CUBA – CENTRAL (Trinidad), EAST (Santiago de Cuba), ISLA de la JUVENTAD

CUBA – CENTRAL (Trinidad, Cienfuegos, Camaguey, Varadero)

DARE places
Cuba – Jardines del Rey Archipelago
Cuba – Jardines de la Reina Archipelago

World Heritage Sites
Historic Centre of Camagüey
Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
Tentative WHS
Ciénaga de Zapata National Park (28/02/2003)
Parque Nacional Caguanes
Sistema Arrefical del Caribe Cubano
Sites of Memory of Slavery in Cuba
The National Park Ciénaga de Zapata and the Speleological-Lacustrine System
Triolet French Drugstore (Pharmacy Museum)

Islands
Cayo Coco
Cayo Guajaba
Cayo Romano
Cayo Sabinal
Cuba
Ernst Thalmann Island
Jardines de la Reina Archipelago

CARDENAS
CIEGO DEL AVILA
FLORIDA
MORON
SANCTI SPIRITUS
MATANZAS
Religious Temples:
Matanzas: Cathedral of San Carlos De Borromeo
Museums – Various:
Matanzas: Museo Farmaceutico
SANTA CLARA
Religious Temples:
Santa Clara: Santa Clara Cathedral
Monuments
Santa Clara: Che Guevara Mausoleum
Santa Clara: Taking of the Armored Train
Museums – Decorative Arts, Design, Fashion: Santa Clara: Museo de Artes Decorativas

TRINIDAD
History, Culture, National and City Museums
: Trinidad: Municipal History Museum
Castles, Palaces, Forts

Trinidad: Palacio Brunet (Museo Romantico)
Trinidad: Palacio Cantero
Museums – Various: Trinidad: Colonial Architecture Museum
Bizzarium:
Trinidad: Discoteca Ayala
Military, War and Police Museums: Trinidad: National Museum of the Struggle against Bandits

CAMAGLUEY
History, Culture, National and City Museums
Camaguey: Ignacio Agramonte Provincial Museum
Camagüey: San Juan de Dios Museum
Art Museums: Camagüey: Martha Jimenez Perez Workshop Gallery
House and Biographical Museums
Camagüey: Museo Casa Natal de Ignacio Agramonte
Camaguey: Quinta Simoni Museum

CIENFUEGOS
History, Culture, National and City Museums
: Cienfuegos: Provincial Museum
URBAN HISTORIC CENTRE OF CIENFUEGOS WHS
Castles, Palaces, Forts:
Cienfuegos Province: Jagua Castle
Architectural Delights
Cienfuegos: Club Cienfuegos
Cienfuegos: Palacio de Valle
Religious Temples:
Cienfuegos: Cathedral of Cienfuegos
Monuments
: Cienfuegos: Statue of Benny Moré
Botanical Gardens:
Cienfuegos: Jardin Botanico
Maritime/Ship Museums:
Cienfuegos: Museo Historico Naval Nacional
Cienfuegos Dolphinarium.

World of Nature
Caguanes NP
Ciénaga de Zapata NP
Jardines del la Reina NP
Leaping Caburní National Reserve
Mogotes de Jumagua Ecological Reserve
Topes de Collantes NP
Waterfalls:
El Nicho Waterfall, Leaping Caburní
Caves, Sinkholes and Saltmines
Cueva de Saturno
Cuevas de bellamar
Varadero: Cueva de Ambrosio
Lakes:
Laguna de Leche
Rivers:
Sagua la Grande River
Trails 1
– Treks: Topes de Collantes Trail
Aquariums:
Playa Rancho Luna:
Beaches
Cayo Coco
Jardines del Rey: Playa Pilar
Playa Ancon
Varadero Beach

Villages and Small Towns
Caibarien
Remedios
Airports: Camaguey (CMW), Cayo Coco (CCC), Santa Clara (SNU), Varadero (VRA)
Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars
Cuba Intercity Railway Experience
Havana to Matanzas (Hershey Electric Railway)
Roads, Road Bridges and Tunnels
Road – Causeway Crossing to Cayos Santa Maria
Road – Circuito Norte (Mantua-Sagua la Grande-Baracoa)
Road – Circuito Sur (Artemisa-Cienfuegos-Sancti Spiritus)
Art Museums: Sancti Spiritus: Colonial Art Museum
House and Biographical Museums:
Varadero: Villa Dupont
Military, War and Police Museums: Playa Girón: Museo Girón
Museums – Various:
Remedios: Museo de la Agroindustria Azucarera

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CUBA -ISLA de la JUVENTAD

DARE places Cuba – Canarreos Archipelago (except isla de la Juventud)

Tentative WHS
Sistema Arrefical del Caribe Cubano

Islands
CAYO LARGO del SUR
Beaches: Playa Paraiso
ISLA de la JUVENTUD
NUEVA GERONA
History, Culture, National and City Museums:
Nueva Gerona: Municipal Museum
The Dark Side:
Nueva Gerona: Presidio Modelo

Airports: Cayo Largo del Sur (CYO)
World of Nature
Punta Frances Marine
Punta Francés Punta Pedernales Marine Park
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CUBA – EAST (Holguín, Santiago de Cuba, Las Tunas)

World Heritage Sites
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba
Desembarco del Granma National Park
San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba
Tentative WHS
Santiago de Cuba, sus escenarios históricos
Sites of Memory of Slavery in Cuba
Vestiges of the Past:
El Chorro de Maíta

HOLGUIN
History, Culture, National and City Museums
: Holguín: Provincial Museum of History
Religious Temples
Holguín: Iglesia San Jose
Holguin: St. Isidore Cathedral
Natural History and Earth Museums:
Holguin: Natural History Museum
LAS TUNAS
Botanical Gardens:
Las Tunas: Las Tunas Botanical Garden

SANTIAGO DE CUBA
History, Culture, National and City Museums: Santiago de Cuba: Museo de Historia 26 de Julio
Castles, Palaces, Forts: Santiago de Cuba: Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca
Botanical Gardens: Santiago de Cuba: Helechos Garden
Zoos:
Santiago de Cuba: Zoo
Markets:
Santiago de Cuba: Orisha Market
Museums – Various
Santiago de Cuba: Carnival Museum
Santiago de Cuba: Rum Museum
The Dark Side:
Santiago de Cuba: Cementerio de Santa Ifigenia.
Bizzarium:
Santiago de Cuba: Valle de la Prehistoria
Art Museums: Santiago de Cuba: Emilio Bacardi Moreau Museum
House and Biographical Museums
Santiago de Cuba: Casa-Natal de Antonio Maceo
Santiago de Cuba: Casa Museo de Frank y Josue Pais
Santiago de Cuba: Diego Velasquez House
Religious Temples:
Santiago de Cuba: Catedral de Santiago de Cuba
Military, War and Police Museums:
Santiago de Cuba: Museo de la Lucha Clandestina

DARE places
Cuba – Maisí municipality (Guantanamo province easternmost
Cuba – Guamá municipality (Santiago de Cuba province extreme southwest)
House and Biographical Museums: Biran: Casa Natal de Fidel Castro
MANZANILLO
MOA
PALMA SORIANO
BAYAMO
CONTRAMAESTRE
GUANTANAMO

Monuments: Pico Turquino: José Martí bust
Villages and Small Towns:
Baracoa
Gibara
Airports: Holguín (HOG), Santiago de Cuba (SCU)
Roads, Road Bridges and Tunnels: Road – Circuito Sur de Oriente (Bayamo-Niquero-Santiago de Cuba)
World of Nature: Alejandro de Humboldt NP, Baconao National Reserve, Cuchillas del Toa Reserve. Desembarco del Granma National Park, Sierra Cristal NP, Turquino NP (Sierra Maestra NP)
Mountains:
El Yunque, La Gran Piedra, Pico Turquino
Rivers:
Cauto River, Toa River
Aquariums: Baconao Park Aquarium

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I would like to think of myself as a full time traveler. I have been retired since 2006 and in that time have traveled every winter for four to seven months. The months that I am "home", are often also spent on the road, hiking or kayaking. I hope to present a website that describes my travel along with my hiking and sea kayaking experiences.
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