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Sights at a Glance VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
1 Casa de Diego Velázquez q Balcón de Velázquez
2 Ayuntamiento w Steps of Padre Pico Practical Information
3 Hotel Casa Granda e Museo de la Lucha Clandestina Santiago de Cuba. Road Map F4.
* 515,000. n Infotur &
4 Catedral de la Asunción r Casa Natal de Antonio Maceo Cubatur, Ave. Garzón e/ 3ra y
5 Casa de la Trova t Cuartel Moncada 4ta, (22) 652 560. _ Festival
6 Casa Natal de José María Heredia y Parque Histórico Abel del Caribe (early Jul), Carnival
7 Museo Emilio Bacardí Moreau Santamaría (late Jul).
8 Museo del Carnaval u Plaza de Marte Transport
9 La Isabelica k 7 km (4 miles) south of town.
0 Museo del Ron £ Ave. Jesús Menéndez, esq.
Hechevarría. @ Ave. de los
Libertadores, esq. Yarayó,
Key (22) 628 484.
0 metres 200
Street-by-Street pp228–9
0 yards 200
Casa Natal de CALLE NARCISO LÓPEZ Cementerio de Plaza de la
Antonio Maceo CALLE SAO DEL INDIO Santa Ifigenia Revolución
CALLE 10 DE OCTUBRE CALLE MARIANO CORONA Tomás CALLE LOS MACEOS C A L L E P O R F I R I O VA L I E N T E ( C A LVA R I O ) C A L L E M AY Í A R O D R Í G U E Z ( R E LO J ) CALLE J.M. GÓMEZ DA SATURNINO LORA Histórico Cuartel
PA S E O D E M A R T Í
C AL LE G EN ER A L LAC R ET ( S AN P EDRO )
Santo
Parque
Moncada
AV E . J E S Ú S M E N É N D E Z ( A L A M E D A ) CALLE SAGARRA (SAN FRANCISC O) CALLE FÉLIX PÉÑA AVE DE ( V IC T O R IA N O ) Calle Padre Pico seen from the top of the steps
Abel
Train C A L L E G E N E R A L P O R T U O N D O ( T R I N I D A D ) CALL E H A R TM A NN ( SA N F ÉL IX ) CALLE GENERAL BANDERAS (SAN BARTOLOMÉ) CA LLE PÍ O RO S A DO (C A RN I CE RÍ A) CALLE MONSEÑO
Station CALLE MÁXIMO GÓMEZ ( SAN GERMÁN)
Bosque de los Héroes
CALLE JOBITO
VISTA ALEGRE
G A R Z ÓN
and matured (see p79),
CALLE ECHEVARRÍA (SAN GERÓNIMO)
CALLE 10 DE OCTUBRE (GALLO)
Bacardí factory, with an
South of Parque alongside the history of the
exhibition of labels from
C A L L E J O S É A N T O N I O S A C O ( E N R A M A D A )
PLAZA Céspedes bottles of rum, new and old.
CORTÉ S
Ayuntamiento Museo Emilio DE MARTE
Around 100m
CALL E PADRE OUIROGA
CALLE AGUILERA Casa de Diego Bacardí Moreau Café La PLAZA (330 ft) southwest of Another place to visit is
CALLE HERNÁ N
Isabelica
Parque Dolores, a leafy square
DOLORES
C A L L E H E R E D I A Velázquez Parque Hotel
Céspedes Casa Granda Museo del the square, the Steps surrounded by buildings
Casa Carnaval
Balcón de Natal de José C A L L E H E R E D I A of Padre Pico lead to with wrought-iron balconies.
Velázquez Catedral de Casa de María Heredia Tivolí, the most authe ntic, A small old café on the square’s
la Asunción la Trova AV E N ID A 24 D E F E BRER O ( T R O CH A )
CALLE BARTOLOMÉ MASÓ (SAN BASILIO)
Museo picturesque mixed quarter corner, La Isabelica, serves
Museo del Ron CALLE J. CASTILLO DUANY in Santiago. Here, over the excellent coffee.
de la Lucha Steps of (SANTA LUCÍA)
Clandestina Padre Pico centuries, various peoples have
CALLE CLARÍN arrived and stayed, including
Santa Clara
Puerto Ricans, Jamaicans,
CALLE SANTA RITA
Arabs, Dominicans and
Chinese. In the 1700s a colony
of French people from Haiti
to be used in the event of an also settled here, setting up
attack. Today, only fragments of shops, music schools, theatres
the original walls remain. Inside and hotels.
the viewpoint area itself are
some attractive bronze tondos East of Parque Céspedes
(circular relief carvings) with To the east of the square, at the
portraits of Diego Velázquez, corner of Calle Bartolomé Masó
Hernán Cortés, Bartolomé de and Calle Hartmann (San Félix),
Las Casas and the Indian chief is the Museo del Ron (Rum
Guamá. Cultural events are Museum), housed in a late
sometimes held at the Balcón 19th-century building. Displays Customers at La Isabelica, an atmospheric
de Velázquez. illustrate how rum is distilled historic café
For keys to symbols see back flap
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