| 3
weeks in Cuba exit Holguin |
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| Day
1 |
Arrival Holguin
After
arrival pick up your rental car at the airport of Holguin
and drive to your hotel or casa particular.
Be sure you buy a good Cuba raod map
Remind that in high and peak season Cuba has not enough
cars to rent, it is wise to make a reservation
on forehand a few months before your departure to Cuba
if you travel in Luly/ August or in December/ January/
February
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| Day
2 |
Holguin
via Moa - Baracoa
From
Mayarí to Moa:
It is an intricate trip going into the thick and sometimes
inhospitable nature of the area.
About 100 km seperate one point from the other. Moa
is an industrial city subordinated to a famous plant
that produces nickel and the best cobalt in the world.
All its inhabitants are somehow associate to that powerful
industry.
Hotel Miraflores allows to lodge in the city.
From
Moa to Baracoa:
This is a great route. About 350 km seperate both points.
A journey is for the oriental center of the island,
rather descending towards the South until getting to
the lengthened tip of Cuba. At the same time it becomes
a magnificent route to travel by the oriental area of
the country until arriving to Baracoa City, where there
is La
Rusa Hotel for lodging.
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| Day
3 |
Baracoa
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| Day
4 |
Baracoa
- Santiago de Cuba
Lovely
route through the mountains along La Farola and along
the southernmost coast of Cuba to Guantanamo
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Day
5
&
Day 6 |
Santiago
de Cuba |
| Day
7 |
Santiago
de Cuba - Marea del Portillo
From
Santiago de Cuba to Marea del Portillo:
It is an enviable journey skirting the highest mountain
range in Cuba, The Sierra Maestra, full of history and
indelible memories for the Cubans. Scenery of liberating
actions since the XIX century. Its geography has no
comparison in Cuba. Formidable fruit bearing trees,
enormous and very green plants and a non-aggressive
fauna. Different species of birds invade the place along
the highway.
There
are 300 km traveling the southern oast of the Cuban
east, just at the feet of the mountain range. When arriving
to Marea del Portillo you will find an incredible place.
It is the unusual perfect combination of beach and mountains.
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| Day
8 |
Marea
del Portillo - Manzanillo - Bayamo
From
Marea del Portillo to Manzanillo:
About 100 km seperate both places. Departing from the
beach you will get Manzanillo City, a compulsory place
to go in the oriental journey.
It is a typical Cuban city. The hotel Guacanayabo is
the only very basic hotel in the area and Manzanillo
has one casa particular.
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| Day
9 |
Bayamo
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| Day
10 |
Bayamo -
Camaguey
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| Day
11 |
Camaguey
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| Day
12 |
Camaguey
- Ciego de Avila - Jardines del Rey
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.
The
Morón Hotel is the best in the city.
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 islands of Jardines
del Rey
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| Day
13 |
Jardines
del Rey (Cayo Coco & Cayo Guillermo)
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| Day
14 |
Ciego
de Avila - Trinidad |
| Day
15 |
Trinidad
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| Day
16 |
Trinidad
- Cienfuegos - Viñales
The
longest trip of your vacation in Cuba. Remind to leave
early in the morning to be in Vinales before dark
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| Day
17 |
Viñales
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| Day
18 |
Viñales
- Pinar del Rio - Havana
Drop
off your car after arrival in Havana
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Day
19
&
Day 20 |
Havana
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| Day
21 |
Havana
- Holguin Departure
Take
a domestic flight back to Holguin
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