Localities


Trinidad

Trinidad

The city of Trinidad was the third town founded by the Spanish Crown in Cuba in early 1514. The village was founded with the presence of the Governor Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, the city is changed rapidly, thanks to the entrepreneurial attitude of its inhabitants, which enabled him to be one of the most prosperous of the Greater Antilles.

The conservation and restoration work undertaken by specialists in this area of south central Cuba, and who profess to love their city inhabitants,...


Cienfuegos

Cienfuegos

Founded in 1819 under the name of Fernandina of Jagua by Don Luis De Clouet and popularly known as La Perla del Sur, Cienfuegos is the largest city was founded as in the nineteenth century.

The Cienfuegos Port Complex is the second in the country, after Havana, and the most important part of our long coastline south. Gives encouragement to one of the most modern and prosperous provinces of the nation, with a promising future thanks to its impressive industrial park, its natural...


Matanzas

Matanzas

San Carlos and San Severino of Matanzas is a city in Cuba, was founded in October 1693 in a privileged place in the geography of northern Cuba between the river Yumurí, San Juan and Canimar. Located on the north coast of Cuba, Matanzas is the capital of the province of the same name. For his literary and cultural development, Matanzas is also known as "The Athens of Cuba." This development starts from 1813, when the city received yumurina benefits of the introduction of printing. It is believed that this year begins...


Morón

Morón

The city of Morón is located north of the province of Ciego de Avila, a few miles from Cayo Coco, is the second largest city in the region Avileña, and was founded 460 years ago. Also appointed as the City of the Rooster in honor of the Cuban sculptor Rita Longa who created a monument to the Gallo of exceptional value and historical-cultural heritage, protected as a symbol of the town.

Among the attractions to visit in the city you can explore the...


Baracoa

Baracoa

Baracoa was the first town founded by Spanish conquistadors in Cuba (1512), therefore he is known as the First City of Cuba. It offers visitors the chance to admire one of the most attractive landscapes and best preserved in the West geography. You can also enjoy local customs and traditions of its hospitable people.

In Baracoa, the existence of sea, mountains covered with dense foliage and abundant river arteries converge and form an attractive...


Pinar del Rio

Pinar del Rio

Capital of the province of the same name, Pinar del Rio is one of the most picturesque cities of Cuba, known as the capital of the world's best tobacco. Is located just 174 km from Havana, cities that are linked by a magnificent highway.

Significantly by the late neo-classical architecture tropicalized, through its streets you can walk under the protection of kilometers wide portals.

Born in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, has come a long process...


Camaguey

Camaguey

Founded in 1514 under the name of Puerto Principe and with a capital of 480 years of history, Camagüey is also known as the city of the jars by the large presence of these huge containers of clay, which used to store rainwater and today ornamental gardens, doorways and parks.

Emerged as a top coastal town, its inhabitants decided the move inland to escape the constant threat of privateers and pirates, and proceed with its reconstruction in a vast plain, which quickly became a well-established settlement of families to their traditions.

Its...


Varadero

Varadero

It is the Cuba's main beach tourist destination. Is located at the northernmost point of the island, extends along the narrow peninsula of Hicacos. Its potential is the fundamental natural beach of Varadero, with more than 22 kilometers of fine white sand and magnificent and impressive shelf of warm blue waters in which they engaged in diving.

Varadero was founded on December 5, 1887, when a group of ten wealthy families decided to settle in the place. As a resort town began to develop in the 1940s.

Holguín

Holguín

Holguin is one of the most beautiful cities in Cuba, is located in the eastern region, 800 km from Havana and is known as the City of Parks.

It was founded in 1525 by Captain García Holguín and eventually was developed to the point that the port of Gibara, belonging to this region became one of the principal of Eastern Cuba.

Prominent in many parks surrounding the Parque San Jose, San Isidoro Park, Parque Marti, Parque de las Flores, among others. The most important of all is the Calixto Garcia Park, located...


Moa

Moa

Moa Municipality is located in the extreme east of Holguín province, in Cuba. It is essentially mountainous with a narrow, semi flat strip on the Atlantic coast, its northern limit, where the main population conglomerates settle.

Its geography extends throughout the Sagua-Baracoa mountain range that is part of the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, rich in fauna and flora with many native species. In this beautiful landscape, whose highest...


Guardalavaca

Guardalavaca

Guardalavaca is a beach located on the north coast of the province of Holguin, in eastern Cuba. Guardalavaca was one of the first places visited by Christopher Columbus upon his arrival on the island. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries it was a refuge for the corsairs and pirates of the region.

The area has a rich potential of natural resources for tourism development, beaches, caves, cays, diving areas, all those combined with...


Península de Zapata

Península de Zapata

Peninsula de Zapata. One of the most unique sites in Cuba where several types of swamp ecosystems are grouped, moderately or slightly modified by the action of man.

It is located in the south of the province of Matanzas and has a wide and rich wetland where different species of birds, plants,...


Boca de Camarioca

Boca de Camarioca

Boca de Camarioca is a town in the province of Matanzas. It is part of the municipality of Varadero as well as the towns of Santa Marta and Varadero. It is located at the mouth of the river Camarioca, and extends along the coast to the east to the beach of Los Pinos and west to Los Caletones (on both banks of the river), to the north it borders the coast and to the south with fields cultivated henequen.

The population has educational centers, baseball stadium, volleyball...


Sancti Spíritus

Sancti Spíritus

Sancti Spíritus is a city of Cuba located in the central area of the island, and capital of the province of the same name.

It was founded on June 4, 1514 by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, on the banks of the Tuinucú River, in the now called town of Pueblo Viejo, about 8 kilometers from its current location and in 1522 it was transferred to its current headquarters, on the banks of the Yayabo River. It was the starting point of...


Gibara

Gibara

Gibara is a small city located on the north east coast of the Republic of Cuba. The White Villa as it is also known, is head of the municipality of the same name, belonging to the Province of Holguin.

The small city, founded on January 16, 1817, has a rich history and culture of its own according to the lineage of its foundation and a beautiful and lush landscape, beautiful architectural sites and a perfect layout of its houses, streets and parks, but the largest wealth according to...