Holguín is living architecture, art and nature

Once in the historic center, always delineated by its main parks, visitors can visit the Provincial Museum of History La Periquera, the Museum of Natural Sciences Carlos de la Torre Huerta -which has one of the most transcendental samples of malacology in America. -, the Cathedral of San Isidoro with its monument to John Paul II, the Church of San José, the Eddy Suñol Theater and the Cultural Center of La Marqueta.

Perhaps the most well-known place in the city is the Loma de la Cruz -before Cerro Bayado-, located at the northern end and from which practically the whole city can be seen thanks to its 261 meters of altitude. It is accessed by road, although for Holguín residents it is necessary to reach its summit after climbing the 458 steps of the long stairway that begins at the foot of the elevation.
The site is linked to the history of the city and began to be named after May 3, 1790, when the citizens accompanied Fray Francisco Antonio de Alegría, who placed a wooden cross on the top, beginning a tradition religious, the Romerías de la Cruz, a fact that with the passage of time would become the main festivity of the Holguin: The Romerías de Mayo. During them, all the manifestations of art take place and they begin precisely with a pilgrimage to where the cross is located.

Holguín also hosts the Ibero-American Culture Festival every year in October, the Son Festival, the Humberto Solás Poor Film Festival, the latter based in the small town of Gibara, located 32 kilometers north of the provincial capital , right next to the bay of the same name.

For lodging the city has the Hotel Pernik, Villa El Bosque and Villa Mayabe, the latter on the hill of the same name, just minutes from the city center, from whose viewpoint you can see the surrounding countryside of the city and in which creole restaurant you can enjoy exquisite dishes based on jerked beef, roast pork, tropical fruits and traditional and international Cuban cocktails.
A walk in the evening can take you to the Eddy Suñol Theater, the usual venue of the prestigious Teatro Lírico de Holguín, to the Rincon de El Guayabero, a small club animated by the picaresque song bequeathed by Faustino Oramas, famous troubadour and local juggler, or to enjoy the very Cuban cabaret nights New Night.