Page 13 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Cuba

DISC OVERING CUBA  11

A Week in Central
Cuba
• Wander the colonial streets
of maritime city Cienfuegos
• Explore the old palacios and
ancient churches of perfectly
preserved Trinidad
• Soak up the sun at
Playa Ancón
• Hike to pools fed by tumbling
waterfalls in the mountains
at Topes de Collantes Playa Ancón
• See the workings of a sugar Just outside Trinidad, this pristine white beach stretches for
plantation at Manaca Iznaga 5 km (3 miles) and is surrounded by palm trees.
• Pay your respects at Che
Guevara’s mausoleum Punta Gorda
• Sail, swim or just relax at the The former aristocratic
resorts of Cayo Santa María quarter of Cienfuegos,
Havana stretched out along a
Las Matanzas thin peninsula, is home
Cayo Levisa Terrazas to many impressive
Cayo Jutías Cayo 19th-century villas.
Soroa Santa María
Valle de Viñales
Golfo de
Pinar del Río Batabanó Bay of Pigs Santa Clara Remedios
Cienfuegos
Jardín Botánico Topes de
Soledad Collantes
Sancti Spíritus
María Isla de Trinidad Valle
la Gorda la Juventud Playa Ancón do los
Ingenios
Golfo de
Ana Maria
Guardalavaca
Holguín
Parque Nacional Playa
Alejandro de Humboldt Maguaná
Bayamo Baracoa
El Yunque
Santiago La Farola
de Cuba
Basílica del Cobre Costa Sur
Castillo
El Morro Guantánamo
Naval Base
(USA)
A Week in Eastern Cuba
• Sip a mojito and enjoy the • Get on the dance floor at
views over pretty Baracoa Santiago de Cuba’s Casa de
from Hotel El Castillo la Trova
• Climb flat-topped El Yunque • Find out about the early
or explore the rainforest in struggles of the Revolution
Parque Humboldt at Cuartel Moncada
• Laze on the shaded sands • Join the pilgrims at the
Baracoa of Playa Maguana revered Basílica del Cobre
Located on the very eastern tip of
the island, Baracoa is the oldest • Motor over the winding • Seek out the sun at the
city in Cuba, and is surrounded by mountain pass La Farola resorts of Guardalavaca
rainforest-covered hills.

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