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Cárdenas,
The city where most people live who work in Varadero.
Famous about its name "La Ciudad del Cangrejos" (city
of the crabs). Narrow streets full of horse-drawn carriages, and
not anymore what it was used to be in the earlier years.
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Casa Particulares in Cardenas >>
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Famous city of
Elian Gonzalez 20 km south of Varadero
next to the oil platforms "Bahia de Cardenas" A city with about
75.000 inhabitants If you take a close look at the Cardenas
map you will find out that this city is well structured. Lots
of foreigners are living in this city, and a lot of the people
of Cardenas are working in tourism in Varadero.
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Cardenas is known
as the Flag city. On May 19th, 1850, the Cuban national flag waved
here for the first time, atop the building of the La Dominica Hotel.
Barely 10 km from
Varadero
Cardenas, a small harbor town founded on March 8th, 1828, which
is also the site of the first statue built in honor of Christopher
Columbus in the Americas, in 1826. Cardenas' pioneering condition
also extends to electric public light, as the city was the first
to use this utillity in Cuba, in 1889.
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Cardenas
has a long railway tradition, and is also known for its deep
rooted love for horse drawn coaches and bicycles. The long straight,
tidy city streets are lined with buildings of several architectural
styles, even some of the early 19th century military fortresses
that made up then the city's defense ring. |
To Do
in Cardenas
| Parque
Colon |
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Av
de Cespedes e/ Calle 8 y 9
- The site where the city's official founding took place.
Since 1962 it features the Columbus Monument, modeled by Spanish
sculptor Jose Piquer, and forged in bronze in marseille, France.
Near it is the building where for the first time the Cuban
national flag was hoisted.
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| Plaza Molocoff
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Nice to see is
the "Plaza Molocoff "
Daily vegetable market ... at Av 3 Oeste y Calle 12
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| Arrechabala
Rum Factory |
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Fábrica
Arrechabala: To the northwest of Cárdenas, Matanzas
is this rum factory where Varadero and Bucanero rums are distilled.
The Havana Club rum company was founded here in 1878.
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| Catedral de la
Inmaculada Concepcion |
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If you are lucky
its open
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| The
Parroquial (Parish) Church
It
is considered to be Cardenas' first neoclassical building,
and dates back from 1846, when it opened under the advocacy
of the most Holy Virgin of Conception
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| Museo Casa
Natal de Jose Antonio Echeverria |
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Av 4 Este
#560 - Home of Cuban student leader Jose Antonio Echevarria,
who was assasinated on March 13th, 1957 by the repressive
of dictator Fulgencio Batista. Built in 1873, the house also
stands out for its state of preservation and its architectural
values.
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| Museo de Oscar de Maria Rojas |
| The nature historical "Museo
de Oscar de Maria Rojas" Calzada de Vives Parque Echeverria
at Av 4 Este y Calle 12 - An ancient institution that
houses several very complete, valuable collections in the
fields of history, arts, natural scienes, archelogy, numismatics,
and colonial weaponry.
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Casa
Particular
Casas Particulares
in Cardenas ...
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Hostal
"El Italiano" |
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"Un
Oasis en La Playa"
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Casa
Alexei |
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Casa
Alexei
Address:
Salva 516 % Coronel Verdugo e Industria Cárdenas,
Matanzas |
The
house is very close to the coast, it has 2 big bedrooms, one
wiht a kingsize bed and the other with two beds, the bedrooms
has fans, bathroom with shower, kitchen, terrace, livingroom-dinningroom,
phone, parking, the house is in a quite location.
there are facilities of transportation to Varadero, Havana and
Cienaga de Zapata. |
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Paladars
Cubanitas
Cárdenas
Comidas ligeras
Calzada y Ruiz, Cárdenas
Telf.: (53 45) 2145 |
The nightlife of Cardenas
is very simple for most Cardeneses, just at home playing
domino or watching TV. For the younger people there
are 1 or 2 bars to have fun.
In other words ... the Cardenas nightlife isn't that
exciting you better stay in Varadero for the real happening
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| Banks |
You
can get cash with your creditcard in Cárdenas at the:
Casas de Cambio Cadeca!
av. 3 Oeste |
Cadeca (Casas
de Cambio) Esq Av de Cespedes y Calle 8 Open Mo / Sat 8
am to 6 pm |
| Post
Office |
Post Office
Parque Colon |
| Medical |
Hospital Julio
M Aristegui
Centro Medico Sub Acutica
Calle 13 |
Farmacia
Calle 12 #60 |
| Phone |
Phone office
Av Cespedes Calle 12 |
| Shops |
Centro Comercial
Céspedes y Calzada,
Cárdenas |
La Gran
Vía
Ferretería
Ruiz y Calzada, Cárdenas |
Plaza Caracol
Cárdenas
Tienda Departamental
Coronel Verdugo y Calvo,
Cárdenas |
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