| 2
weeks in Cuba exit Santiago de Cuba |
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Arrival Santiago de Cuba
After
arrival pick up your car at the rental agency at the
airport. It is smart to make a reservation on forehand
for your rental car. In high and peak season, which
are july/August and December through February Cuba does
not have enough cars. Reserve your car for this period
at least 2 month before your departure to Cuba.
After
you've picked up the car, drive to your casa particular
or hotel in Santiago de Cuba
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| Day
2 |
Santiago
de Cuba - Bayamo
Not
such a difficult ride for today. Lovely siteseeings
like the mountains of Granma Province.
Bayamo is a small city with some interesting historical
facts
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| Day
3 |
Bayamo
- Camaguey
Camaguey
is not a simple city to find the address you are looking
for, Camaguey is also called The Maze. For more information
about this strange city, check out our Camaguey
city page
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Day
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Day 5 |
Camaguey
- Ciego de Avila - Jardines del Rey
Up
to Ciego de Avila, the province close to the lovely
keys of Jardines del Rey, Cayo Coco and Cayo Guillermo,
with their stunning turqoise sea, white beaches and
Flamingos.
Ciego
de Avila itself is a little city with some cheap but
nice restaurants
You can consider to stay 2 nights at one of the all
inclusive resorts at one of the Jardines del Rey Keys
From
Ciego de Avila to Morón:
Driving
the highway from Ciego
de Avila to Morón, for a deviation of
the Central Highway you arrive to an important city
of the Ciego
de Avila province, Morón.
From
Morón to Cayo Coco and Cayo Guillermo:
The city of Morón has gained greater significance
due to the construction of the highway to Cayo
Coco, about 60 km outside the largest island.
You can get there either by plane or car.
By
earth, a long way on the sea takes you to one of the
most beautiful islands in Cuba. It posseses marvelous
beaches,
typical vegetation, wild fauna like flamingos and a
quiet sea.
Cayo
Coco and the neighbour island Cayo Guillermo have several
luxery
resorts to stay: Melia
Cayo Coco, Sol
Club Cayo Coco, Melia
Cayo Guillermo, Sol
Cayo Guillermo, Iberostar
Daiquirí, The
Gaviota Hotel Playa Coco and more ...
Unfortunately you won't find casa
particulares on the keys of Jardines
del Rey
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| Day
6 |
Ciego
de Avila - Trinidad
After
a day at the beach leave early for the trip to Trinidad.
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| Day
7 |
Trinidad
Trinidad
city is like anyone would say "A city detained
in time", where large houses, cherches and buildings
of the XVII, XVIII and XIX can be admired just the way
they used to be at that time. It is a beautiful, kind
of an alive historical relic, because their new resedents
have taken charge of conserving it. It is not a "dull
city", but it is vivacious, loquacious, picturesque
and really nice.
You
can lodge in several casa
particulares and hotels:
Las
Cuevas, Brisas
del Mar, Ancón,
Costa
Sur, the luxery Gran
Iberostar Trinidad or the idylic Finca
Maria Dolores
In the outskirts of the city you can stay in Topes
de Collantes
For dinner we suggest restaurant Sol y Son
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| Day
8 |
Trinidad
- Cienfuegos
A
trip along the coast and the other half through plantations,
villages and nature.
The
City
of Cienfuegos is the most beautiful of the southern
coast. It is called La Perla del Sur (The Pearl of the
South). The Jagua
Hotel is besides Hotel
la Union the best place to stay. The city was
built with the electic style of the fifties. Its balconies
open up toward the Bay of Cienfuegos,
of calm and clean waters. There is also another hotel
very near the city, the Rancho Luna Hotel,
close to the sea.
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| Day
9 |
Cienfuegos
- Viñales
Through
Playa Giron, Guama up to Havana and down to Vinales.
A long, maybe the longest you will have on this vacation>
On the way you can stop at the crocodile farm and the
museum of Pigs Bay invasion at Giron
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| Day
10 |
Viñales
A
lovely little village in an even lovelier valley, surrounded
by tabac plantations, nature and the typical Vinales
mountains called Mojotes
At
night we recommend to enjoy life music and some dancing
at Centro Culturo Polo Montanez
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| Day
11 |
Viñales
- Pinar del Rio - Havana
A
3 hour drive to Havana, with on the way the possibility
to visit the Orchide Plantation at Soroa
Drop
off your rental car in the center of Havana
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Day
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Day 13 |
Havana
Finally
in Havana, visit the historical center with its many
terraces and life bands playing Cuba traditional songs
For more information on what to do in Havana city, check
out our Havana City page
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| Day
14 |
Havana
- Santiago de Cuba Departure
Take a taxi to the airport of Havana,
besure you go to the right terminal, and take a domestic
flight back to Santiago de Cuba
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