Attractions & Excursions

Cayo Santa María, the White Rose

Located some 20 miles north of central Villa Clara Province, the Santa María key is also known as the White Rose of Jardines del Rey. It is the largest of a group of 500 islets known as Cayos de la Herradura (horseshoe keys), with a total area of over 1300 sq. km., north of which is the world’s second largest barrier reef.

A Tour of Havana

If you ask any Habanero (resident of Havana) to identify the heart of the city, the unhesitating response will be “La Rampa.” This bit of street in Vedado, stretching 500 metres down 23rd Avenue from the Coppelia Ice Cream Park to the sea, is the most central and bustling part of the capital. It’s the ideal place for a walk, a romantic date, a work meeting, for distraction… and so, during the last 60 years La Rampa has become, along with the Malecón (seawall), the most cosmopolitan part of the metropolis.

Playa Girón

Named after the French pirate Gilberto Girón who descended on the area around the year 1604, Playa Girón is a beach in Matanzas Province about 114 kilometres from Havana. While the name Playa Girón may mean little to many nonCubans, it’s location on the eastern side of the Bay of Pigs might ring a bell.

La Güira Park, Where Nature and Culture Converge

Text & Photos: Lourdes Pérez

Lush vegetation and birds trilling accompany the visitor while walking through La Güira National Park, which is located in the Sierra de los Órganos mountain range in Pinar del Río, Cuba’s westernmost province.

Restoring the Capitolio is Reviving the Memory of the Cuban People

By: Arianna Barredo, Photos: Ferval

The Capitolio Nacional de Cuba (The National Capitol of Cuba), now immersed in a general restoration process, is a huge and colossal architectural piece comprising segments of an ample variety of artistic elements in bronze, plaster, and wood, not to mention its highly complex dome.

Special, Modern, Attractive

By: Lucía Arboláez, Photos: Jorge Pérez

Recently opened in December of last year, ‘El Litoral’ restaurant attracts a huge clientèle thanks to the attractiveness of its cuisine: current, seasonal, simple, and based on products of the finest quality.