Places to Explore In Western Cuba

Cardenas

This once-elegant town, modeled after Charleston, SC, was founded in 1828 as a sugar-exporting port with a neat grid of streets lined with...

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Cayo Largo

If a carefree, quiet beach vacation is what you're looking for, secluded Cayo Largo, encircled by a coral reef, is ideal. Add in 20 km (13 miles...

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Cayo Levisa

The Archipiélago de los Colorados runs west along Cuba's northern coast, beginning at Cayo Paraíso, a famous haunt of Hemingway who moored his...

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Isla de la Juventud

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Maria la Gorda

Three hours west of Pinar del Río, over a bumpy road, you reach this world-renowned pristine beach and dive site, on the Bahía de Corrientes...

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Matanzas

Matanzas, which means "killings," takes its unfortunate name from the slaughter in 1510 of survivors of a Spanish shipwreck by an indigenous...

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Peninsula de Zapata

Home to the country's—and the Caribbean's—largest wetland, the Península de Zapata is world-renowned for superb bird-watching and fly-fishing...

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Pinar del Rio

Named for the stands of pine trees that once shaded the banks of the Río Guamá, Pinar del Río has been Cuba's tobacco city since its first land...

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Playa Giron

A popular destination for diving and snorkeling, this beach town is famously known as the site of the Bay of Pigs invasion. On April 17, 1961...

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San Juan y Martinez

The finest-quality tobacco leaves come from Vuelta Abajo—the region southwest of Pinar del Río city—thanks to a combination of abundant rainfall...

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Soroa and Las Terrazas

Known for its exquisite orchid and botanical garden and its 22.5-meter (75-feet) waterfall, El Salto, Soroa has been dubbed "El Arco de Cuba...

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Valle de Viñales

The valley is justly ranked among Cuba's most beautiful landscapes, an expanse of lush green studded with the famous mogotes —freestanding...

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Varadero

Depending on your travel tastes, Varadero could be a tropical, care-free paradise or mass tourist inferno. It's Cuba's most popular tourist...

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