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Taking
the Freeway
This is a fast freeway, without cities or towns to it sides. It
counts on two small deviations of 2 and 4 km that will lead you
to the towns of Nueva Paz, Vegas, Jagüey Grande, Aguada de
Pasajeros, among others. You will cover through this fast freeway
about 400 km.
The
City
of Cienfuegos is the most beautiful of the southern coast. It
is called La Perla del Sur (The Pearl of the South). The Jagua
Hotel is besides Hotel
la Union the best place to stay. The city was built with the
electic style of the fifties. Its balconies open up toward the Bay
of Cienfuegos,
of calm and clean waters. There is also another hotel very near
the city, the Ranchon Luna Hotel, close to the sea.
HAVANA
- GUAMÁ - PLAYA GIRON - CIENFUEGOS - TRINIDAD - SANCTI SPIRITUS
From
Havana to Guamá
Departing from Havana
you can take the highway about 200 km and arrive to Zapata March.
Taking the highway heading Playa Girón near the Central Australia,
you will find Guamá, which is the name of an original Taino
village, as those belonging to the Cuban ancient inhabitants when
the Spanish came to colonize the Isle.
Guamá
is a very special touristic center. It is the reproduction of a
Taino village on the water.
Beautiful indigenous style cabins are built on pivots in the water.
Hanging bridges link the residences to the central point where there
are a quay of yachts and boats, a restaurant and a balcony.
About
30 km forward is located Playa Girón, a place full history.
There, the inviasion organised by the CIA in April 1961 took place.
There are still remains of the infernal combat, which happened about
half a century ago. But now, there is also a village, a school,
a museum, a restaurant and Hotel
Playa Girón. A few kilometers before is Hotel
Playa Larga, another historical invasion point.
From
Playa Girón to Cienfuegos
Less then 100 km seperate Playa Girón from Cienfuegos,
taking the southern coast and skirting the swamps. It is a journey
amid abundant vegetation very near to the coast, small villages
and scare cities.
The
Jagua Hotel
is a great place to lodge in Cienfuegos.
From
Cienfuegos to Trinidad
Skirting approximately 50 km of coast you can get to Trinidad,
in a journey where very dens vegetation, valleys, plantations of
sugar and small towns are found.
Trinidad
city is like anyone would say "A city detained in time",
where large houses, cherches and buildings of the XVII, XVIII and
XIX can be admired just the way they used to be at that time. It
is a beautiful, kind of an alive historical relic, because their
new resedents have taken charge of conserving it. It is not a "dull
city", but it is vivacious, loquacious, picturesque and really
nice.
You
can lodge in several casa
particulares and hotels:
Las
Cuevas, Brisas
del Mar, Ancón,
Costa
Sur, the luxery Gran
Iberostar Trinidad or the idylic Finca
Maria Dolores
In the outskirts of the city you can stay in Topes
de Collantes
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