Destinations

Destinations

Baconao Park Benefits

Baconao Park, located in eastern Cuba, is a kind of paradise between sea and mountains for all nature loving travelers. The park is located some 20 kilometres away from the city of Santiago de Cuba, with a total surface area of 328 square miles. It was declared a World Heritage Biosphere Reserve in 1987 by UNESCO.

Cuba’s Beaches, Some of the World’s Best

By: Roberto F. Campos, Photos by: Prensa Latina

The Cuban tourist destinations of Varadero and Cayo Coco are among the 25 best beaches in the world, according to a survey by the travel review website TripAdvisor, one of the largest global networks on travel.

Matanzas, the Cuban Athens

By: Ciro Bianchi Ross, Photos by: Prensa Latina

Standing at the Catalonians’ Hermitage (Ermita de los Catalanes), one can see the entire city of Matanzas. It sits beside a calm turquoise bay on undulating hills that are crossed by three rivers and wrapped in a bluish fog, especially at dawn. It is said that Matanzas is the least Cuban of the island’s cities, and certainly its architecture sets it apart

Soroa, a Rainbow in the Mountains of Cuba

By: Adalys Pilar Mireles, Photos by: Prensa Latina

or nature and beauty in the clean mountain air of western Cuba, there are two places that can’t be missed: Soroa, known as “Cuba’s Rainbow,” and the eco-village of Las Terrazas, both of them part of the Sierra del Rosario Biosphere Reserve.

The Grilles of Camagüey

By: Mabel Guerra García

The use of metal grilles on the facades and inner areas of houses in the eastern city of Camagüey is both a symbol and tradition in the city which was founded in 1514 and, at the time, christened with the name Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe. Camaguey is located some 500 kms east of Havana.

Havana, City Encounters and Good Omens.

As the capital of the Republic of Cuba, since its founding Havana has been a port of welcome and departure from and into the world.

Sancti Spíritus: Half a Millenium of a Historic Town

By: Raúl I. García Álvarez , Photos: Garal

Citizens of Sancti Spíritus are proud of their city, where public squares, places of recreation and churches frame the narrow cobbled streets.

Topes de Collantes: Nature, Health, and Events

Topes de Collantes is a Nature Reserve park situated in the Guamuhaya mountain range. It covers a surface of more than 20,000 hectares, through the provinces of Villa Clara, Cienfuegos and Santi Spíritus

Camagüey:A historic and contemporary city

By Masiel Fernández Bolaños Photos by José Tito Meriño and Publicitur

The city of Camagüey, known for its churches, legends and tinajones—large, earthenware vessels for storing water—is a place where the colonial and the modern coexist in harmony, a touch of distinction that has been one of its main attractions for over half a millennium.