Founded in 1519, Havana is an impressive city with its numerous churches, ancient forts, over 50 museums, eighteenth and nineteenth-century buildings and spectacular squares everywhere. It is divided into three areas: Central Havana, Vedado and Old Havana.      Gran Teatro de La Habana is part of the Palacio del Centro Gallego complex, located downtown. It has hosted several famous performances over time and it is now the headquarters of t...

  Trinidad is one of the seven settings founded by Spanish conquistadors, which later became one of the main targets of pirates. Due to sugar industry, the city became very prosperous in economic terms.      Trinidad and the nearby Valle de los Ingenious were included in UNESCO patrimony in 1988. If you visit the town, you will immediately understand why: the beautiful restored homes, holy churches and inner covered courtyards emanate an atm...

  About 140 km east of Havana, in the western province of Matanzas, Varadero town is located, which is the largest tourist resort in the Caribbean. Varadero awaits visitors with a white sandy shore of 20 km, where you can practice almost all water sports: swimming, diving, sailing, windsurfing; numerous hotels with high-quality services, and many other opportunities to practice sports.   Varadero has been the tourist center for Cubans since 1872, but has become kno...

  Santa Clara is located halfway between Havana and Camaguey, about 196 km to the south-east of Varadero. The whole city evokes history: the monuments from the colonial era, restaurants and colonial hotels. About 8 km from Santa Clara, the most important university in Cuba is located, so that students endow the city with a youthful dynamic energy.      About Cubanacan, which is located near the city of Santa Clara, Christopher Columbus thoug...

  About 162 km to the south-west of Havana, the lively city of Pinar del Rio is located. The city streets are crowded with cyclists and prams; neoclassical colonnades along the way offer the city a specific charm.     Among the largest cities of Cuba, Pinar del Rio was founded later than the remaining ones, being founded in 1669. Due to the General Antonio Maceo, the city joined the second war of independence in 1896. The governments of that time...

  Camagüey - the town that lies halfway between Santa Clara and Santiago de Cuba –fascinates the visitor at first glance. Inside the buildings dating from the colonial era there are hidden paintings on glass; courtyards with luxuriant vegetation and fine churches that stand impressively, in bright pastel colors are few of the aspects that make it a charming town. Camagüey is the city of the “tinajone”: those huge clay pots which were usually located ...

  Once a city of pirates and corsairs, Cienfuegos is now an important city located in southwest Cuba, which registers a continuous and rapid development. Cienfuegos is the capital city of the province with the same name. The city is located approximately 250 km away from Havana and has a population of 150,000 inhabitants. Cienfuegos is one of the major ports of Cuba, the main center for processing sugar cane, coffee and tobacco industry.     &nbs...

  Matanzas was founded right on the shore of Matanzas Bay, at the confluence of San Juan and Yumuri river. Most people just pass through the town, but those who give it a chance to discover the place and its values, will be fascinated by the original atmosphere of the city and its bustling cultural life.      It is said that the city name comes from the massacre (matanza) of Spaniards, during a revolt of the natives. The city was founded on ...

  Baracoa is a colonial city rich in tourist attractions, located between two bays on an isthmus with tropical vegetation.   Christopher Columbus called this land Porto Santo and devoted a special note for the anvil-shaped mountain El Yunque. This area of the country boasts dense forests, coconut and citrus groves –here one will find the most tropical atmosphere in Cuba. Besides the coconut nut, there is another major product, the cocoa, from which the famous and spe...

  Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city in Cuba. In the nineteenth century, French immigrants brought some color to the already colorful culture of Santiago, where Spanish, African and Haiti influences mix, forming a multiculturalism that gives us the impression that in this Cuban city one can feel best the true Caribbean character. Santiago de Cuba is located in a valley, between the Sierra Maestra mountains, and due to the port in the gulf, it remained for centuries an ...

  Holguin, called the city of parks, is the fourth largest city in Cuba, with a cheerful and friendly atmosphere. It does not boast as many colonial buildings as Santiago de Cuba, Camaguey and Trinidad do, but this is the place where renaissance has begun, during which there have been restored local plazas, picturesque fairs and major monuments.     The city of San Isidero de Holguin was founded around 1523 and became the residence of the communi...

  Sancti Spiritus is a charming town, with colorful facades built in the colonial era and cobbled streets. Sancti Spiritus city was founded in 1514 on the Tuinicu River bank and it is the oldest town in the central provinces of Cuba. In 1522, the town was moved to its current location, near Rio Yayabo. This river was called so after two specific Cuban things: ironed guayabera shirt, which was cut here for the first time here, and after guayaba fruit, that grows on river banks. The b...