To do in and around Holguin

The Calixto Garcia Iñiguez Park

Around this monument lies the bustling section of Holguin's urban layout. In ratio of several hundred meters , visitors will find most of the town's retailers, its cultural life and part of the economic and administartive leadership of both the burg and province.

The Calixto Garcia Park stood for public tributes paid to Holguin's most celebrated hero of the three wars for the independence of Cuba. The monument was build in 1912 in the Hispanic Arms Square, right on the same spot where Queen Elizabeth II used to be venerated and the site of military drills during the colonial rule and since the foundation of the city. The block also served as meeting ground for Cuban separatics and for revolutionary youngsters committed to the social and anti dictatorial struggle in the mid 20th century.

Parques in Holguin:
Galaxico Garcia	Parque Jose Marti	Parque Manuel de Cespedes	Paquito Gonzalez
Julio Grave de Peralta	Parque Infantil Ruben Bravo	Plaza de la Marqueta

There's one bench with a history of its own. In this bench and its surrounding areas, right in the angle formed by Marti and Maceo streets, followers of Fidel Castro's insurgency trend, the defying and undefeated guerilla warfare leader who climed the Sierra Maestra mountain range (south of Holguin) in 1956, used to gather there. Quite a number of those bold revolutionaries from Holguin became brave combatants of the victorious Rebel Army; others were slain by agents of the Batista dictatorship, the last tyranny of the neocolonial era.

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	Iglesia de San Jose Manduley #106 Holguin	Mausoleo Plaza de la Revolución Museum Ave. XX Aniversario de la Victoria, Holguín
	Museo del Deporte Ave. Libertadores, Estadio Calixto García Holguín

Museo Provincial “La Periquera” Frexes No. 190, e/. Libertad y Maceo Holguín The building itself has been declared a national monument for it hosted historical events related to the independent struggle. The funny nickname (La Periquera) has been making the rounds locally since 1868 and brings back memories of the bold sieges undergone here by Spanish colonial troops stationed on the premises when freedom fighters led by Brigadier General Grave de Peralta launched a thrust on the eve of the beginning of Cuba's first independece war. The solid building, by the time recently finished a well to do businessman from Andalusia, had been seized by the Spanish military and turned into a fortress capable of putting up to Cuban assailments.But these actions soon showed up and led to a mocking spree on the part of the Cuban fighters who called Spaniards pericos (parrots) and egged them on to walk out of the building and engage in a face to face battle. The mockery used to by the Cubans was a way to scoff at the motley uniform the Spanish troops wore at the time, green with golden epaulets and red cuffs sporting yellow stripes, that pretty much reminded them of parrots, Cuban birds with feathers of similar colors.

	Catedral de San Isidoro Maceo #122 Holguin	Museo de Ciencias Naturales Carlos de la Torre  Maceo No. 129, e/. Martí y Luz Caballero Holguín Stuffed animals
	Centro Provincial de Artes Plasticas Moncada Maceo #180 Holguin	Fabricia de Organos Carretera de Gibara #301 Holguin

Natal House of Calixto Garcia Miro 147 esq. Frexes, Holguín, Tel: +53 425610 Mon till Fri 9.00am a 5.00pm, Sat 9:00am a 1:00 pm Calixto Garcia's birthplace. In the historic center of town. In this house, the illustrious patriot was born on August 4, 1839. The house was declared a national monument and currently host the Memorial Museum featuring documents, pictures, arms and other relics, plus an information cebter entirely devoted to Cuba's 19th century independence wars.

One original feature: The book art

Its creation includes a primitive papermaking process out of recucled dregs and dry leaves, plus the addition of images, design and printout using printing presses from the 18th and 19th centuries. The edition never exceeds the 200 copies. This publishing house in Holguin, churning out these small works of art on literary topics, is one of its kind in Cuba.

Shadowy Porches The four streets that flow into Calixto Park stand for the most bustling and crowded part of the city's commercial hub. Stores and all kind of throb allong the non stop rows of roofed porches that provide good shadowy walkways for those eager to snoop and shop around. These roofed commercial galleries that shelter passers by from the sweltring midday sun, also stand for excellent swatches of the local colonial architecture, commonplace in other cities across Cuba. The east side of town is enhanched by the streets that melt into the cobeted park and make long pathways of shadowy porches and tree groves where flows of people traipse up and down.

The Suñol Scene
Maceo, esq. a Libertad
Holguin

Widely known and recognised in Cuba and overseas, the Rodrigo Prats Lyrical Theatre of Holguin has made a name of itself with a magnificent cast, techniques and a repertoire of operas, operettas and Spanish musicals among other productions on different stages. Suñol has also hosted the Condanza dance company, one of Cuba's finest of its kind, dealing with classical, folkloric and modern ballet.

Likewise, AlasBuenas Children's Theatrical Group has stood out with the presentation of literary works, while la Campana Folkloric Company stands for African-Cuban, countryside and popular roots of Holguin's culture. Holguin's Chamber Dance Company also shines in the limelight. This is recently created group that was put together on the basis of Cuba's celebrated ballet dancer Alicia Alonso.