Ngasemzantsi kwidolophu yaseMiami iindawo ezilungileyo zeCoral Gables, okanye nje "iiGables" njengoko ziyaziwa ngabantu. Icandelo elicwangcisiweyo le dolophu yi-oasis yezindlu ezinokuthula kunye nezitolo zokutya kunye neendawo zokutyela entliziyweni yaseMiami. Ukuba ukhathele iSouth Beach kunye nombindi wendawo yedolophu kwaye ufuna ukuzonwabisa okuhle, yenza uhambo oluya kwiiGables.
Isakhiwo sobuCoral Gables
I-Coral Gables yakhiwe kwisimboli sokuhlaziya iMedithera ngenxa yomsebenzi kaJames Deering kwifa lakhe, i-Villa Vizcaya.
I-Deering yakha iVizcaya ngo-1914 isebenzisa kuphela izinto ezibonakalayo ezivela eItali naseSpeyin, kunye nokubandakanya iindawo ezinkulu zeenqaba zaseYurophu eziye zadibaniswa, zithunyelwa apha ngesikebhe kwaye ziphinde zibuyele kwisiza. Uninzi lwale mibala emikhulu, iipiliti kunye neettostries ezivela eYurophu zihlala kwiDeering ukuba zibonwe namhlanje. Uphefumlelwe yiVizcaya, uGeorge Merrick wayefuna ukuzisa imifanekiso kunye neendawo zokwakha zaseSpeyin kwiindawo ezininzi. Ubunini bempahla yakhe yamnika indawo yokusebenza, kodwa wayefuna ukwaziwa ngaphezu kobutyebi bakhe; wayefuna ukudala indawo ekhethekileyo yaseMiami eyabangela ukuba ummandla waseSpain uphumelele. Ngaphandle kwamanye amacwecwe, abaculi beemvelo, nabacwangcisi beedolophu, uCoral Gables waqala ukwenza. Kwiminyaka emine yokuzalwa kwayo, uCoral Gables yafakwa ngowe-1925.
Ihotele yeBiltmore
Mhlawumbi isikhumbuzo esikhulu kunazo zonke kwiMediterranean Style Revival isa namhlanje-iBestmore Hotel.
Ephefumlelwe yiCathhedral yaseSeville eSpain, inqaba namhlanje ibonakala njengento ebonakalayo kubo bonke abantu baseMamiya. Ihotele yayakhiwe kwiinyanga ezili-10 ezifutshane kwaye ayizange ishintshe ngisho nombala wayo wangaphandle ukuya namhlanje. Njengehotele yehlabathi, izisa iindwendwe ezivela kwihlabathi; Abemi baya kumhlambi eBiltmore ukuze banandiphe iminikelo yayo ye-spa kunye ne-coral pool enhle.
Miracle Mile
Njengoko ukunyuka kwemali kwanciphisa isakhiwo kunye nophuhliso lwezindlu, ngoko i-Gables yayimisa ukukhula kwayo kwinqanaba layo. Ngelishwa, i-Style yaseMedithera ayizange iphinde ibe namandla kunye nobuhle bayo. Ngama-1950, iMangaliso Mile yenyuka, isigaba esinezitena somgwaqo kwiCoral Way phakathi kweLeJeune Road neDouglas Road. Ngeendawo zokuthengisa ezithengiswayo kunye nezitolo ezizodwa zazisa intengiso ephakamileyo kwindawo leyo kwaye yaphefumlela ezininzi iintlobo zeentengiso ukuze zivule iingcango zabo emva kwangoko. Namhlanje, izibonelelo ezikhethekileyo zinikezelwa kubakhi kunye nabaqulunqi abayilwe ngetekisi yaseMedithera yokuvuselela ingqondo.
Isixeko Esihle saseCoral Gables
I-Coral Gables inikeza ininzi enokuyenza kwindawo emfutshane yokuqhuba imoto yedolophu yaseMiami. Ukususela kumzobugcisa kunye nokwakhiwa kokutya nokutya, yenza usuku okanye iveki yeCoral Gables kwaye awuyi kudana.
Ukuba unomdla kwizakhiwo zaseMeditera, qiniseka ukutyelela iVizcaya. Eyakhiwa ekuqaleni kwee-1900, imi namhlanje njengokuba yenzayo xa yakhiwe. Ukutyelela kunikwa imihla ngemihla. I-Biltmore nayo ingumgubo ongaguqukanga kumbono kaMerrick. Nangona ungeke uvakashele amagumbi, i-lobby enkulu iyamangalisa ngokwenene. I-Coral Gables City Hall iyona sakhiwo esibalulekileyo esidlangalaleni; Qinisekisa ukuba uyeke ukuze ubone i-portico ehlukeneyo kunye nodonga oluhle lwangaphakathi lwodonga.
Omnye umdlalo udibene neCoral Gables: igalufa! I-Biltmore Golf Course iyaziwayo emhlabeni kunye nekhaya kwiintlanganiso ezininzi ze-PGA Tour. Le khosi yegalufa yoluntu inomqolo omhle we-Biltmore, amanzi amancinci, umgaqo-nkqubo wokuhamba ngokukhululeka, imirhumo yemifuno efanelekileyo kwaye inzima ngokwaneleyo ukwenzela ipros. I-Grenada Golf Course yiklasi yegalufu eyi-9 engenazo izingozi zamanzi; akunjalo njengengxaki nje ngeBiltmore, kodwa le ngongoma engama-36 yinto ephumayo kunye nexabiso elikhethekileyo.
Ibhulophu yaseVenetian idonsa iindwendwe ezivela kwihlabathi lonke. Eyakhelwe ngowe-1923 kwi-quarry yamatye e-coral, iyakusondeza intwasahlobo kwaye ijikelezwe ngama-grottos, imifudlana emibini, kunye namapolombo e-coral. I-Fairchild Garden yeTropical Garden yinto enhle emini (ubuncinci!) Ibuyele kwi nyaniso. Ngokuqokelela kwazo izityalo ezitshatileyo kunye neentyantyambo, iintende, iifern kunye nemivini emiqhaqhaqhaqha, iindlela ezijikeleze amachibi kunye nama-grove, amahlathi emangrove, isibonakaliso semvula kunye ne-orchid ukuboniswa (phakathi kwezinye izinto!) Uya kuba nexesha elincinane elisele leemiboniso, iinkqubo zemfundo , iincwadi zeencwadi kunye neziganeko ezizodwa zemicimbi.
Qiniseka ukuba uzisa izicathulo zokuhamba kunye namanzi amaninzi!
Ukuthenga kunye nokutya akukwazi ukulahleka. Miracle Mile kunye neMzanzana waseMerrick Park unikezela ama-boutique-class class boutiques, antiques, galleries kunye neenkwenkwezi ezi-5. Iindawo zokutya ezilungileyo kakhulu zehlabathi zifumaneka apha kwiiGables, kuquka i-Palm (Steakhouse & Seafood), iCaffe Abbracci (Intlabathi yesiNtaliyane), uPascal's on Ponce (iFransi entsha), u-Miss Saigon Bistro (i-Vietnamese), kunye neNorman's (ihlabathi elitsha).
Njengoko ubona, kuninzi umntu ozokwenza kwiCoral Gables. Ukuba u tyelela i-Miami, qiniseka ukuba ushiye ixesha ukubona ubuhle noxolo lweCoral Gables. Ukuba uhlala apha, sebenzisa yonke le ndawo kufuneka inikezele!