Matanzas: 11th reason of this amazing summer holidays in Cuba.
Barely 100 km far from the Cuban capital, there is Matanzas-founded in 1693- which offers the Cuba Holidays makers the image of a city settled at the margins of a harbour of quiet waters and also provides their 11th reason of this amazing summer holidays in Cuba.
Due to the rivers that crosses it and its rich cultural traditions, among which are the musical creations like danzon, danzonete and rumba, as well as the distinct Sauto Theatre 135 years old, the city is also known as both the Venice and Athens of Cuba.
Matanzas has Varadero Tourist Resort, the main bath place in the biggest of the Antilles and one of the best well known in the world. While you are enjoying your all inclusive holidays in Matanzas it will be a sin if you do not visit Varadero. It has beautiful shallow beaches of transparent waters, where the bathers go in meter by meter without being completely covered by the water, while others play in the white fine sand.
Visiting the "Athens of Cuba"on this all inclusive holidays in Cuba
To the South of the province there is the National Park Peninsula de Zapata, the most important reserve of Cuban flora and fauna. Its Laguna del Tesoro, the huge crocodile breeding place of La Boca, the vertical flooded coastal caves, known as basins as well as Playa Larga and Playa Giron promise a rich journey, on this full of adventure package holidays in Cuba, in full contact with the varied nature of the place which is considered the biggest refugee of birds in the island an which is the biggest marsh in the Insular Caribbean.
Among the places of interest we recommend you to visit during this Cuba Holidays is the Bacunayagua Bridge, which offers an impressive view of the Yumuri Valley and stands as an obliged stop over. The Bellamar Caves discovered in the 19th century, the museum "Oscar Maria de Rojas, the Pharmaceutical Museum and Cardenas, city of carriages and horses, which was the first to fly the National Flag. You can find all these beauties in Matanzas, where your dream of the idyllic Cuba Holidays can come true.
Havana Province: the 12th reason of your Cuba Holidays.
Born as a result of the 1975 politico-administrative division, Havana province is like a safe rear-guard for the capital of the country which is the main tourist destination. Nevertheless, Havana Province will surely be the 12th reason of your Cuba Holidays.
Being strong in the fields of agriculture and fishing due to its lands and coasts, this province is also an excellent complement for those Cuba Holidays makers who want to escape from the noise of the big city and look for shelter in the white sanded beaches or the quite countryside.
Only 25 kilometres away from the capital, on the way to the western Pinar del Rio, is Playa El Salado and with its Cocomar Village which offers excellent facilities for resting and scuba diving in a beautiful area of coral reefs. You will have the chance of finding the best conditions for resting and diving of this all inclusive holidays in Cuba. The latter is particular attractive considering the magnificent coral reef of its beach.
The Blue Reef Centre, located in this Villa, offers courses of night diving initiation to all the Cuba Holidays makers that visit this charming place. Other water sports can be practiced as motto - nautical, catamarans, water bicycle rents and a great deal of others activities related with the sea. As part of a wide range of sports activities, at the Cocomar Resort, provides introductory courses for karting and motorcycle. Almost the entire most important national event on these modalities takes place at the Cocomar Villa, where you can appreciate the marvellous performances of not only the best of the Cuban competitors but also plenty of international ones.
Havana province has a lot of more that countryside to offer you on this summer Holidays.
Right by the Ariguanabo River- one of the main rivers in the province- those Cuba Holidays makers who love rural ambiance can enjoy the excellence of Las Yagrumas Hotel. And in the north coast of the province, in a town called Santa Cruz, thousands of people enjoy their holidays in Cuba in direct contact with nature in the camp sites every year.
The bases of the construction of some hotel facilities in Jibacoa location, near the border with Matanzas province, aims at turning this are and its magnificent beach into a great destination for European tourist who will enjoy their summer holidays in Cuba admiring the attractive view from the PeNon de Jibacoa, a hill that outlooks the beauty of the white sand and the quiet water.
Built with the joint capital and operated by Superclub, the Jamaican Agency leader in the all inclusive modality in the Caribbean, Breezes Jibacoa hotel opened to the public in 1999.This is the best place where you can stay on this package holidays in Cuba. A beautiful hotel near the sea with all the facilities that you will need to make of this Caribbean holidays in Cuba the best experience you ever lived.
Also nearby is the largest rum factory in Latin America, where famous Havana Club is made in all variants as well as other liquors with the taste of Cuban exquisite fruits which are essential for those who enjoy the good cuisine. Visiting this amazing place where one of the most famous rum of the world is produced is a must see on this luxury holidays in Cuba. An experienced guide will show you the entire factory where you can see its old part without any modifications that still works and the renewal one that has the most advance technology that is used to extract this wonderful product to the Cuban sugar cane.
Villa Tropico, jointly managed by Cuban and Italian representatives, is one of the Gran Caribe hotel group's proposals of this Cuba Holidays. With the system of all inclusive, at this place you can make all your idyllic summer holidays dreams to become true. Villa Tropico has four bars, three restaurants, a huge swimming pool and the best of it, it is a fish colony that can de admired while diving on its crystal waters on this Cuba Holidays. On the other hand, El Abra scuba diving centre, in that same area, is an excellent supplement to offer, which includes introductory courses and night and day coral reef diving.
Living Cuba Countryside in a peculiar way
We can also find in Artemisa, Habana, Rancho Azucarero Managed Resource Area, with its wild rain forest and the ancient ruins of a coffee plantation, the best destination of this all inclusive holidays in Cuba, as well as some specimens from the African fauna introduced by man into these sites. Another activity carried out on this area is the English thoroughbred horses rearing for those Cuba Holidays makers that like adding some risk and adventure to their summer holidays in Cuba.
Orienteering, horseback and carriage rides, and camping sites contribute to the contact between Cuba Holidays makers and nature. Kilometres of coastline find company in lots of oil wheels where the endless pumping of "black gold" and natural gas can be seen. The largest wells are located in Boca de Jaruco and Puerto Escondido. Only this Cuba Holidays in Havana Province will provide you the opportunity of knowing more about the economical development, regarding oil extraction of this beautiful island.
Outstanding in the south of the province, characterized by low-and often muddy-coasts, is Surgidero de Batabano, the linking point with the Isle of Youth and an important port for capturing chelonians, lobsters and shrimps. It is also one of the main reserves of sea sponges of Cuba. While visiting this location as part of your package holidays in Cuba, you will have the unique possibility of tasting the delicious of the best Lobsters you have ever taste before.
Each city has its own peculiarity on the Habana province.
Havana Province also gives you the chance of knowing more about Cuban religion and the melting pot of its roots. In Madruga community, Freddy's home exhibits the whole system of symbols related to the Afrocuban religion, together with a vast collection of different objects used in the rituals; all of them made by the skilful hands of the babalawo.
In addition, the community of San Antonio de los BaNos is the right place to learn the history of Cuban Graphic humour from the first caricature ever known until the most recent works. The location is also an important host to the International Biennales devoted to that technique and it is also where the International School of Cinema is located.
Agro-industrial complexes- where sugar cane is harvested and its sweet product is obtained- complete the panorama of Havana, where, despite the few hotel facilities, tourism is growing as a result of its proximity to the capital and due to the fact that its land and coasts devoted to agriculture and fishing also gives an excellent complement to those Cuba Holidays makers that like to escape from the every day life run and of the big cities and try to find shelter in the white sand beaches and the quiet environment of the fields. In addition, your decision of choosing Havana as the destination of your luxury holidays in Cuba will be also influenced by the beauty and peace of its green fields, the blue waters and friendly spirit of its inhabitants who are always willing to offer their best to all visitors that go to Havana on their Cuba Holidays.
