Florida : Michelin's recommendations

Florida, located 1,600 kilometres south of New York, is perceived as a world apart, symbolised by its sunshine, 4,500 islands and vast sandy beaches lined with coconut trees. Florida is famous for its stars, millionaires, athletes, Disney World, Universal Studios, and crowning it all, Miami, a spectacular city with hundreds of magnificent hotels where everything is designed for your enjoyment. A tropical town, Miami is sensual, languorous and multicultural, a synthesis of North America and Latin America where English and Spanish are spoken indiscriminately – against a backdrop of Cuban music. Other highlights include the 1930’s atmosphere in the artsy neighbourhood of South Beach. But the U.S. is also a land of extreme wealth and poverty, where shantytowns rub shoulders with luxury hotels.
Florida was discovered in the 16C by French and Spanish explorers and was once covered with swamps and infested with alligators and mosquitoes. Although still graced with luxuriant natural beauty, Florida has many endangered species, including the American crocodile and the green turtle, and is threatened by climate change, hurricanes and coastal erosion (along the longest coastline in the United States).