Miami Attractions

Spanish Monastery

Miami boasts the oldest building in the Western Hemisphere. Dating from 1133 the Monastery of St. Bernard de Clairvaux in North Miami Beach is a hugely popular tourist attraction, although not quite indigenous to the area. The monastery stood originally in Segovia in Spain, but in the early 1950s the medieval building was bought by newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, disassembled, shipped to Miami and rebuilt on its present site.

Address: 16711 West Dixie Highway; Website: www.spanishmonastery.com; Telephone: (305) 945 1461; Opening time: Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm; Sunday 1.30pm to 5pm; Admission: $5 (adults), $2 (children), other concessions available