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Once a year Little Havana's Calle Ocho (S.W. 8th Street) becomes one large block party!
Featuring latin flavors, music and dancing with guest appearances by local and international artists.
Dancing in the streets, taste of international latin dishes and games/prizes which last the weekend.
You can stroll through little Havana's streets, buying everything from local foods and delicacies to hand rolled cigars.
Local restaurants, vying for your business, offer up free samples or good incentives to get you in through the doors!
Don't miss it, it's one big BLAST - Latin Style! Leave a Comment
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Sultry Miami… at the crossing between American, Hispanic and Carribean culture, it’s a city full of rythm and colours. At first glance, it looks like any other metropolis. But my impression while driving downtown was that it looked new and quite sleek too with that elevated train driving around the skyscraper. My trip to Miam being very short, I concentrated it in 2 areas: Little Havana and Miami Beach. First stop: the famous Sothwest 8th street or Calle Ochos as it is called. Calle Ocho is Little Havana’s main street. Since the Revolution, more than 300.000 Cubans have emigrated in the Miami area and now, they are a cultural, economical and political force to be reckoned with. In fact, the Cuban lobby has a big weight in the balance of US policy towards Cuba. And at the local level, the mayor, Manuel Diaz, is from Cubam origins, Once in Calle Ochos, you almost feel like you’ve been transported to the island. Salsa and rumba can be heard from store, little coffee places are everywhere. Take a seat in one of them and soak in the athmosphere. Walk around, you’ll come around grocery stores, colourful restaurants… When you get at the crossroad of Calle Ocho and 13th avenue, also called "Memorial Bouleverd", take a stroll and watch the monuments... some are religious (a statue of the Virgin Mary), some are poltical (a monument to the distrous "Bay of Pigs"). All are celebrating Cuba. Leave a Comment Address: SouthWest 8th street and around
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Cultural Fridays (Viernes Cultural) is great for anyone who is visiting Miami and wants to get a taste of Cuban culture. A typical evening includes live music, Cuban dance, and street theater. The evening is also a venue for local artists to show their work. You can buy many beautiful paintings and ceramics. Leave a Comment
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Little Havana is located in the heart of Miami and is an ethnic enclave with many Cuban immigrant residents. Calle Ocho (8th Street) is the main street in Little Havana, and is a good place to start your tour around Little Havana…
The Maximo Gomez Park (or Domino Park) is where the older generation of Cubans meets every day to play dominoes or chess. Hollywood has their ‘Walk of Fame’, but Little Havana has the ‘Walk of the Stars’ (Paseo de las Estrellas). Here in Little Havana stars are given to Latin-American actors, writers, artists and musicians. You’ll also find many good Cuban (and other Latin-American) restaurants with great food in Little Havana.
Each year (in March - during the carnival in Miami), Calle Ocho is home to one of the largest street festivals in the World, with over one million visitors. There will be dancing, live music, costumes, street performers… Address: SW 8th Street
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Many Miami visitors only get to see the Miami you read about in the tourist guides, they just pass through on their way to the Keys or spend some time here before or after a cruise. These people are missing the fun and adventure of exploring the largest Latin city in America.
These guys tell you everything you need to know! The best Miami travel site! Leave a Comment Address: Various addresses -- see websiteDirections: Various addresses -- see websiteWebsite: http://icuban.com/3guys
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Little Havana is one of the best place in Miami. We went to a place called BAYSIDE where there was a big outlet. You can see a nice view of Miami there and there are also many international restaurant there, like Italian, French, Middle East, Mexican etc...don't forget to try some tropical drink too!! i tried a drink called ALOHA! there was pineapple, coconut and passion fruit in it, it was delicious and makes you so happy and hyperactive!!! :)) Leave a Comment
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Visit Cuban Memorial Boulevard(SW 13TH Avenue) and SW 8th Street (Calle Ocho) in the heart of Little Habana. There you will find memorials to the Martyrs of Bay of Pigs, memorials to Cuban Political Prisoners, imprisoned by the current communist Cuban regime, for exercizing freedom of speech, memorials to the free Cuban journalists, persecuted by the Cuban communists for reporting news inside Cuba. At about SW 11th Street, further south along SW 13th Avenue you will find 'La Casa del Preso' ( The prisoner's House) Dedicated to unite ex-political Cuban prisoners.La Case Del Preso is not a tourist site but just so you know. It is a quiet but interesting intersection. Leave a Comment Directions: Cuban Memorial Boulevard is SW 13th Avenue, at SW 8th Street.Other Contact: More pictures in My Home Town Tr
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If you carry on walking west on Calle Ocho, you will discover little parks and one of them is the famous Maximo Gomez Park aka Domino Park. It is a meeting point and a club for retirees. The parc is at a street corner and has a roof (to shelter from the sun and tropical thunderstorms). A huge fresco representing the New World' Heads of State when they met in the 1996 Summit of the Americas is the main feature of the Park. Of course, one person is missing from the miral... Fidel Castro. Here, elderly gentlemen in Panama hats come to relax and play dominos, checkers, chess, cards... under the keen eyes of younger ones. Talking with one of the players, I discovered that it is really a club and only seniors can use the park's faciltities which consist of a little buildings where the games are stocked. Leave a Comment Address: 801 SW 15th Ave
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Rumba on 6 is an event that is dedicated to preserving some of the traditional forms of Cuban music including son, guajira, rumba, and Latin jazz. Rumba on 6 features some of the best Cuban musicians in the business. Famous conguero (conga drum player) Daniel Ponce is a frequent guest along with the group Conjunto Progreso, a nine-member group that really gets the house rocking. Leave a Comment
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