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Cuba
Highway Guide
Circuits
HAVANA
- PINAR DEL RIO
Taking
the Freeway
From Havana to Pinar del Rio
Taking the new freeway Havana - Pinar
del Rio it is possible to avoid the old Central Highway and
to reduce the necessary time to cover the distance between both
points. In les then two hours you arrive to the city of Pinar
del Rio.
There are approximately 180 km of distance.
The
trip is very pleasant. You can find florid fields, abudant vegetation,
valleys and some mountain chains, as the Sierra de Rosario, one
of the most beuatiful places of the Isle. It is one of the reservation
of the Biosphere of the country.
This
route doesn't cross towns or cities. It starts in Havana and it ends up in the city
of Pinar del Rio, capital of the province with the same name,
and the westernmost of the country. It is located in the western
end of the Isle. |
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Through this route, you will find in both sides of the freeway landscapes
and cultivated fields. Nevertheless, you can choose certain deviations
to get to small towns, cities and very attractive touristic centers.
The
deviation could be:
In the km 50, you can move away from the freeway and 4 km far you
will find the San Juan River, a place of wild nature, cascades and
small lakes, ideal to take a bath and enjoy a camping day.
2 km far through the same highway you will get to La
Moka Hotel. This touristic center, located among big trees and
surrounded by pure, wild nature, is probably one of the nicest and
most pleasant places of the country.
Soroa.
A national park with a hotel,
a magnificent orchd garden, divers nature and the most amazing Cuban
flora. It laso counts on an observatory that, to get there you will
have to climb stones and mountains, and finally, a great valley
to your feet.
There
are some of the towns you will find if you cross the city
of Pinar del Rio 5 to 20 km far: Artemisa, Candelaria, San Critóbal,
Los Palacios, Paso Real de San Diego, Herraduras, Consolación
del Sur, Viñales, La Coloma, San Luis, San Juan y Martinez,
Guane, Sandino and Mantua.
You
can also, all along the iternerary, visit some touristic places
of interest like Los Portales Cave, La Güira, which is a National
Park, the Santino Tomás Cave, the Mines of Matahambre, Cayo
Levisa, Cayo Paraiso and Maria La Gorda. All these places are located
a few km far from the city
of Pinar del Rio.
Cape
San Antonio is the westernmost point of the country
Just
before you arrive to the city
of Pinar del Rio, you can turn to the right and there you will
find a group of touristic places of great value.
Among them it stands out the Viñales Valley, a prominent height, in which you it is located the Hotel
Los Jazmines. This is the most spectacular touristic scenario
in Cuba. It is a group of hummocks that surround a great valley
where you will find the famous Cuban tabacco plantations.
Near
the valley you can find interesting places such as The Indian Cave,
the San
Vicente Motel and Hotel
la Ermita.
Going
straight through the highway you will find the City
of Pinar del Rio, the westernmost province of Cuba, the province
of the valleys, the mountains, the hummocks, the caves, the underground
rivers and the medicinal waters.
Havana
Hotels in Havana
Pinar del Rio
Vinales
Hotels in Pinar del Rio & Vinales
HAVANA
- PINAR DEL RIO - MARIA LA GORDA
Taking
the Central Highway
From Pinar del Rio to Maria La Gorda
If your coming from Havana,
after traveling the 180 km that seperate it from the City
of Pinar del Rio you can get to Maria
La Gorda, a lost point in the map located in the Corrientes
Bay, by the end of the Isle. You get there by crossing the intricate
southern geography of Pinar
del Rio, among overgrowths, valleys, humid soils, pine groves
and forests. That is the most distant point toward the western area
of the Isle, within the Peninsula de Guanahacabibes National Park.
During
the trip, you will find a number of important towns of the province
like San Luis or Isabel Rubio, and you could even visit Guane and
San Juan y Martinez, heading to the Nirth but connected to the same
highway.
Maria
La Gorda, a famous place for its nature splender, is located
in the Corrientes Bay and very near the cape with the same name,
140 km far from the City
of Pinar del Rio.
It
is the perfect place for aquatic activities, scuba
diving, yachting, fishing and nautical sports. Its warm, calm
and transparent waters, and the abundant vegetation and submarine
fauna turn this place into a spectacular area to contemplate nature
in the sea.
Hotel Maria La Gorda
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