COOL THINGS IN JAPAN YOU MUST SEE
The province was the site of Christopher Columbus’s first landing where legend has it, he said, “this is the most beautiful land human eyes have ever beheld.”
Less than an hour from Cienfuegos is the beautifully preserved colonial town of Trinidad, another cornerstone of the perfect Cuba itinerary. The city was founded in 1514 and declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1988.
Many significant battles in Cuba’s turbulent history took place in Santiago. The city is packed with museums from the colonial, revolutionary and contemporary periods.
One highlight is the Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca, known as El Morro Fortress, another UNESCO World Heritage site. This 17th-century fortress was constructed to defend Santiago from pirates and is a remarkably well-preserved example of Spanish-America military architecture.
Great things to do in Viñales include taking a guided tour to the tobacco fields while horseback riding, a boat trip on an underground river in the Cueva del Indio and a vist to the mural de la prehistoria.
The architecture you see all over the city is an unusual combination of Baroque, Gothic and Moorish styles that somehow manage to give the city the air of a town in Southern France in the early 20th Century.