The once-scrubby wasteland between Hotel Ciego de Ávila and the city center on the northwestern edge of town is now a vast park (featuring an artificial lake, the Lago la Turbina, with boating available, children's playgrounds and good eateries). With its off-beat attractions and amiable understatedness, it's just possibly Cuba's most interesting urban green space.
It's also testimony to the wonders achievable with scrap: old steam trains have been dusted off in homage to Ciego's transport history; there's impressive artes plasticos (modern art) including an elephant statue fashioned from old car parts; and, best among the eating possibilities, an old Aerocaribbean aircraft converted into a restaurant.
