Page 31 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Cuba

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ORGANS
The Fábrica de Órganos
at Carretera de Gibara 301
is the only Cuban factory
still making mechanical
hand-driven órganos
pneumáticos (air-com-
pres sion organs) using
the traditional methods.
They are fed with cards
punched with the score.
There is no guar antee
that you will see or hear
one being played.

NEED TO KNOW
Mirador de Mayabe:
MAP N4 • Alturas de
Mayabe • (24) 42 2160
• 9am–7pm daily.
Adm: CUC$2
Casa Natal de Calixto
García: MAP N4 •
Frexes & Miró • (24) 42
5610 • 9am– 5pm Tue–
Sat, 10am– 6pm Sun.
Adm: CUC$1
Museo Provincial: MAP
N4 • Calle Frexes 198 •
(24) 46 3395 • 8am–
4:30pm Tue–Sat, 8am–
noon Sun. Adm: CUC$1;
cameras CUC$1
Chorro
Playa
7 9 Playa Guardalavaca:
MAP P4
Guardalavaca
de Maíta
A one-hour drive This burial place, Cuba’s Chorro de Maíta: MAP
northeast of Holguín, largest pre-Columbian N4 • Carretera
Guardalavaca-Banes •
this resort is lined with Indian site (below), is an (24) 43 0201 • 9am–
wonderful beaches and archaeo logical treas ure 5pm Mon–Sat (to 1pm
unspoiled coral reefs with skeletons and Sun). Adm: CUC$2
(above) that tempt fune r ary offerings on
diving enthusiasts. display. Adja cent to it is a • Holguín bustles with
re-created Indian village events during Semana
Gibara
8 called Aldea Taína. de la Cultura Holguinera.
A windswept
coastal town, Gibara was
Loma
once a prominent port 0
protected by a fortress. de la Cruz
Known as “Villa Blanca” With views over the town,
(White City), it is packed this hill is named for the
with colonial buildings. Holy Cross at its summit
It also has several and can be reach ed via
museums, and is home 485 steps. It is the site for
to an annual festival of the Rome rias de Mayo
low-budget cinema. pilgrim age every May.
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