Coral Gables, Miami

Coral Gables is located southwest of Downtown Miami, and it’s one of the wealthiest neighborhoods of the city. It is also the place where I lived and worked until last January, and when you see how pretty and quite it is and how much it has to offer, you will understand why I enjoyed my life over there so much.

It is not that tourist, but it is worth a visit at least to see the Venetian Pool, the Biltmore Hotel, many luxurious residences and Coral Way, one of the many scenic roads through the Gables.

Miracle Mile is the main road where you find many shops, restaurants and arts institutions, and if you happen to be in Miami around Christmas, you can’t miss its lightning atmosphere.
Here are some places that I recommend for either dinner or a drink:
  • Cibo Wine Bar– It’s italian and here you can eat a real pizza and also get good wine, cold cuts and cheese in “aperitivo” style

http://www.cibowinebar.com

  • Tarpon Bend Raw Bar & Grill– awesome cocktails and all about seafood

http://www.tarponbend.com

  • Talavera cocina mexicana– the place to be if you are a ceviche lover and if you are lucky you ll get the chance to be entertained by real Mariachi

http://jaguarhg.com/restaurants/

  • Hillstone and Morton’s steakhouse -You find them on the two opposite sides of the same street and they both offer a very fancy location, very good stake and good cocktails, but in case you decide to go, make sure you have a high budget.

http://www.hillstone.com

http://www.mortons.com/coralgables/

  • Swine Southern Table and Bar – It’s a different way of eating southern cousin, more chic but still including a lot of pork, burgers, barbecue and all the other authentic southern US food you would expect.

http://www.runpigrun.com

Coral Gables also offers one of the prettiest open air mall, with a very high level store directory and I can say high class customers. It’s Merrick Park Village and if you like high fashion brands, you will prefer this to the more famous Dolphin Mall.

When they told me I was going to live here, I got scared it was going to be boring, until I found out that Coral Gables is also home of the University of Miami. Here I leave you with some pictures of one of the parties hosted by the university…..

Linda

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