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Museo Arqueológico La Cueva del Paraíso
Baracoas most impressive museum is exhibited in a series of caves, Las Cuevas del Paraíso, that were once Taíno burial chambers. Among nearly 2000 authentic Taíno pieces are unearthed skeletons, ceramics, 3000-year-old petroglyphs and a replica of the Ídolo de Tabaco, a sculpture f
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Fábrica de Tabacos Constantino Pérez Carrodegua
Santa Claras tobacco factory, one of Cubas best, makes a quality range of Montecristos, Partagás and Romeo y Julieta cigars. Tours here are lo-fi compared to those in Havana, and so the experience is a lot more interesting and less rushed. Book tickets through Cubatur . Across the
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La Rosita
For some great bird-watching, head out on this, one of the most adventurous trails in Soroa, to the former eco-village of La Rosita (itself sadly destroyed by a recent hurricane), perched in the hills beyond the Hotel & Villas Soroa. Nevertheless, this is one of the all-too-rar
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Museo Municipal Emilio Bacardí Moreau
Narrow Pío Rosado links Calle Heredia to Calle Aguilera and the fabulous Grecian facade of the Bacardí Museum. Founded in 1899 by the rum magnate war hero and city mayor, Emilio Bacardí y Moreau (the palatial building was built to spec), the museum is one of Cubas oldest and most e
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Playa Sirena
Cayo Largos (and, perhaps, Cubas) finest beach is the broad westward-facing Playa Sirena, where 2km of powdery white sand is wide enough to accommodate several football pitches. Tourists on day trips from Havana and Varadero are often brought here, and the usual nautical activities
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La Loma de la Cruz
At the northern end of Maceo youll find a stairway built in 1950, with 465 steps ascending a 275m-high hill with panoramic views, a restaurant and a 24-hour bar. A cross was raised here in 1790 in hope of relieving a drought, and every May 3 during Romerías de Mayo devotees climb t
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Fundación Naturaleza y El Hombre
This fascinating museum displays artifacts from the 17,422km canoe trip from the Amazon source to the sea, led by Cuban intellectual and anthropologist Antonio Núñez Jiménez in 1987. Other exhibits in an astounding collection include one of Cubas largest photography collections, bo
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Museo de la Lucha Clandestina
This gorgeous yellow colonial-style building now houses a museum detailing the underground struggle against Batista in the 1950s. Its a fascinating, if bloody, story enhanced by far-reaching views from the balcony. Across the street is the house where Fidel Castro lived from 1931 t
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Laguna de la Leche
Laguna de la Leche (Milk Lake), named for its reflective underwater lime deposits, is Cubas largest natural lake (66 sq km). Its water content is a mixture of fresh and salt water, and anglers flock here to hook the abundant stocks of carp, tarpon, snook and tilapia. Guided fishing
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Cementerio la Reina
A listed national monument, the citys oldest cemetery was founded in 1837, and is lined with the graves of Spanish soldiers who died in the Wars of Independence. La Reina is the only cemetery in Cuba where bodies are interred above ground (in the walls) due to the high groundwater
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Teatro Tomás Terry
Sharing French and Italian influences, this theater on the northern side of Parque José Martí is grand from the outside (look for the gold-leafed mosaics on the front facade), but even grander within. Built between 1887 and 1889 to honor Venezuelan industrialist Tomás Terry, the 95
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Monumento a la Toma del Tren Blindado
History was made at the site of this small boxcar museum on December 29, 1958, when Ernesto Che Guevara and a band of 18 rifle-wielding revolutionaries barely out of their teens derailed an armored train using a borrowed bulldozer and homemade Molotov cocktails. The battle lasted
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Museo de Historia Provincial
Now a national monument, the building on the northern side of Parque Calixto García was constructed between 1860 and 1868 and used as a Spanish army barracks during the independence wars. It was nicknamed La Periquera (Parrot Cage) for the red, yellow and green uniforms of the Span
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Museo Histórico Municipal
On the eastern side of Parque Céspedes, Manzanillos Museo Histórico Municipal gives the usual local history lesson with a revolutionary twist
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Museo Napoleónico
Without a doubt, one of the best museums in Havana and, by definition, Cuba, this magnificently laid out collection of 7000 objects associated with the life of Napoleon Bonaparte was amassed by Cuban sugar baron Julio Lobo and politician Orestes Ferrara. Highlights include sketches
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Plaza Vieja
Laid out in 1559, Plaza Vieja (Old Square) is Havanas most architecturally eclectic square, where Cuban baroque nestles seamlessly next to Gaudí-inspired art nouveau. Originally called Plaza Nueva (New Square), it was initially used for military exercises and later served as an ope
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Santo Domingo
This tiny village nestles in a deep green valley beside the deliciously clean Río Yara. Communally it provides a wonderful slice of peaceful Cuban campesino life that has carried on pretty much unchanged since Fidel and Che prowled these shadowy mountains in the 1950s. If you decid
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Casa de Diego Velázquez
The oldest house still standing in Cuba, this arresting early colonial abode dating from 1522 was the official residence of the islands first governor. Restored in the late 1960s, the Andalusian-style facade with fine, wooden lattice windows was inaugurated in 1970 as the Museo de
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Parque Céspedes
One of Cubas leafiest and friendliest squares, Bayamos central meeting point is officially known as Plaza de la Revolución. Despite its easygoing airs and secondary role as the citys best outdoor music venue (orchestras regularly play here), the square is loaded with historical sig
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Museo Histórico la Demajagua
It started with a cry. Ten kilometers south of Manzanillo is the moving sight of the sugar estate of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, whose Grito de Yara and subsequent freeing of his slaves on October 10, 1868, marked the opening of Cubas independence wars. Theres a small museum and the
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