle-kill pine headboards, live-edge wood desks, and natural fibre furnishings. Every room has in-room water filtration through Triple Clear systems, eliminating single-use plastic bottles. A 12,000-plant living green wall provides air purification. The house car is a fully electric Audi e-tron. Energy management runs on low-LED intelligent systems. The Bamford spa products are certified organic to the highest standard. Crucially, none of this reads as austerity — the rooms, pools, and restaurants are as indulgent as any comparably priced competitor.

Lady Carole Bamford is a British organic farming pioneer and founder of Daylesford Organic, one of the UK's most respected sustainable food and wellness estates. The Bamford brand grew from the same ethos — organic, English countryside-rooted, certified to the highest natural standard — and her spa concept launched in the Cotswolds before expanding. The 1 Hotel South Beach location is the first in the United States. The spa occupies 4,500 square feet on the second floor of the hotel; all treatments use Bamford's own certified-organic product range alongside specialist additions from Knesko Skin, Natura Bissé, and Comfort Zone. The overall philosophy is Ayurvedic in framework — treating the whole person through connection with natural ingredients rather than technology or clinical intervention.

The B Silent Ritual is the most distinctive offering — an 80-minute sleep-focused treatment using Bamford's B Silent product range (developed specifically to address sleep and deep rest) that moves through a stress-reducing footbath, full back massage with silent body oil, assisted Japanese Shiatsu stretching, lower back and hip release, and B Silent Temple Balm applied to forehead and temples. Guests describe leaving in a state difficult to replicate with a conventional massage. The Himalayan Salt Stone Massage — warm hand-carved Himalayan stones with Bamford aromatherapy oil, meridian-based pressure work — is the Spa Director's recommended treatment and among the most-cited by reviewers. The Bamford Signature Treatment (80 min; Shiatsu, Meridian, Swedish, reflexology, yogic breathing finish) is the spa's most comprehensive all-body offering. Wise Concoctions botanical treatments — using Alpine, Sweet Birch, and Blue Eucalyptus formulations — cover targeted therapeutic goals from immunity and joint health to women's wellness.

Anatomy is a fitness concept that has gained international acclaim for combining sports science, performance training, and recovery within a community-driven format. At 1 Hotel South Beach, a full Anatomy programme runs with group classes across boxing, yoga, HIIT, Pilates, and boot camp — all complimentary for hotel guests. A Body Architects personal training programme operates alongside it. A SoulCycle studio is also on the property. The Alo Wellness Club digital programme (premium fitness content from world-class instructors) is accessible via the 1 Hotel app. Together, these make the hotel's fitness facilities the strongest in the Miami review series — easily outpacing those at The Setai, Four Seasons Surf Club, and Faena. The Bamford spa handles restoration and treatment; Anatomy handles performance and movement. The two together form a genuinely cohesive wellness proposition.

Four pools, each serving a different energy. The Centre Pool is the hotel's social hub — 180-degree ocean views, cabana service, and pool bar. The Cabana Pool is more sheltered. The adults-only rooftop pool (18 stories up, 21+) is Miami Beach's only oceanfront hotel rooftop pool — panoramic Atlantic and city skyline views, a chic members-club atmosphere, and the most extraordinary pool setting in the city. The fourth pool adds capacity. Daybeds, full-service ultra-cabanas, and pool wait staff operate across all four. Pool space does get competitive during peak winter weeks — arrivals before 9 am are recommended for the most sought-after positions.

Bamford Wellness Spa at 4,500 square feet is significantly smaller than the other spas in this Miami series — Carillon runs 70,000 sq ft; Acqualina 20,000 sq ft; Faena 22,000 sq ft. The spa has no hammam, no thermal journey circuit, no hydrotherapy pool, and a steam room described by some visitors as compact. What Bamford delivers within that footprint is a focused, philosophically coherent treatment experience, using certified organic products from one of the UK's most respected wellness brands. Guests who prioritise atmospheric spa facilities or comprehensive wet circuits will find more at Acqualina or Faena. Guests who prioritise treatment quality, product integrity, and the overall hotel experience — pools, beach, dining, fitness — will find 1 Hotel South Beach delivers comprehensively on wellness in the broadest sense, even if the spa itself is the least expansive on the list.

Six distinct concepts, all coherently positioned. AVIV — opened in 2024 by James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Solomonov — is immediately among Miami's most talked-about restaurants; Israeli and Middle Eastern cuisine with charcoal-grilled meats, smoky flatbread, and mezze that regularly lead to over-ordering. Watr on the Rooftop (18th floor) offers Japanese-influenced cuisine with panoramic Atlantic views and a live DJ — the most atmospheric dinner setting on the property. Tala Beach brings Spanish-inspired shared plates to the beachside with live music. Plnthouse serves the most nutritiously intentional menu in South Beach: local, organic, plant-based. Sandbox covers the poolside. Neighbors handles coffee and fresh juices. Drift is the lobby cocktail bar. The dining breadth and quality at 1 Hotel South Beach is genuinely outstanding for a wellness-positioned property.

Technically, yes — treatments are bookable by non-hotel guests. In practice, some visitors report that the experience is significantly diminished without access to the hotel's pools and beach, since the spa itself has minimal independent amenity facilities. The small steam room and limited relaxation space mean the pre- and post-treatment time is restricted for day visitors. Hotel guests who can move between the treatment, pool, and beach get the full value. For non-hotel guests specifically seeking an immersive Miami spa day experience with full wet facilities, Acqualina or Faena's Tierra Santa will deliver more.

Open Monday–Sunday 9:30 am–6:00 pm. 18+ only. A 20% service charge is applied to all services at checkout. 24-hour cancellation policy (no-shows or late cancellations charged at the full treatment price). Book directly at (305) 604-6792 or by email. Arrive 15 minutes early — the spa recommends this specifically, and late arrivals do not receive extended treatment time. Specify therapist gender preference at booking.