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Practical Information
Holguín. Road Map E4.
* 345,000. n Infotur, Calle
Libertad, esq. Martí, (24) 425 013.
_ Romerías de Mayo (2–8 May).
Transport
k 13 km (8 miles) south.
£ Calle V Pita , (24) 468 559.
@ Carretera Central y
A panoramic view of Holguín from the top of the Loma de la Cruz Independencia, (24) 422 111.
Plaza de la Revolución Christian celebration of Spanish
Situated east of the city centre, origin. The top of Loma, about as an open-air museum,
behind Hotel Pernik, this square 3 km (2 miles) northwest of illustrating the lives of farmers
contains a monument to the Parque Calixto García, is marked living in a small village. Recon-
heroes of Cuban indepen dence, by a Spanish lookout tower and struc tions include examples of
the mausoleum of Calixto García by a cross placed there in 1790 a bohío real, a typical rural home
and a small monument to his by friar Antonio Alegría. During with a palm-leaf roof, a hen-
mother. The square is the main his visit in 2015, Pope Francis house and a courtyard containing
venue for popular festivities. blessed the city from here. jars for transporting water.
Loma de la Cruz Environs
There are marvellous, far-reaching Another more distant viewing
views from the top of the Loma point over the city is the Mirador
de la Cruz (Hill of the Cross). The de Mayabe on the Cerro de
engineers who founded Holguín Mayabe, 10 km (6 miles) south -
used this site to plan the layout east of the city centre.
of the town, but it was only much From the mirador there is a
later (from 1927–50) that the view of the valley with Holguín
458-step stairway was built to in the distance. This spot is also
the top. Every year on 3 May, the home to an aldea campesina
people of Holguín climb up the (country village), with simple Rural village huts, bohío real, at a country
hill for the Romerías de Mayo, a lodgings and a restaurant, as well village outside of Holguín

Loma de la Cruz,
GIBARA 0 metres 250
C A L L E G A N Y A L D E 0 yards 250
Iglesia
San José C A L L E M A R C I S O L Ó P E Z
C A L L E A G R A M O N T E C A L L E M I R Ó C A L L E M O R A L E S
Parque
San José
C A L L E A R I A S C A L L E A G U I L E R A Plaza de la Revolución,
GUARDALAVACA
La
Periquera
C A L L E P E P E T O R R E S
The Centre of CALLE MARTINEZ C A L L E F R E X E S
Holguín Casa Natal
C A L L E M A C E O
de Calixto García
1 Parque Calixto García Parque
Casa de
2 La Periquera la Trova Calixto C A L L E M A N D U L E Y
García
3 Casa de la Trova Bus Station
C A L L E M I R Ó
4 Museo de Historia 1 km (0.6 miles) C A L L E M A X I M O G O E Z C A L L E M A R T Í C A L L E L U Z C A B A L L E R O
Museo de
Natural Carlos de Historia Natural Carlos
la Torre Bazar de de la Torre Catedral
de San Isidoro
5 Parque Peralta Artesanía Parque
Peralta
6 Catedral de San Isidoro C A L L E A R I C O C H E S
7 Casa Natal de Calixto Mirador de Mayabe
Train Station
García 600 m (650 yards)
Airport
8 Parque San José C A L L E C A B L E S 13 km (8 miles)
9 Bazar de Artesanía
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