Santa Clara is located halfway between Havana and Camaguey, about 196 km to the south-east of Varadero. The whole city evokes history: the monuments from the colonial era, restaurants and colonial hotels. About 8 km from Santa Clara, the most important university in Cuba is located, so that students endow the city with a youthful dynamic energy.      About Cubanacan, which is located near the city of Santa Clara, Christopher Columbus thoug...

  Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city in Cuba. In the nineteenth century, French immigrants brought some color to the already colorful culture of Santiago, where Spanish, African and Haiti influences mix, forming a multiculturalism that gives us the impression that in this Cuban city one can feel best the true Caribbean character. Santiago de Cuba is located in a valley, between the Sierra Maestra mountains, and due to the port in the gulf, it remained for centuries an ...

  Sancti Spiritus is a charming town, with colorful facades built in the colonial era and cobbled streets. Sancti Spiritus city was founded in 1514 on the Tuinicu River bank and it is the oldest town in the central provinces of Cuba. In 1522, the town was moved to its current location, near Rio Yayabo. This river was called so after two specific Cuban things: ironed guayabera shirt, which was cut here for the first time here, and after guayaba fruit, that grows on river banks. The b...