Historic sites
Old Havana
La Habana Vieja, Havana
The colonial heart of Havana, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with four great plazas, baroque churches, crumbling and restored mansions, and 1950s Amer…
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Historic sites
Trinidad, Cuba
Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus
A perfectly preserved colonial town of cobbled streets and pastel houses, built on sugar wealth, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with the nearby Valle d…
Natural features
Viñales Valley
Viñales, Pinar del Río
A green valley of tobacco farms and limestone hills (mogotes), a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Natural features
Bay of Pigs and Playa Girón
Matanzas
The site of the failed US-backed invasion of 1961, with a museum at Playa Girón.
Historic sites
Cienfuegos
Cienfuegos
A French-founded colonial city on a bay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with neoclassical buildings around Parque José Martí, the Tomás Terry Theatre,…
Historic sites
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba's second city and the home of son music and Afro-Cuban culture, with the Castillo del Morro fortress on a cliff at the mouth of the bay, a UNESC…
Natural features
Varadero Beach
Varadero, Matanzas
A 20 km strip of white sand on a narrow peninsula, Cuba's main beach resort, lined with all-inclusive hotels.