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Villa Clara

Located almost in the geographical center of the island it is almost forced step for travelers by road or railroad from an end to another of Cuba, their major tourist attractiveness are:

  • Santa Clara's city where is highlight the square and the monument to guerilla fighter Major Ernesto Che Guevara, Train-Museum of Santa Clara's Battle (was fought between Che Guevara's forces and the army of president Batista), the Parque Vidal and several constructions that surrounding it like the Theater La Caridad and Historical Museum, in the surroundings of the city are Los Caneyes, an imitation of an aborigine village and Minerva Lake where are lodging infrastructure.
  • Lago Hanabanilla, located in the Sierra of Escambray and famous for their trouts, it is framed by a natural environment of great beauty, there are options of Creole restaurants in the area and lodging.
  • Cayo Santa Maria with magnificent beach and 4 stars' hotel. It is connected to main land for a highway on the sea, the trip through this road is a pleasant experience.
  • City of Remedios, one town where better has been conserved in Cuba the architecture and atmosphere of the XVIII and XIX centuries, also famous for their "parrandas", traditional popular parties. It is a place that deserves be visited, there are good of restaurants and "paladares" (private restaurants, generally economic), as well as of private houses where to lodge. Remedios are also an intermediate point to visit Cayo Santa María, close 75 km, in Jardines del Rey a major tourism destination.
  • The port of Cabairen where you can eat fresh shellfish and visit Cayo Fragoso and their paradisiac beach.
  • Balneario Elguea (Elguea Spa), with medicinal waters and located very close to sea.

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Cienfuegos

Located in the center-southern of the island their capital, city of Cienfuegos, also well-known as the Perla of the South and the City of the Sea, is the more beautiful city of Cuba, and also has the better urban layout. Undoubtedly it is a tourist destination that is not still known and power in their fair value. Their main attractiveness are:

  • City of Cienfuegos, without doubt, a beautiful city, with good restaurants (Union Hotel's restaurant is magnificent) and night centers, dozens of interesting buildings (to see Parque Jose Marti and its surroundings), Paseo (Pomedare) del Prado (longest on the country, according to Cienfuegos citizens), Malecon (sea side avenue), relatively small but beautiful and with a lot of people and life all the day, two cemeteries of the city, especially the Old Cemetery (Municipal Cemetery of Queen), with great density of monuments of great artistic value. There are lodging in good hotels and dozens of private houses and many places where to eat to good prices.
  • Bay of Jagua, for the practice of nautical sports and fishing, one of the more extensive and beautiful bays of Cuba.
  • Rancho Luna beach and surroundings.
  • Botanical Garden, close 15 kms from the city.
  • Castle of Jagua, strength of the XVIII century located to the entrance of the bay and close 20 km from the city by road, it is enjoyed a spectacular view on the bay and surroundings and here you can eat up shellfish in some "paladares" in the small town of fishermen that surrounds it.
  • Ciego Montero Spa, famous in the whole island for the quality of their waters.
  • Sierra of Escambray, natural scenario of great beauty and of the recent history of Cuba.

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Sancti Spiritus

Neighbor of Villa Clara, Cienfuegos and Ciego de Avila provinces, land of strong geographical contrasts and many cultural, historical and natural values, their main tourist attractiveness are:

  • City of Trinidad, also well-known as the Museum City of the Caribbean was declared Patrimony of the Humanity by UNESCO, it conserves the best colonial atmosphere in the whole Caribbean and it is a very important place to visit, being in fact one of the main tourist destinations of the country. It possesses more than 1000 buildings with historical-artistic interest and in their paved streets the colonial air is breathed. Good lodging infrastructure exists in hotels and particular houses and there are a lot of good restaurants and paladares.
  • Ancon beach, located very close from Trinidad, on the Caribbean Sea and with a International Center of Diving
  • Topes of Collantes, in the natural scenario of the mountains of Escambray
  • Valle de los Ingenios, place where in passed centuries numerous sugar cane factories worked, there are evidence physics still, it is Patrimony of the Humanity
  • Sancti Spiritus's city, the capital of province, the city also conserves certain colonial air, with some paved streets and several interesting buildings in the surroundings of the Parque Serafín Sánchez. There are highlight places: Antigua Farmacia, Provincial Museum of History, Iglesia Parroquial Mayor (church) and the bridge on the river Yayabo.
  • Zaza Lake, artificial reservoir that is the one bigger than the country and very good for fishing.

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Ciego de Avila

Limited to the west for Sancti Spiritus's county and to the east for Camaguey, Ciego de Avila is land of fruits and vegetables and cane of sugar and the possessor of Cayo Coco and Cayo Guillermo, a major tourist destinations on the country. The province has good road communications with the rest of the country through the Central Highway and it also exists here an international airport. Their main attractiveness are:

  • Cayo Coco and Cayo Guillermo, a small paradise in Jardines del Rey, with dream beaches and good hotel facilities. These keys are communicated by road with mainland built on the sea and by air (the airport is international).
  • Island of Turiguanó where it highlights the Dutch town, the Lagoon of the Milk, sanctuary of flamingos and Round Lagoon, famous for the fishing of trouts, located in route to Cayo Coco.
  • City of Ciego de Avila, without more attractiveness apart from being the provincial head and center of communications of the county, calm and bucolic city
  • City of Moron in the north of the county, also without more attractiveness and where they highlight the Tower of the Clock and the sculpture of the Rooster of Moron

 

Camaguey

It is the county of more territorial extension, their geography is practically flat and with strong vocation to the bovine cattle raising. Their main tourist attractiveness are:

  • Santa Lucía's beach, with more than 20 km of fine sand and good hotel infrastructure, another paradise on the earth for the lovers of the sea and the sun.
  • Cayo Romano, the one bigger in Jardines del Rey, it is a Natural Park, Cayo Guajaba and Cayo Sabinal, without lodging but with forests and dream beaches and with access for highways.
  • City of Camaguey, one of those bigger than the country and also one of those more beautiful, with numerous buildings of the XVII and XVIII centuries, remain silent narrow and beautiful squares and parks. They also exist numerous interesting museums and hotel infrastructure, besides dozens of rooms in private houses. It deserves to include it among the points to visit in Cuba.
  • Jardines de la Reina, located to south on Caribbean Sea, an archipelago of tiny islands practically in natural state full with beaches and coralline reefs, another ecological paradise. Santa Cruz of the South gives access to this archipelago by ship. This town is memorable in Cuba, here take place the worst natural catastrophe in the history of the country when the sea razed the town in one hurricane on 1932. This town whose urban furniture has suffered evident deterioration, it should be very beautiful in last times.

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