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A Tour In Coral Cables

Monday, March 21, 2011

Drove through Miami downtown
to Coral Cables
The Granada Entrance
to Coral Cables
- a copy of the gate to Granada in Spain
.

Country Club Prado Entrance
- completed with ornamenal pilars
- the most elegant of the grand entrances
Seems to be a green and tranquile district
.
Appereantly a wealthy area too
.
Coral Way
- oaks & Spanish-style houses line
one of the Coral Cables' oldest streets
.
Visited the Venetian Pool
- said to be the most beautiful swimming pool
in the world
- it was created in the 1920s
out of an old coral rock quarry
.
It certainly is a beautiful pool!
.
Waterfalls
- nowadays there are so many adventures parks
so it doesn't impress that much
even though it is old & has
a certain glamour
.
Pink stucco towers & loggias,
candy-cane Venetian poles,
a cobblestone bridge,
caves surround
the clear, spring-fed waters
.
Wedding pictures by the pool
- why not!
- it is a gorgeous place
.

Biltmore Hotel
- it was completed on 1926
.
Swimming pool area of the hotel
.
Had drinks by the pool
.
Hotel lobby
.
Coral Cables Congregational Church
- the first church in Coral Cables
- built by Merrick in Spanish Baroque style
.
Colonial Village
.
Huge Colonial style house
.
Giant snail in the French Village
.
Dutch South African Village
.
French Country Village
.
Chinese Village
.
French Normandy Village
.
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