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30 ❯❯ Top 10 Cuba Highlights

Santiago de Cuba

The country’s second-oldest and second-largest city has a flavor all
its own as the most African, and the most musical city, in Cuba. It was
founded in 1511 on the hilly east shore of a deep, flask-shaped bay.
Its colonial core is full of hist oric buildings,
while its fascinating past as the second
capital of Cuba is enriched by its impor-
tance as a hotbed of political upheaval.
Fidel Castro studied here and later initiated
the Revolution with an attack on the Moncada
barracks. Santiago explodes with colorful
frenzy during Carnaval each July.

Plaza de la
El Morro
1 3
Revolución
At the entrance to
Santiago Bay, the 17th- This vast plaza was NEED TO KNOW
century El Morro castle used primarily for
C. ECHEVARRÍA CALLE PORFIRIO VALIENTE
(above) offers stunning political rallies and MAP P6 1km PASEO DE MARTÍ
coastal vistas. Soldiers features a massive El Morro: Carretera al SATURNINO LORA
in period costume march monument of General Morro, km 7.5 • (22) 69 C. GEN. PORTUONDO CALLE MAYÍA RODRÍGUEZ LIBERTADORES AVENIDA DE LOS
C. J. M. GÓMEZ
onto the ramparts and Antonio Maceo. 1569 • 8:30am– 9:30pm 500 CALLE MONSEÑOR BARNADA
fire a cannon at dusk. daily. Adm: CUC$4; meters CALLE F. PÉÑA C. SAGARRA
Reserva de
4 cameras CUC$5 AVE DE V. GARZÓN
la Biosfera
Baconao Museo Emilio Bacardí: CALLE JOSÉ ANTONIO SACO PLAZA
DE MARTE
Calle Pío Rosado • (22) 62
CALLE HEREDIA
Just east of Santiago, 8402 • 9am–5pm Mon– C. BARTOLOMÉ MASÓ
this reserve features a Sat, 9am–3pm Sun. Adm:
dolphinarium, a classic CUC$2; cameras CUC$5
car museum, artist Cementerio Santa Ifigenia:
communities, on a Avenida Capitán Raúl
moun tain coffee estate, Perozo • (22) 63 2723
and a lovely tropical • 8am–5pm daily. Adm:
garden (see p114). CUC$3; cameras CUC$5
Museo Emilio
2 Parque Cuartel Moncada: Avenida
Bacardí
Céspedes
Visitors can view colonial- 5 Moncada • (22) 66 1157
• 9am–4:30pm Tue–Sat,
era armaments, relics At the heart of the city, 9am–12:30pm Sun & Mon.
from the slave trade, this square is lined with Adm: CUC$2; cameras
and a superlative historic buil dings such CUC$5
body of paintings and as the Casa de Diego
sculptures in Cuba’s Velázquez, and the
oldest museum (above). Catedral de la Asunción.
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