Ciego de Avila: the seventh reason of your Cuba Holidays
The province of Ciego de Avila-on the East of the country- seems to be most promising of the Cuban destinations that is why it is going to be the seventh reason of your Cuba Holidays, thanks to the construction of the stone trail that joins terra firma with Cays Coco and Cay Guillermo which form together with Paredon Grande and Anton Chico- among others- the group of Cays called Jardines del Rey. You will encounter on this summer holidays in Cuba virgin paradises and refugee of birds barely touched by the hand of men, the islets constitute an exclusive tourist product where a minimum hotel development is foreseen.
But Ciego de Avila is not at all only a territory with rural characteristics, abundant in sugar cane and pineapples neither only famous by its cays, there is also the city of Moron with numerous interesting places, among which outstand museums, art galleries, forts, and hunting spots, and Jucaro with its marina offer, for the pleasure of those who love water activities on their Christmas Holidays in Cuba. If what you wish is nightlife, or eat in a nice restaurant, we recommend the hotels of the city where you will, for sure, find comfort, a nice staff and much more on this package holidays.
This province has enormous potential for being your favourite on this all inclusive holidays in Cuba because of the variety of its offers, as well as a centennial cultural tradition. Part of this culture can be praised at the Municipal Museum of the city of Moron, where the Idolillo de Barro is exhibited along with more than 1600 aboriginal pieces that were found in 1947 few kilometres away from the city. Today they constitute a valuable archaeological treasure.
Sancti Spiritus: The eighth reason of this package holidays in Cuba.
Located in central Cuba and bathed by the Caribbean Sea, Sancti Spiritus not only features a beautiful combination of rivers, mountains and forest on a fertile and clayish soil but also the eighth reason of this package holidays in Cuba.
A major mountain range in Cuba, Sierra del Escambray, covers 15 percent of the total area of Sancti Spiritus. The main attraction for the Cuba Holiday makers is the village of Trinidad also known as the Museum of Cuba, one of the most beautiful colonial settings in Cuba.
Trinidad: visiting the Museum city of Cuba.
Trinidad was founded in 1515 as Villa de la Santisima Trinidad; this village was recognized by UNESCO as World Heritage Site for its architecture, one of the most comprehensive in the Americas. Visiting Trinidad on this summer holidays you will be at the Museum city of Cuba.
Trinidad harmoniously combines characteristics of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. In a walk through its cobble-stoned streets, Cuba Holidays makers can find artistic balconies, admirably wrought grilles and stairways, and multiple-colour facades in its museum styles houses. Another walk by the Plaza Mayor surrounded by centenary buildings such as Trinitarian Architecture museum, the Romantic Museum, Guamuhayan Archaeology Museum, and the art Gallery. This Plaza, declared by UNESCO World Heritage, is the place where you discover the typical Trinitarian atmosphere and where the tower of San Francisco de Asis, visible from any place of the city, stands with the mountains of the Escambray as a background. This is going to be your favourite visit on this all inclusive holidays in Cuba.
Drinking Canchanchara while enjoying your Cuba Holidays in Trinidad
One of the obliged rituals for those who go to Trinidad on their summer holidays is to drink a Canchanchara, a cocktail that is served in a place of the same name and that is a mixture of sugar cane alcohol, lemon, honey, mineral water, and ice these two latter ingredients were added to make it a modern drink, originally conceived by the mambises in the last 19th century and which they drank at temperature.
The stone streets, the wooden gates on the big windows, the spacious houses, the horse carriages and the people themselves, friendly, and of simple manners are the most outstanding features of this ancient Cuban villa and we are sure are going to be the things that you will like the most of Trinidad on this Caribbean Holidays in Cuba.
Once in Trinidad as part of your all inclusive holidays in Cuba is advisable to take a sea bath in the excellent Ancon Beach, the best of all the beaches in the South Coast of Cuba. It is also advisable to hike the green places of Topes de Collantes in the heart of Escambray Sierra and also to visit the ancient city of Sancti Spiritus to admire its splendid Mayor Parish and to go on the Yayabo River, the only medieval bridge with radial stone arches that is left in the country.
Villa Clara: the ninth reason of your Caribbean Holidays in Cuba.
Villa Clara was founded in 1869 by the inhabitants of a coast town that escaped from the attacks of pirates and corsairs. Villa Clara is located right on the centre of the Greatest of the Antilles. Its capital Santa Clara is a growing city in which the traditions link with a growing tourist development and its centenary cultural values, high scientific, social and industrial potential are going to make of it the ninth reason of your Caribbean Holidays in Cuba. The perfect design of its streets, its neoclassic buildings, the parks, the walks, and the long sea wall, which separates it from the sea, give a special elegance to this beautiful city.
Villa Clara has places of great historical value such as the Plaza Ernesto Guevara that constitutes for a sacred place for Cubans and many other people in the world. This beautiful and interesting place is a must see on this all inclusive holidays in Cuba. It is a marble museum where the corpse of Che Guevara and the members of his guerrilla rest. It is also linked to the presence of Che in Santa Clara, we can find the surviving remains of the famous armoured train that should have carried back up to the troops of the dictator in the interior of the country and which was derailed turning to ashes the hope of survival of the bloody Batista's Government's life. As you can see, Santa Clara is a place full of Cuban History and one of the favourites of Che Guevara that like you had fallen in Love with this city.
Around the beautiful park Vidal- famous for its tress, its arbour and its statues- there is the interesting architectonical group from which the old Theatre of la Caridad with its classical Italian style and the Provincial Library outstand.
Other places of interest on Villa Clara
To the North, there is Remedios, the 8th villa in Cuba, founded in 1524 and birthplace of the great musician and lawyer Alejandro Garcia Caturla. Among its attractions we recommend that you visit on this package holidays in Villa Clara, the Parrish of San Juan Bautista, the Museum of Parades and the hotel Mascotte.
The new investments point out to extend towards the cays the development of an important infrastructure for tourism, taking advantage of the abundant Islets and the virgin beaches of glass-like waters. The first steps in this sense have been the cays Las Brujas and Santa Maria. For this purpose a rustic road net extends from Caibarien, a fisherman's town, and links some virgin cays to the Hanabanilla, artificial lake among hills, and its water jump. Visiting those cays on your Cuba Holidays will be an unforgettable experience.
For health tourism lovers that take care of their body and mind on their Cuba Holidays, the Elguea bath is available for the enjoyment of medicinal waters where a modern facility offers you a great choice of therapeutic techniques.
Cienfuegos: the 10th reason of this all inclusive holidays in Cuba.
Cienfuegos is guarded since the 18th century by the Jagua Castle which lies on the Rivera of a wide harbour. It will make you feel the pleasant impression of being in one of the most elegant cities in Cuba. And it will be the 10th reason of this all inclusive holidays in Cuba. Jose Marti Park, of great beauty so as the surrounding parks, is the centre of the city. A beautiful walk, called the Prado like the one in Havana, leads you from the centre of the city to the sea wall and finally to Punta Gorda where stands the Jagua Hotel and the Palace of Valle one of the most beautiful buildings in Cuba mixture architectural styles. Cienfuegos is also a good spot to take a nature bath.
The most advisable is to begin by the Botanic Garden while enjoying your Christmas holidays in Cienfuegos or a yacht sail along the huge harbour to the sight of the fortress that protects it amidst a green landscape on the picturesque fishermen town known as Porche. If your irremediable hobby is the sea, the beaches of this area are very quiet. Cienfuegos has a good hotel infra structure, fishing spots and the possibility to practice a number of water sports.
Due to all its charms Cienfuegos is known as "The Pearl of the South". Come and discover it on your unforgettable Cuba Holidays.
