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The best buy here is definitely The Albion-it's one short block off the beach, right next to Lincoln Road. You can get a great room for around $250, much lower than if it were directly on the sand. And it's nice! Very low-key, and big bathrooms.

It's a hostel, but they also have regular hotel rooms--for, like, 60 bucks. And they're nice--small, but clean. Just request a room that's quiet, Espanola can get noisy at night; and some of them have shared bathrooms, but go with friends and rent two of those rooms, and you can share. Problem solved. And it's right in South Beach!

If you want something in South Beach, my vote is for The National. It's right next door to The Delano, but it's much less expensive and I think the rooms are a lot nicer. You can just wander over to The Delano for their bar.

I really like Club Azucar, which is further south--it's very, very Latin, a total change of pace from South Beach. I think this place is a blast. The drag queens don't speak a word of English, and when they play Latin music all the guys pair up and dance. I should mention my friends don't like it, though, they think it's cheesy, so take my advice with a grain of salt.