The hub of the Unesco World Heritage Site bestowed in 2000 upon the First Coffee Plantations in the Southeast of Cuba is this impressive two-story stone mansion, with its three large coffee-drying platforms, built in the early 19th century by French émigrés from Haiti. It's a 2km hike beyond La Gran Piedra on a rough road.
The complex includes a workshop and numerous metal artifacts. You can also stroll around the pine-covered plantation grounds at will. It's worth using a guide (for a tip) to show you round as there are no explanatory notices. There were once more than 60 such coffee cafetales in the area.
