The last time I flew to this part of Florida, the airline crew played Will Smith’s Welcome to Miami and I danced in my seat as we hit the tarmac. I was 25 and via rooftop bars on Ocean Drive and enough rum cocktails to make most of my other Miami anecdotes hazy, the trip carried on in the same vein.

This time, while rum cocktails are still very much on the menu, I’m hoping to give my Instagram feed a more well-rounded feel with a boost of Miami culture too. Which is how - tipped off by an artsy friend who moved to the city a couple of years ago - I end up in Mid Beach, an area that’s currently establishing itself as the arts epicentre of the city while still being only a short drive from its fellow cultural hotspots on the mainland. Hop across the bridge to explore Downtown’s growing museum scene with Zaha Hadid Architects’ landmark 1000 Museum and Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science both soon to join the Perez Art Museum and open to worldwide attention, before taking in the lurid murals of Wynwood Walls, the open-air gallery in Miami’s hipster mecca.

See an artistic side to Miami at its new cultural hotspot