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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Central Australia
The headquarters of the Practical Information
Cuban Armed Forces in Matanzas. Road Map B2.
1961, during the Bay of * 9,000. n Cubanacán, Jagüey
Pigs conflict, the sugar Grande, (45) 913 224; National
refinery office now Park office, (45) 987 249.
houses the Museo
de la Comandancia. Transport
4 from Boca de Guamá
Matanzas to Guamá.
Central
Australia
Cienfuegos,
Trinidad
. Guamá
Home to a holiday
resort, built on
ten islands in
the Laguna del
Tesoro, Guamá
Boca de also features
Guamá the Aldea Taína,
a reconstruction
Laguna of a typical Pre-
del Tesoro Columbian village.
Pálpite

Soplillar
Caletón
Playa Molina
Buena Larga
Ventura La Majagua
Los Sábalos
Caleta del
Rosario
Bahía de El Jiquí
Cochinos
(Bay of Pigs) . Playa Larga
With its beach and hotel (see p260),
Playa Larga is a good base for
exploring the swamp.
Punta Perdiz Helechal

Playa
Girón 0 kilometres 6
El Polvorín
0 miles 6
Playa
Maceo

. Playa Girón
This beach is best known as the
site of the final battle between
Fidel Castro’s armed forces and
the counter-revolutionary
army, which took place on
17–19 April 1961.
For keys to symbols see back flap

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