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114 ❯❯ Cuba Area by Area

Parque Baconao and Around

Playa Siboney
Cafetal La Isabelica
1 6
MAP P6 • Carretera de la Gran
This pebbly beach frequented
by locals has casas particulares Piedra, km 14 • Open 8am–4pm
that offer rooms over looking the • Adm
Caribbean (see p55). Learn about coffee produc tion at
this 18th-century coffee estate.
Valle de la Prehistoria
2 Museo de la Guerra
MAP P6 • Carretera de
Hispano-Cubano-
Baconao, km 6.5 • (22) 63 9239 7
• Open 8am–5pm • Adm Norteamericano
Life-sized model dinosaurs cast in MAP P6 • Carretera Siboney, km 13
concrete and steel are found at this • (22) 39 9119 • Open 9am–5pm
park (see p56). Mon–Sat • Adm
This museum has original weaponry
Jardín Botánico
3 and uniforms from the 1898 Spanish-
American War (see p47).
MAP P6 • Viajes Cubanacán:
Av. de las Américas & M, Santiago
Comunidad Artística
• (22) 64 2202 • Open 7am–4pm 8
• Adm Los Mamoncillos
Cubanacán offers tours to visit this MAP Q6 • Playa Verraco, Carretera
elevated garden, with flowers that de Baconao
bloom all year round. Shop for original works at this
hamlet dedicated to arts and crafts.
Museo de Automóviles
4 Acuario Baconao
MAP P6 • Conjunto de Museos
de la Punta, Carretera de Baconao, 9
MAP Q6 • Carretera de
km 8.5 • (22) 63 9197 • Open Baconao, km 47 • (22) 35 6176
8am–5pm • Adm • Open 9am–4pm Tue–Sun • Adm
Among the cars on display is the This aquatic park puts on dolphin
curious one-cylinder Maya Cuba. shows twice daily.
An adjoining museum displays
Granita Siboney
around 2,500 toy cars. 0
MAP P6 • Carretera Siboney,
Prado de las Esculturas
5 km 13 • (22) 39 9168 • Open 9am–
MAP P6 • Carretera a Siboney
5pm daily (to 1pm Mon) • Adm
& Carretera de la Gran Piedra Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries
• Open 8am–4pm • Adm set out from this farmstead on July 26,
A walking trail leads past metal 1953, to attack Moncada barracks
artworks in this sculpture garden. (see p37). A museum tells the tale.
Prado de las
Esculturas

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