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About Coral Gables

Welcome to the allure and opulence of Coral Gables. With its stunning and appealing Mediterranean-style architecture, it has earned the distinction of being called “The City Beautiful,” from the vision of its developer, George Merrick, back in the 1920s.

In 1925, George Merrick created the nation’s first fully-planned community, designed with exclusive residences showcased with lush vegetation and tropical foliage, a commercial area to become a center for international business, and a city that offers every service and amenity for the residents to define living well. Coral Gables living is recognizably the unsurpassed masterpiece of South Florida with something to offer each and every elite member of the community. All of this results in why Coral Gables has been voted numerous times in the “Top Ten List of Places to Live in the United States.”

It was in the same year of the founding of Coral Gables, 1925, that the city was selected as the home of the University of Miami, on 240 acres just west of US1 and two miles south of downtown Coral Gables.

The original blueprint was planned with lush, green canopies of oak, mahogany, and banyan trees embracing the streets, and the traditional, stylistic features that came to be Coral Gables homes. There are six different and distinct sections within the community: the Florida Pioneer Village, full of rustic-style charm; the French 18th Century Village; the French Normandy Village, which boasts the magnificent architecture of that era; the Dutch South African Village; the Italian Village; and the Chinese Village, which all hold their own styles of Gables luxury homes.

With its time-honored tradition of maintaining its affluence and grandeur, Coral Gables has undoubtedly summoned the Rich and Famous to select a luxury property in one of the many areas. Coral Gables luxury homes have seen famous residents and sports celebrities such as Pat Riley, Alonzo Mourning, Antoine Walker, Alex Rodriguez, Dave Barry, Helio Castroneves, and a long list of chief executives of large companies, and cruise lines, through the years. With the luxury housing market, ranging anywhere from $1 Million and upwards, you can be guaranteed that what you are searching for is attainable in Coral Gables.

There are many places of interest in the Coral Gables neighborhood:

• The Biltmore Hotel, built in 1926 by John McEntee Bowman and developer, George Merrick, is a luxury hotel with the grandeur and beauty inspired by the Cathedral of Seville in Spain, and designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1996. This 150-acre resort includes amenities such as a Donald Ross designed golf course, 10 tennis courts, spa, and the largest, most famous hotel pool in the U.S., where Johnny Weismuller of Tarzan fame broke a world swimming record. The Biltmore Hotel’s restaurant portfolio offers four distinctive, award-winning restaurants featuring world-class cuisines, two bars and a tea lounge serving a traditional English tea in front of the majestically mantled fireplace in the hotel’s magnificent lobby, complemented by the music of a classical guitarist.
• Coral Gables Merrick House, located on Coral Way, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in the early 1900s, the Merrick House preserves the boyhood home of George E. Merrick, the man who founded and developed Coral Gables, and operates as a museum displaying the family’s artwork, photographs, furniture, and personal treasures.
• The Venetian Pool, built in 1923 from a coral rock quarry, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The most distinguishing feature of the pool is the 820,000 gallons that is fed by spring water from an underground aquifer, and probably the only pool of its kind with vine-covered loggias, shady porticos, Spanish fountain, three-story observation towers, and cascading waterfalls that spill into a free-form lagoon, complete with coral rock caves and a palm-fringed island.
• Coral Gables City Hall is one of the city’s finest civic buildings and a focal point when entering the city. Designed in 1927 in the Mediterranean-Revival style by local architect Phineas Paist and artistic advisor Denman Fink, this richly ornamented building is constructed largely of coral rock.
• Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is an 83-acre natural preserve, internationally renowned for its wide collection of cycads, flowering trees, tropical fruits, aroids, and the largest palm collection in the U.S. The garden’s paths provide magnificent views of exotic plants, and trails that wind around 11 lakes, rain forest displays, ferns, and orchids.
• The Lowe Art Museum is located on Stanford Drive, directly on the University of Miami campus. With the gift in 1950 by philanthropists Joe and Emily Lowe, a free-standing museum facility opened to the public in 1952, the first art museum in South Florida. Its 17,500–object collection is one of the most important in the southeast, with strengths in Renaissance and Baroque, American, Ancient and Native American, and Asian art.
• Coral Gables offers the finest in shopping, from fashion, jewelry, the arts, furniture, world-renowned bridal shops and designer boutiques, at many of the upscale shops at the Village of Merrick Park, or along both sides of the street of Miracle Mile.
• Village of Merrick Park is a shopping experience in an outdoor village-style, beautifully landscaped setting, featuring fountains, gardens, and tropical foliage. It has over 115 world-class shops, anchored by two major department stores, Neiman-Marcus and Nordstrom, and many fine dining areas, cafes and restaurants, such as the Villagio for Italian cuisine, and the ever-popular Yard House, a premium casual eatery known for its extensive menu, classic rock music, and world's largest selection of draft beer.
• Miracle Mile is on Coral Way, with a mile of shops, boutiques, bridal shops, jewelers, shoes, optical centers, electronics, beauty salons, drug store, cafes, restaurants, many with European-style al fresco dining, located between SW 37 Avenue and SW 42 Avenue.
• Coral Gables is known worldwide as the jewel of South Florida, and the ultimate neighborhood and community to live, work, and visit. It exudes wealth, prestige, magnificence, and tranquility with its verdant foliage, and waterways meandering behind many of the homes having direct access to Biscayne Bay. With the lasting impression of a place with charm and sophistication, Coral Gables is “The City Beautiful.”