El Castillo. Baracoa
The heritage circuit of the Cuban East
August 5, 2019
CUBA, cultural Capital of the Caribbean (Part 1)
August 21, 2019
Trinidad

No one escapes to Cuba from an encounter with any of its sites of cultural or heritage interest. Havana, for example, the main gateway, has a Historical Center for Cultural Heritage of Humanity and a few hours of road to the west, the Viñales Valley, which holds the same category. About three hours away from the Cuban capital, heading east, is the central region of the Island with some of its most beautiful cities and landscapes; and do not forget everything that the Cuban east offers, which constitutes the most extensive geographical area of ​​the national territory.
As an island after all, the enjoyment of these attractions does not prevent giving a dip in any of the abundant beaches that are located on its coasts, no matter where you are in the country. Cuba wherever it has also has culture; Friendly people and people who are able to prolong any conversation just for the pleasure of speaking, always with smiles and gestures, always with optimism.

The heritage circuit of the Cuban East

The first thing for the eyes in the east of Cuba is the mountains and for the senses, the hospitality of its people. To the north and south are important mountain ranges and on the edge of the coasts, or in inner valleys, are its main cities, from which we must not lose sight of, Gibara – north of Holguin -, Bayamo, capital city of the province Granma; Santiago de Cuba and Baracoa, the Primada Village of Cuba.

The heritage circuit of the center

It begins to be treated as curiosity, and in fact it does not stop being so, that in a relatively small circle to the center of Cuba three of the nine Cultural Patrimonies of Humanity are located in this country. They are Trinidad and its neighboring Valle de los Ingenios, as well as the Historic Centers of Cienfuegos and Camagüey, respectively. They are cities with a long tourist tradition and infrastructure to make a stay without any inconvenience.

Real and imagined Havana

Although Old Havana is the tourist and heritage jewel of the Cuban capital, where virtually all of its visitors pass, it should be known that the city is considered by experts a kind of great architectural dossier of the eighteenth, nineteenth centuries and XX.

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