| VARADERO
- SANTA CLARA - SANCTI
SPIRITUS - CIEGO DE AVILA
Taking
de Central Highway
From Varadero to Santa Clara
Leaving Varadero
and going through the Central Highway you arrive to Santa
Clara, just in the middle of the Isl, a city full with fame,
history and hospitality.
The
Central Highway is ideal mean to know the atmospheres of the Cuban
towns in the countryside. There is a chain of small cities and towns
all along the highway. Some of them are fleeting because they are
so small that you just see them as you pass. Anyway, the journey
continues a pleasant and loosened vision. You will find no noises,
stridencies or rackets. It is a calm traffic and you will see in
your trip towns like Jovellanos, Colon Los Arabos. If you want to
deviate a little you will get to know Cárdenas,
in the northern coast. This city is called the City of Flags, because
it was the place where the Cuban flag first appeared. Cárdenas
is also the city of Elián
González lives and studies.
A deviation
point could be toward the Zapata March (Cienaga de Zapata) and especially
Guamá, Playa Larga and Playa Giron which are touristic and
historical places. The famous Bay of Pigs inviasion in 1961, organised
by the CIA took place there and they were defeated in 68 hours.
You can arrive there by crossing the highway and heading south.
There are highways that connect the different cities, or you could
take the southern freeway.
About
400 km seperate Varadero
from Santa
Clara, capital of the province of Villa
Clara.
In
Santa
Clara you can stay at Spa
Hotel Elegua or
Hotel Los Caneyes, a beautiful place located in the entrance
of the city, pastoral, calm and pleasant. Another choice could be
Santa Clara Libre Hotel, in the very center of the city.
From
Santa Clara to Sancti Spiritus
The journey continues through the center of the Isle and you will
find the same view of the towns of the Cuban countryside. Taking
this route, you can visit Placetas and Cabaiguán, two interesting
towns of the Sierra
Escambray.
Then you arrive to Sancti
Spiritus, a city that still preserves its colonial architecture
style.
The city covers about 100 km
You
can stay in Hotel Zaza, located outside the city, a comfertable
and interesting place.
From
Sancti Spiritus to Ciego de Avila
Continuing through the Central Highway you will get to the cities
of Jatibonico, Majagua and Jocotea located in both sides of the
highway.
There are also savannas all around
In
the city of Ciego
de Avila you can stay in Ciego de Avila Hotel or a nice Casa
Particular
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