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Jardines 6
del Rey
Stretching 275 miles
(442 km) along Cuba’s
northern coastline,
this chain of offshore
islands and cays is
lined with stunning
beaches (see pp24–5).
Camagüey
The colonial buildings of Camagüey
were made a World Heritage Site in 2008,
and the city is slowly being restored. It is
awash with imposing churches looming
over cobbled plazas (see pp26–7).
Holguín 8
This provincial capital has played a
La Habana V key role in Cuban history. Its plazas are
La Habana Viejaieja
Varader
Varaderoo
The M Matanzas Cárdenas lined with museums and cultural
The Modern Cityodern City
Matanzas
Cárdenas CN
CN Sagua Sagua
Guanaja Jovellanos la Gr la Grandeande centers. Castro’s birthplace and
Guanajayy
Jovellanos
Cor Cordillera dedillera de 95 95 Colón Colón
Archipiélago de Sabana
Archipiélago de Sabana
Guaniguanic Candelaria Batabanó A1 A1 CC CC a beach resort are two
Guaniguanicoo
Candelaria Batabanó
Remedios
Jagüey Grandeande
Pinar del R A4 A4 Golfo de Jagüey Gr Remedios nearby attrac tions
Pinar del Ríoío
Golfo de
Batabanó Zapata Santa Clar CN CN Jardines (see pp28–9).
Batabanó
Santa Claraa
Zapata
Jardines
Peninsula
Isabel Rubio
Isabel Rubio Peninsula Cienfuegos A1 A1 del Rey
del Rey
Cienfuegos
CS CS Mor Morónón Archipiélago de Camagüey
Sanc Sanctiti
Archipiélago de los Canarreos
Spíritus Ciego
Isla de la
Archipiélago de los Canarreos
Isla de la Spíritus Ciego CC CC
Trinidad
Juventud Trinidad de Á de Ávilavila Nuevitas
Juventud
Nuevitas
Archipiélago de Camagüey
Minas
Minas
Golfo de
Golfo de Mana Manatítí
Ana Mana
Ana Mana
Sibanicú
Camagüey Sibanicú
Camagüey
Puer Puertoto
Guáimar Padr Padree Holguín
Guáimaroo
Holguín
Las Las
Tunas Tunas Mayarí Moa Moa
Mayarí
Cuet Cuetoo Baracoa
Baracoa
0 km 0 km 100 100 Bayamo CC CC
Bayamo
Palma Palma Guan Guantánamotánamo
0 miles
0 miles 100 100 Soriano
Soriano
Santiago
Pilón Pilón Santiago Imías Imías
de Cuba
de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba 9
Santiago de Cuba exudes a mystique
influ enced by its French and Afro-Caribbean
links. It is home to Cuba’s oldest building, a
fine cathedral, plus sites and monuments
relating to the Revolution (see pp30–31).
Baracoa 0
Cuba’s first city,
founded in 1511,
Baracoa enjoys a
stupendous bay-
side setting backed
by rainforest-clad
mountains (see pp32–3).
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