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

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?|||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 %26amp; 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 %26amp; down 8th St.|||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 %26amp; 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鈥檚 South Beach, the Az煤car Trolley will roll through the streets of Miami's "Little Havana" and Hispanic tourist points offering fully interactive narrated tours of South Florida鈥檚 prominent historical sights 鈥?the Freedom Tower, the Bay of Pigs Memorial, the Memorial of Sim贸n Bol铆var in Bayside, and the Eli谩n Gonz谩lez Home %26amp; 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.|||Pump up your liability insurance before you go to Miami with someone's children, take a machine gun for general personal protection !|||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|||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 ...|||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?