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Cuba Destinations
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Havana
Havana’s stark contrasts, its 1950’s retro feel, incredible fleet of classic cars and its fabulous architecture are just a few of its signature trademarks you won’t find anywhere else.
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Old Havana
The heart and soul of Havana is the old town Habana Vieja, declared a Heritage of Mankind Site in 1982 by UNESCO. It was keen to preserve the beauty of its architecture and promote the historical importance of its role within the region.
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Vedado
This part of Havana is occupied primarily by office blocks and hotels, business is centred on La Rampa.
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Miramar
Further to the west this area is home to some of the most expensive hotels, restaurants in Havana and the majority of the country's foreign embassies.
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East Havana Beaches
The beaches east of Havana are known as "Playa del Este". They are just 20 minutes from Downtown Havana, and include from West to East: Bacuranao Beach, Tarara Beach, El Megano Beach, Santa Maria del Mar Beach, Boca Ciega Beach, Guanabo Beach, Veneciana Beach and Rincon Beach.
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Centro Habana
Centro Habana is one of the 15 municipalities (municipios in Spanish) in the city of Havana, Cuba. There are a lot of retail spaces (such as Plaza de Carlos III commercial center, office buildings, hotels, bars and clubs (such as the Casa de la Musica on Galiano). A chinatown - Barrio Chino - is also located in this district. It is a smaller municipality of Havana, and it has the highest population density.
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Havana Airports
Havana is served by two commercial airports: Jose Marti International, with terminals 1, 2 and 3, and Playa Baracoa Airport.
Jose Marti International Airport in Cuba's main international and domestic airport. It's a hub for Cubana de Aviacion and Aerogaviota. The airport is named after Cuban patriot and poet Jose Marti.
Playa Baracoa is a small airport is located near Baracoa Beach, west of Havana.
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Varadero
Varadero, in the western Cuban province of Matanzas, is the beach par excellence in the archipelago, despite strong competition from islets in the Jardines del Rey tourist region.
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Pinar del Rio
Pinar del Río is located at the west end of the country. Two of its multiple attributes would be enough to call the attention of visitors who have just arrived in the island: El Valle de Viñales (Valley of Viñales), Cultural Landscape of Mankind; and the fact that the lands of Vueltabajo produce the best tobacco of the world.
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Vinales
It is famed for its mogotes, large limestone formations which date back to the Jurassic period, is one of the most beautiful spots in Cuba.
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Cayo Levisa
Three kilometers of excellent beaches and 23 diving sites turn Cayo Levisa into an excellent destination for diving enthusiasts, who can enjoy crystal-clear waters and one of the world's largest coral reefs.
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Las Terrazas
This ecotourism center is situated in an area of around 5,000 hectares, in which a project of sustainable rural economy is being developed, based on the rational use of its natural resources for tourism.
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Soroa
Soroa is located 76 km west of Havana, in the Pinar del Rio province, western region of the Sierra del Rosario, Cuba. Natural reserve park covers an area of 25 000 hectares.
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Cayo Largo
Cayo Largo is blessed with an almost continuous stretch of pretty beach, notably along its south coast, there are six beaches all of which will be able to satisfy your sun and sand lust.
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Jardines del Rey
Governor Diego Velázquez named this archipelago Jardines del Rey (Gardens of the King) in honor of Ferdinand the Catholic, of Spain, in 1514. Now, more than 500 years later, this island group still has new things for you to discover!
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Cayo Coco
Cayo Coco is a paradisiacal place relevant for the balance and degree of preservation of the ecosystem it has attained, by protecting its virgin atmosphere isolated from modern world
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Cayo Guillermo
Cayo Guillermo is probably the number one sportfishing destination in Cuba. The deep-sea fishing facilities are good, and several freshwater lakes on the mainland are within commuting distance.
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Cayo Santa Maria
Cayo Santa Maria lies at the western end of the Archipielago de Sabana-Camaguey, 25 km west of Cayo Guillermo. Enjoy Cayo Santa Maria 14km of sandy white beaches.
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Cayo Ensenachos
Though the smallest of the keys linked by the pedraplén, Cayo Ensenachos is regarded by many as the one having the best beaches. Its location behind Cayo Santa María protects it from the beating of heavy waves even when the sea is rough and grants it a calm sea throughout the year.
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Cayo Las Brujas
Cayo Las Brujas in Villa Clara is the most beautiful and unspoiled Cuban beach, located in central Cuba, about hour drive north of Santa Clara. The beaches, fauna, flora and pure environment in this isolated nook protected from the hectic world.
Magnificent and the remoteness of Cayo Las Brujas allows you to experience Cuban pure tropical nature.
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Holguin Province
Holguin Province is Cuba's fourth largest. The north coast has been a substantial amount of development over the last 10 to 15 years and the beaches of Playa Guardalavaca are now firmly established with foreign tour operators.
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Guardalavaca
Guardalavaca white sand beaches and rolling hills are indeed very beautiful and today it is home to a burgeoning tourist industry with package holidays now available from England, Canada, Germany and Austria.
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Playa Esmeralda
The beach is over 2950 feet (900 meters) long, is protected by extensive coral reefs, escarpments, cliffs and lush vegetation that provides shade.
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Playa Pesquero
Pesquero Beach, in the northern coast of Holguin province, in what Columbus called "The most beautiful place human eyes had ever seen".
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Playa Yuraguanal
Stunning, natural beach in the resort area of Holguin. Located approximately one hour from Holguin Airport and about 15 minutes from the town of Guardalavaca.
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Holguin City
This city, 760km/495 miles southeast of Havana. But if you pass through, look in on the main square for its Art-Deco theatre, art gallery, and eclectic display of historical exhibits inside the Museo Provincial. The fine Carlos de la Torre Natural History Museum, just south of the square on Calle Maceo, in another colonial mansion, has a large collection of indigenous snail shells in dazzling colours.
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Bay of Pigs
You really get the feel of reliving history by coming here, and the clear Caribbean waters washing these shores make Bay of Pigs a favorite destination for scuba divers and snorkelers.
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Villa Clara
Villa Clara has been regarded as one of the most strategically important areas of Cuba. There are some good beaches in the north and the capital of the province, Santa Clara.
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Santa Clara
A buzzing provincial town, with a pleasant Parque Central, Santa Clara is most famous for its connection with Che Guevara, whose attack on a Batista troop train in the city in December 1958 helped persuade the dictator that his days were numbered.
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Remedios
Remedios, city located 6 miles from the northern coast of Cuba, in the center of the island. It is part of the province of Villa Clara. The city is one of the eighth oldest city in Cuba.
Remedios is about 4 hours away by bus from Havana, around 50 minutes from Santa Clara and there is less than an hour from there to beach resorts in the Santa Maria - Las Brujas keys both situated north of the province.
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Cienfuegos
Considered the crowning jewel of Cuban architectural in the 19th century, Cienfuegos stands out for the perfect design of its streets and for the refinement and good taste of the buildings in the historic center of the city, which has been declared a national monument.
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Sancti Spiritus
Sancti Spiritus is the most central province of Cuba and its northern and southern coastlines are washed by the waters of the Atlantic and the Caribbean respectively.
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Playa Santa Lucia
Located in Camagüey province, Santa Lucía is one of the longest coral beaches in Cuba. There are 35 scuba-diving sites, including areas with sunken ships dating from the 19th century.
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Trinidad
The best-preserved colonial city in Cuba, in the shadow of the Escambray mountains, Trinidad was not even linked by road to the rest of the country until the 1950s.
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Las Tunas
Las Tunas, in northeastern Cuba, is famous for its nearly virgin beaches (Covarrubias) and strong country folk music and dance movements.
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Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba is hot, hilly and exhausting but at the same time seductively languid. Built on a sequence of hills overlooking a large bay with the Sierra Maestra in the background
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Matanzas
Matanzas often called the Athens of Cuba and famous for its many bridges, interesting architecture and music is on the way to famous Varadero Beach.
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Camaguey City
The panorama of Camagüey is uniformly flat, broken up only by palm trees, whilst the soil, some of the most fertile in the land, makes it suitable for the growing of sugar cane.
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Ciego de Avila
Ciego de Avila is the flattest in province Cuba, never rising more than 50m above sea level. The city, 460km east of Havana and 110km west of Camagüey, has developed as something of an historical halfway house.
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Granma
Gramma Province in southeastern part of Cuba is the heartland of Cuban Independence. The region has shown strong support for rebel and opposition forces from the beginning of recorded Cuban history.
The northern part of the province is mainly grassland, bordering the provinces of Las Tunas and Holguin. Traveling south through the province, the terrain changes to rolling plains and foothills, and eventually becomes very mountainous.
The province also has many natural attractions; these include the Desembarco del Granma (Landing of the Granma) National Park -which UNESCO has declared a part of world natural heritage because it contains important flora, fauna and geographic features -Turquino Peak, the highest elevation in the country (6476 feet, or 1974 meters, above sea level); and Marea del Portillo Beach, which has volcanic sand and a stunning backdrop of mountains.
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Baracoa
Baracoa is located on the northern coast of Guantanamo Province, over 620 miles (1000 km) east of Havana. You can get there by flying Gustavo Rizo Airport, which handles small and medium-sized planes, or by driving along the Moa-Baracoa highway or the La Farola viaduct, which links Baracoa with regions to the south. This last is an impressive feat of engineering that winds among mountains 1968 feet (600 m) above the sea level and has nine bridges that hang out over precipices.
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Guantanamo
Guantanamo is a very mountainous region, with profound contrasts and the only place in Cuba where you can find semi-desert areas.
Guantánamo is the most Eastern of the Cuban provinces. Separated from Havana by a little more than 900 kilometer, this territory where is located Baracoa, the first of the Cuban Villas founded by Spaniards. Our Lady of Asuncion de Baracoa, was founded on 1512 by Advanced Don Diego Velazquez and it became the first capital of Cuba.
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