Close & Best Shopping Malls Nearest to MIA?

[dual]

Evening all

 

I have about 6 hours between arriving at MIA post cruise and my overnight flight back to the UK.

 

I would love to do some shopping, I know Dolphin Mall is pretty close but is this the best mall within reasonable distance (by taxi) to the Airport?

 

I would like to perhaps pick up a few sports clothes for my son (he loves Adidas) and perhaps a couple of dresses etc for me.

 

I also understand there is a luggage storage facility at MIA - has anyone ever used it? I dont fancy lugging my suitcase around the mall.

 

Many thanks

[Rienchen]

I've actually signed on to ask something really similar.

 

Earlier this year my friend and I took the train to a Mall with a Target nearby and I just don't remember which Mall it was...

 

Does anyone know as I'm trying to plan my next shopping trip for when I'm back in Miami next February.

[thetallone101]

I'm going shopping at Saw Grass Mills - way better than Dolphin Mall...might be a bit pricey for cab fare, but so worth it!

[oncruisecontrol]

I'm going shopping at Saw Grass Mills - way better than Dolphin Mall...might be a bit pricey for cab fare, but so worth it!

 

 

Sawgrass Mills Mall may be better than Dolphin Mall, but the OP only has 6 hrs to kill. By the time the OP took a cab to Sawgrass Mills (which is in Sunrise, FL), after only a couple hours of shopping, it would be time to head back to MIA. A cab ride (in my opinion) to Sawgrass would take about 50 minutes to and hour each way with favorable traffic. If the OP wants an alternative to Dolphin Mall, I would suggest Aventura Mall. It is an upscale mall much, much closer to MIA than Sawgrass. It is not, however, an outlet mall.