Page 9 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Cuba

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Trinidad is a pretty town where
cobbled streets are lined with
pastel-colored buildings.

Hav Havanaana
see map right Estr Estrecho de la Floridaecho de la Florida Archipiélago de Sabana
see map right
Archipiélago de Sabana
Museo
Museo
Ernest Hemingwayay
Ernest Hemingw
ARTEMISA
ARTEMISA
MAYABEQUE
MAYABEQUE Catedral de La Habana,
VILLA CLARA
VILLA CLARA
MATANZAS Cayo Cayo Play Playa de losa de los a gorgeous Baroque
MATANZAS
Flamencosos
Ensenada de la Broaoa
Ensenada de la Br Guiller Flamenc edifice, is set in
Guillermomo
Remedios
Remedios
Old Havana.
CIENFUEGOS Pedr Pedraplénaplén
CIENFUEGOS
Jardines
Santa
Zapata Peninsulaeninsula
Zapata P Santa Jardines
Clar Claraa del R del Reyey Archipiélago de Camagüey
Cienfuegos
Cienfuegos
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Museo SANCTI Malecón
Museo
SANCTI
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Girón SPÍRITUS CIEGO Canal de Entrada 500
Girón
CIEGO
SPÍRITUS
Archipiélago de Camagüey
DE ÁVILA
Valle de los Ingenios
Valle de los Ingenios DE ÁVILA
Museo de la
Paseo de Revolución Plaza de
Trinidad
Trinidad Martí
CAMAGÚEY Catedral de Armas
CAMAGÚEY
La Habana
Golfo de
Golfo de
Ana María
Ana María Museo Nacional Calle
de Bellas Artes Brasil
Parque Calle
Camagüey Central LA Mercaderes
Camagüey
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Plaza de
Havana San Francisco
stopping for lunch before calling at (see pp26–7). Admire the city’s
Museo Girón (see p19) for a history recently spruced up historic center,
lesson on the Bay of Pigs invasion being sure to include charming
(see p41). Travel to the port city of Plaza del Carmen.
Cienfuegos (see p94) and admire
the buildings around Plaza Martí Day 6
before dinner at the astonishing Start early and head across the
Palacio del Valle (see p99). Pedraplén (see p25) to the Jardines
del Rey (see pp24–5). Laze on your
Day 4 choice of glorious beaches and swim
Drive to Trinidad (see pp20–21) in the warm turquoise sea at Playa
to immerse yourself in its delightful de los Flamencos or on the island
colonial mystique as you wander of Cayo Guillermo (see p24).
around Plaza Mayor. After lunch,
continue exploring Trinidad’s cobbled Day 7
streets. End your day by cooling off Head west to Remedios (see p95)
at Playa Ancón (see pp104–5). to savor its colonial ambience, then
continue to Santa Clara (see p94).
Day 5 View the Monumento del Che
Journey via the scenic Valle de los (see p39), beneath which the
Ingenios (see p103) and follow the remains of revolutionary hero
Carretera Central to the UNESCO Ernesto “Che” Guevara (see p41) are
World Heritage city of Camagüey interred, before returning to Havana.
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