What are some good places for a high-school Spanish class field trip to Miami?

Question

I am a Spanish teacher and I live in South Florida, but I'm not from here. I would like to take my students on a field trip to Miami, but I'm not sure which places to take them that would make a good "cultural" experience. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Take them to Little Havana. SW 8th St. from about SW 5th Ave. to 27th Ave. That's where the tourist buses go. But you can just walk down 8th St. Probably the epicenter is Domino Park (officially Maximo Gomez Park) where old men sit around the Bay of Pigs memorial, playing dominos & drinking cafe. A few blocks further west are some ice cream stands where they sell home made coconut ice cream in coconut shells. Look for signs advertising "Coco-frio" or some variation thereof. There are coffee or juice stands every 50 feet or so all up & down 8th St.

Answer 2

Miami is one of the most used holiday locations and with hotelbye you will find out more. Miami has something for anyone; from the fashionable nightlife of South Beach, bejeweled by a person's eye chocolate of the Art Deco section as much as the bustle of Calle Ocho and the highly caffeinated energy of Little Havana. The Art Deco District delivers right back thoughts of a youthful time in Florida with its beautifully repaired 1930s Art Deco houses and is a place effectively visited exactly like Bayside Marketplace. That place is really a large outdoor model mall with more than 150 niche and tourist shops, numerous cafes and restaurants, and everyday stay entertainment.

Answer 3

A new tour company here in Miami just started offering Miami-Cuba Sightseeing tours. Here is a blurb from their website:

"The Miami-Cuba, USA & Hispanic Florida Tours is more than a sightseeing excursion; it provides a total-sensory cultural experience to tourists visiting Miami. From the cafecito street corners of Calle Ocho to the Samba nightlife of Miami’s South Beach, the Azúcar Trolley will roll through the streets of Miami's "Little Havana" and Hispanic tourist points offering fully interactive narrated tours of South Florida’s prominent historical sights – the Freedom Tower, the Bay of Pigs Memorial, the Memorial of Simón Bolívar in Bayside, and the Elián González Home & Museum among others. Tour options available for corporate, student and trade missions in half-day, one-day, two-day and three-day packages. Seminars upon request. For information, visit www.miamicubausa.com."

For a group rate call 305-754-2206.

Answer 4

You can go to Villa Vizcaya
http://www.vizcayamuseum.org/
because it means a lot to the history of Miami

But I think, for a "spanish" education oriented fieldtrip, you may want to take them to a cuban restaurant in Miami, so they can practice their spanish!

Or even a field trip to Florida Int. University, you may want to contact someone in the Spanish dpt. plus they always have cultural events and expos that are free.
www.fiu.edu

Answer 5

If you want them to learn real spanish don't go Cuban! Take them somewhere else. I would sudgest any museum that has a guided tour in Spanish and they can have fun while also listening and practacing their Spanish. Where in South Florida are you?

Answer 6

Take them downtown to city hall - IE: building and zoning depts
THEY Only speak the Cuban dialect of Spanish...

You will not hear a word of English in the whole building ...

Answer 7

Pump up your liability insurance before you go to Miami with someone's children, take a machine gun for general personal protection !