Coral Gables and the Venetian Pool
A Mediterranean-style planned city from the 1920s, with the Biltmore Hotel, shady streets and the Venetian Pool, a spring-fed swimming lagoon in an old coral quarry.
- Open
- Most days; closed in some winter weeks; check the website
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- 2701 De Soto Blvd, Coral Gables, FL 33134Google MapsApple Maps
- Getting There
- About 20 minutes by car southwest of downtown.
Why Go
George Merrick planned the suburb in the 1920s land boom. The pool, with its waterfalls and grottoes, is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is nearby.
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