| Cuba is truly an unique and amazing country, while its | | | | Nevertheless, the rest are not less worthy in |
| beaches and resorts are on a par with anywhere else | | | | architectonic and historic monuments, public squares, |
| in the world, it is the culture, music, architecture and | | | | and palaces. Bayamo, for instance, was burnt |
| its people that really make it a place worth visiting, | | | | completely by its own inhabitants in the early days of |
| and also make the difference with others Caribbean | | | | the Ten Years War of 1868, so it would not fall in |
| countries. Cuba has some of biggest and better | | | | enemy hands. But it still treasures part of the original |
| conserved Spanish colonial architecture cores in | | | | Parochial Church and countless extremely important |
| America. | | | | historic site, plus the local color of its traditions, like |
| Don Diego de Velazquez, the island's governor, begun | | | | the buggy rides along its aged streets. Yesterday's |
| the conquer and settle of Cuba during 1510's and he | | | | Puerto Principe, today's Camaguey, with a historic |
| was the founder of the first Cuban townships. | | | | core as large as Havana's and many times larger than |
| Between 1512 and 1519 were founded Nuestra | | | | Trinidad's, shows visitors it small streets of peculiar |
| Señora de la Asuncion de Baracoa, San | | | | outlines, its churches, squares and its mansions, with |
| Salvador de Bayamo, Santiago de Cuba, Santisima | | | | homely courtyard presided by the large jar-shaped |
| Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus, Santa Maria del Puerto del | | | | clay tinajones, used locally as rain water collectors. |
| Principe (Camaguey today), San Juan de los | | | | San Juan de los Remedios, a small and pretty town in |
| Remedios and San Cristóbal de La Habana. | | | | the center of the island also conserve a small colonial |
| Today, they still preserve part of their charming and | | | | core and very funny local traditions, in its |
| hoary dignified antiquity. Havana and Trinidad are, | | | | surroundings are Caibarien, other interesting fishmen |
| without any possible doubt, the ones that still | | | | town and Cayo Santa Maria, a tiny cay with a |
| maintain their historic cores with the highest | | | | magnificent beach and some of better hotels in Cuba. |
| percentage of surviving antique buildings and public | | | | Baracoa and Santiago de Cuba are charmingly |
| squares, assembling architectonic, historic and cultural | | | | authentic. Placed by the sea and surrounded by |
| compounds of great value. Both have been | | | | mountains, the Caribbean atmosphere in their ways |
| registered by UNESCO as World Heritage. | | | | of life is particularly strong in Santiago de Cuba, while |
| Havana, with the biggest colonial core in America, | | | | in Baracoa yet are visible the consequences of |
| today work hardly for preserve its heritage and it's a | | | | geographic isolation for many years in the past . |
| magnificent place to visit and walk, the old part of | | | | Santiago's San Pedro de la Roca del Morro castle, |
| town features buildings of superb architectural value, | | | | Adelantado Velazquez's house, Santiagos' Cathedral, |
| a privileged array of plazas and squares, and a mighty | | | | Carnaval Museum, Parque Cespedes, Bacardi Museum, |
| defensive system that combine all to make up the | | | | all are worth visiting. The very first thing that meets |
| most amazing historic urban core of the entire | | | | the eye is the burg's architecture, a peculiar blend of |
| Caribbean and the Americas. | | | | colonial and eclectic styles harking back the Republic's |
| Trinidad, also called the Museum City in Caribbean, | | | | early going. Baracoa, the Primate City, Cuba's first |
| charming and beautiful jewel of colonial treasure of | | | | capital, jealously guard the first Christian relic in the |
| Cuba also is worth a visit, it conserve yet the | | | | New World: the Holy Cross of Parra, kept at Nuestra |
| atmosphere of past time and also is surrounding for a | | | | Señora de la Asuncion Church, also an incredible |
| beautiful beach, Playa Ancon, and for Escambray | | | | natural surroundings revalue the city. |
| Range, a natural paradise. | | | | |