The Culinary & Art Insider

The hardest tables in the city, the Design District after hours and private gallery viewings — Miami's creative pulse, opened for you.

A single country that holds the ocean glamour of Miami, the canyon light of California, the cultural heights of New York and the vast wilderness of the West.

When to go

November through April is finest, when Florida and the Southwest bask in warm, dry days while the Northeast turns crisp and luminous. Your advisor times it to the light, the crowds and your own calendar.

The experiences

A sense of what this journey can hold — each one arranged privately and shaped to you:

• The hardest tables in the city held on your nights, from the tasting counters to the rooms with no listed name.
• A private after-hours walk of the Design District, its architecture and installations to yourself.
• Curated private viewings at the galleries and private collections, guided by the people who assembled them.
• A chef's table or kitchen visit arranged where the doors do not usually open.

A sense of the rhythm

This journey is built around the evenings, when the city's tables and the Design District come into their own. Days stay open and light, for a leisurely lunch or a gallery at your pace. The energy builds toward night, and we make sure every door is already open when you arrive.

The table or the collection?

Some evenings you will want the meal to be the event, unhurried across many courses. Others, the art comes first and dinner follows. We sequence each night so that neither is rushed and both feel like the reason you came.

How to do it well

The counsel our advisors give travelers planning this journey:

• Secure the tasting counters and the hardest rooms as early as possible; a few seat only a handful of guests a night.
• Ask us to arrange the gallery viewings on quieter weekdays, when the spaces are yours alone.
• Leave a full evening unplanned for the recommendation we make once we know your palate.
• Trust the sequencing; we pace the art and the tables so no night feels crowded.

What only your advisor can open

The difference between a good trip and an unrepeatable one is access — and access is a relationship, not a booking. Every guide, room and moment is chosen and sequenced for you.

Who it's for

Travelers who value privacy, time and doing it once — beautifully — and who would rather have one trusted advisor orchestrate every detail than assemble it themselves.

Estimated investment

From US$12,500 per traveler, based on double occupancy — scaled to your dates, party size and level of privacy. A starting point, not a final quote; confirmed once your advisor tailors the itinerary.

Designed entirely around you

Nothing here is a package. A Forest Travel advisor shapes the whole journey and stays one message away before and throughout your trip.

Your Virtuoso privileges

As a Virtuoso member, Forest Travel includes benefits reserved for Virtuoso guests at the finest luxury hotels, at no added cost: a room upgrade on arrival when available, daily breakfast for two, a property credit toward dining or spa, and early check-in with late check-out when the hotel allows.

Continue exploring Miami

Part of our Miami travel guide. Related private journeys:

• The Bespoke Miami Long Weekend
• Miami by Private Yacht

Begin the conversation

Tell a Forest Travel advisor how you like to travel and they will design The Culinary & Art Insider around you — privately, every Virtuoso privilege included. Request your private consultation →