Highlights & Sights
Places of interest in Cuba:
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Trinidad:
- Plaza Mayor
- Palacio de Brunet
- as well as the local museums
Sancti Spiritus:
- Bridge over Yayabo River
Camaguey:
- Old-Camaguey
Bayamo:
- Parroquial Mayor church
- Luz Vazquez's window
- Plaza del Himno square
- Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Museum
Santiago de Cuba:
- San Pedro de la Roca del Morro Castle
- Diego Velazquez's house
- Catedral Metropolitana church
- Parque Cespedes
- Padre Rico street
- Heredia street
- Bacardi Museum
- Baracoa
- Matachin Fort
- Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion Church
- La Punta Fortress
- Parque Boconao
Natural Wonders:
- Guanahacabibes Peninsula and Sierra del Rosario, in Pinar del Rio
- Cuchilla del Toa, in Holguin
- Baracoa, in Guantanamo
Natural Parks:
- Zapata's Peninsula, in Matanzas
- Sierra Maestra, in Granma and Santiago de Cuba (here you'll see Pico Turquino, Cuba's highest peak, at 1974 meters above sea level
Valleys:
- Vinales, in Pinar del Rio
- Yumuri, in Matanzas
- de los Ingenios, in Trinidad
- Mayabe, in Holguin
Mountain Regions:
- Sierra de los Organis, in Pinar del Rio
- Escaleras de Jaruco, in Havana
- Sierra del Escambray, in Villa Clara, Cienfuegos and Sancti Spiritus
- Sierra de Cubitas, in Camaguey
- Pinares de Mayari, in Holguin
- Gran Piedra, in Santiago de Cuba
- Yunque de Baracoa, in Guantanamo
Caves:
- Santo Tomas and del Indio, in Pinar del Rio
- Punta del Este, in the Isla de Juventud
- Martin Infierno, in Cienfuegos' Escambray region
- Sierra de Cubitas caves, in Camaguey
Lakes:
- Laguna Grande, in Pinar del Rio
- Laguna del Tesoro, in Matanzas
- Lago Hanabanilla, in Villa Clara
- Lagos de Mayajigua and Lago Zaza, in Sancti Spiritus
- La Redonda, in Ciego de Avila
- Laguna Baconao, in Santiago de Cuba
Waterfalls:
- Soroa, in Pinar del Rio
- Caburni, in Trinidad
- El Guayabo, in Holguin
- El Salton, in Santiago de Cuba
Rivers:
- Cuyaguateje, in Pinar del Rio
- Ariguanabo, in Havana
- San Juan and Canimar, in Matanzas
- Sagua la Grande, in Villa Clara
- Zaza, in Sancti Spiritus
- Cauto and Yara, in Granma
- Yumuri and Toa, Baracoa, Guantanamo
Fairs, Festivals and Expositions:
- FIART, the International Fair of Popular Arts
- FIHAV, Havana's International Fair. Pedagogic, a meeting for the unity of the Latin American teachers
- Salud para Todos (Health for All)
- The International Fair of Medical Technology
- Orthopedics International Congress
- Cuba's Tourism Convention TECNOTUR, International Exhibit of Technologies and products for the Tourist Industry
- EXPOLINGUA, an international event on Linguistics
- Casa de las Américas' Literary Award.
- New Latin American Film Festival.
- Havana's Guitar Festival and Competition
- Havana's International Ballet Festival
- International Book Fair
- Boleros de Oro Song Festival
- Habaneras Song Festival
- La Huella de Espana, a Hispanic culture festival
- Havana's Biennial Art Exhibit
- Santiago de Cuba's Caribbean Culture Festival
- Choral Music Festival
- Miguel Matamoros Music Festival
- Jazz Plaza Festival
- International Drama Festival
- Electroacustical Music Festival
- Giraldo Cordova Cardin In Memoriam International Boxing Tournament
- Memorial Barrientos Athletics Tournament
- Ernest Hemingway International Marlin Fishing Tournament
Attractions in Coastal Cities:
- Havana's Plaza de la Revolucion (Revolution Square), José Marti
Memorial, Malecon Drive, Capitol building, Colon cemetery, Botanical
Garden, EXPOCUBA fair grounds, Parque Lenin, Guanabacoa's Historic
Museum, and Pan-American Sports Complex.
- Matanzas' Sauto Theatre, Triolet Pharmacy Museum, Municipal Museum,
and Monserrate hermitage.
- Cienfuegos' Castillo de Jagua fortress, Palacio de Valle mansion, Parque
José Marti, Paseo del Prado drive, Punta Gorda, Terry Theatre, Tomas
Acea cemetery, La Reina cemetery, and the Botanical Garden.
- The Isle of Youth's El Abra farmhouse and the Old Model Prison
Museum.
- Gibara's Bateria de Fernando VII gun emplacements.
- Manzanillo's Parque de la Glorieta.
- Santiago de Cuba's Key Granma.
Attractions in Inland Cities:
- Pinar del Rio's tobacco factories, the Milanés Theatre, and the Museum of
Natural Sciences.
- Remedios' old parish church.
- Santa Clara's Che Guevara Square and the Monumento al Tren Blindado
(Armored Train Monument), Las Villas' Central University, Parque Vidal,
and La Caridad Theatre.
- Ciego de Avila's Parque Ciego de Avila.
- Moron's Plaza del Gallo public square, and the Railway Station.
- Camagüey's San Juan de Dios church and square, La Merced Church,
Ignacio Agramonte Museum, Quinta Simoni countryseat.
- Holguin's La Periquera Museum, Mirador de Mayabe, San Isidoro
cathedral, La Cruz Hill, and Calixto Garcia Museum.
- Guantanamo's Mirador de Malones and the village of Caimanera.