Havana city: the 13th reason of this terrific package holidays in Cuba.
Considered throughout time as a privileged spot for commerce and communications, Havana is the tourist region with the greatest number of options to satisfy the different tastes of all kinds of Cuba Holidays makers and it will be the 13th reason of this terrific package holidays in Cuba.
Old Havana, within wall city was declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 1982. And although this condition would be enough to call the all the visitors that like to spend their holidays in Cuba attention on it, the Capital has still many other charms.
Main cultural plaza in the country it is the site of most of the institutions, companies and enterprises. It has diversity of options in different fields of mankind activities and personalities linked to the artistic life of the country. The greatest part of the most important cultural events takes place in its cultural facilities. Havana is full of cinemas, theatres, concert halls, art galleries, among other cultural places where you can see the result of the best of the Cuban cultural heritage on this all inclusive holidays in Cuba.
Havana city: a cosmopolitan capital.
Havana is a beautiful coast city which past and present history is intimately linked to the sea. It has 14 kilometres of excellent beaches located to the East and four scuba diving centres operate here to cover the attractions of a big diving spot.
The Metropolitan Park, a green belt that assures the environmental health of the city, inhabited by majestic trees and a varied flora emerged on the Almendares riverside, is a place for family recreation and entertainment. Visiting the Almendares Park on this Cuba Holidays will be like being in a nearly touch with nature in the same heart of Havana city.
The famous Tropicana Cabaret, La Bodeguita del Medio, the mythic Hotel Nacional, the Havana Sea Wall, Coppelia ice cream Parlour, the canyon ceremony at 9:00 o'clock in the Morro- Cabana Castles are emblem some suggestion that Havana city makes to you on your Caribbean Holidays in Cuba. In Havana you will be able to by all kinds of souvenirs in specialized shops, try your favourite dish in a great number of restaurants while its hotels constitute an unforgettable stay guarantee.
Pinar Del Rio: the 14th reason of your all inclusive holidays in Cuba.
Pinar del Rio has one of the most beautiful landscapes in Cuba. The most western province offers all Cuba Holidays makers the 14th reason of your all inclusive holidays in Cuba. Because it is the best and unique natural attraction and the world's best tobacco land. Among the best Cuban hotels that are located in the area there are other region's main attractions, ViNales Valley one of the most representative landscapes of the larger island in the Caribbean and has been declared Natural Monument of Cuba. Just when the sun is not beating down yet and a hazy shade of summer bodes the coming of balmier hours is the perfect time of day to traipse around the ViNales Valley. This extraordinary valley embraces a range of hues that nature lovers would wait a lifetime to see. Round top hills shrouded by mind-boggling lush vegetation meet the eye as the royal palm, Cuba's national tree, stands out before our very eyes. Ingrained in this neck of the woods, you will find the tobacco plantations, located in chemically perfect soils and guarded by weather conditions that guarantee the high quality of the leaves.
Vinales Valley and its wonders
If you start your hike in the early morning, the surrounding trails will cast the necessary spell for you to spend an excellent day of your Cuba Holidays. This is no doubt the magic of the place. The ViNales Valley is one of the island nation's most sought-after spots by Cuba Holidays Makers that choose Cuba as their top travel destination for spending their luxury holidays. This is a 50-square-mile extension that is part of the Sierra de los Organos mountain range, and in the same breath, is attached to the mountains of Guaniguanico.
For naturalists, this is a geologically complex location teeming with limestone, slate, schist and sandstones, with much older structures, like the round top hills, crowning the scenery as a perfect complement to this above-described picture. This is a right destination for mountain climbers that like to add some adventure to their summer holidays in Cuba, because the round hilltops jut out magnificently over the plain. These rounded hills (hummocks) which are covered by exuberant vegetation, whose origin traces back to the Jurassic period are worth taking to look, on these landscapes. This is an opportunity that you cannot missed while being on your Christmas Holidays. The valley, with little more than 6 miles long and 3 miles wide, has three good Cuban hotels in the neighbourhood: Los Jazmines, La Ermita and Rancho San Vicente.
Either on you way in or out of Pinar del Rio, visiting the Francisco Donatien Cigar Factory is a must on this all inclusive holidays in Cuba, a place where Vegueros stogies are rolled and where you can buy a good case of those exquisite cigars at the El Estanco store. The location offers an amazingly perfect view of the Prehistory Mural, right in the ViNales Valley, a monumental work of art authored by artist Leovigildo Gonzalez that recreates different stages of human evolution carved on the wall of one of the round top hills.
In Pinar del Rio you can have a true encounter with Mother Nature on this summer holidays.
Visiting places like El Indio and Santo Tomas caves which are nature walks will be for those interested in spending their Cuba Holidays in a landscape full of clasp of the indescribable nature an amazing experience of this summer holidays in Cuba. The latter is the biggest of Cuba; its galleries have an extension of 45 kilometres and the best choice for a real luxury holidays.
In Pinar del Rio you can also have a friendly encounter with alligators. Dropping by the breeding grounds of alligators, seeing how they live and behave will be something more to tell to your friends when you return home after spending your package holidays in Cuba. On your all inclusive holidays, you can admire the variety of this specie its natural habitat. These reptiles, which were once abundant along the shores, are now endangered species. Cuban laws have declared their protection. The grounds let people take a look of their nest and the size of their offspring, even though some of them are born nearly adults. With some previous arrangements that are include on your Package holidays you can watch the freeing of two-year old alligators, the moment when they are ready to live a life of their own in the wild. These are the largest breeding grounds of western Cuba and a beautiful place to visit on your Cuba holidays.
After leaving Sabanalamar, most of all Cuba Holidays makers move to the plains where the isthmus of Guanahacabibes begins, Cuba's largest lacustrine area with shores bathed both by the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, flowed by the Cuyaguateje River on the easternmost tip. This is the perfect place, for those who like risk and adventure and to add something different to their Caribbean Holidays in Cuba. As you walk into the prairie, you will notice immediately the irregular shoreline of the Guaniguanico Mountain Range, represented by the Alturas de Pizarras Del Sur, packed with lovely pinewoods and coniferous trees. Farther from there and moving to the northwest, a limestone wall meets the eye: The Sierra del Paso Real; in the background, The Sierra de Guane marks off the end of the Sierra De los Organos. Visiting this paradise within your summer holidays is something you will never forget.
Guanahacabibes: a beautiful peninsula that will be waiting for you on this Cuba Holidays.
Within the boundaries of the province, an area where people have spun some of the most colourful yarns is no doubt the Guanahacabibes Peninsula, a natural paradise in the Caribbean. Guanahacabibes: a beautiful peninsula that will be waiting for you on this Cuba Holidays. Spanish vessels loaded with the treasures of the New World wrecked in the middle of engulfing storms, or were assaulted by pirates and filibusters that used to hide their loots in the beaches. Caribbean buccaneers became experts in going around a tight surveillance to smuggle their goods. Or just the place's rich biodiversity has also helped weave some of the most incredible stories. Diving in the waters of the Guanahacabibes peninsula while looking for those treasures will be an adventure to ever remember on this summer holidays.
To get to the peninsula, you need to travel from the city of Pinar Del Rio, driving through the south-western tobacco plantations and the province's most plentiful river, Cuyaguateje. The tour gives Cuba Holidays Makers the possibility of watching some of the old means of transportation used in the past. The region is also marked by lavish forests of precious wood that is used to make furniture, handicrafts and humidors.
In 1987, the peninsula's little more than 250,000 acres were declared Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. In 2001, the region was labelled a National Park, whose main entrance is flanked by the Ecological Station and the La Bajada Weather Radar. In addition to providing meteorological services, the site is a coveted location offering accommodations, great food and backpacking options for tourists that have chosen this location for their Caribbean Holidays in Cuba.
Not far from the station, cows and bulls from the Ancoli breed graze pleasantly all around. This kind of cattle was introduced on the island by Spanish settlers back in the 17th century and it has since then developed greatly in the peninsula. The local population even built a reservoir for the preservation of this particular breed.