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Virgin Beaches and Festive Caribbean Spirit

Popular fiestas, music and literary events, ballet, modern dance, museums, secluded landscapes, coral reefs, and many creative ways of making rum cocktails, all of that can be found in the eastern part of Cuba, a land of racial and architectural eclecticism, of contagious vitality and intense sunshine. This land is the “head” of the green caiman in which the Island is shaped. A unique mixture of flavors, colors, landscapes and sensations identify the festive Caribbean spirit, a cheerful way of living and being.

Recommended Tourist Circuit: Camaguey, Holguin and Santiago de Cuba

Variante: Camaguey, Holguín y Santiago de Cuba
Distance:
Havana-Camaguey: 533 km. (6:00 hours) Roads in good condition, by plane (1:15 hours)
Camaguey-Holguín. 202 Km. (2:30 hours) Roads in good condition, by plane from Havana (1.30 hours)
Holguín -Santiago: 134 Km. (1:30 hours) Roads in good condition, by plane from Havana (2.00 hours)

Note: Flights always depart from Havana. Return daily flights.

This recommended tourist circuit includes three provinces, it can be completed in 7 days and 5 nights, but it is perhaps more appropriate to do it in 15 days and 13 nights combining it with a short stay in Havana since all flights depart from Havana and it is possible to return to the capital city daily.

CAMAGUEY: (2 Days)

Accommodation in Camaguey

In the province of Camaguey, travelers can visit the capital city also named Camaguey famous for its legends and “tinajones” big pots as well as the north coast’s coral barrier, the largest in the Western Hemisphere, and on the south coast the “Jardines de la Reina” – The Queen’s Gardens, the best preserved place in the Antilles, featuring secluded, virgin beaches, whose haunting beauty captivates all visitors.



Other enchanting places: Santa Lucia Beach, extending for 20 kilometers of beautiful beaches on the northern coast, and facing the Cuba’s largest coral barrier – 36 kilometers long.

Cayo Sabinal is the fourth larges isle in the archipelago. A causeway links this isle with the city of Nuevitas in the mainland. Cayo Sabinal is well known for housing the largest flock of pink flamingos in the Caribbean and for its magnificent, virgin beaches.

Located 533 kilometers east of Havana, Camaguey has been nicknamed as the “City of the Big Pots” due to its pottery making traditions fuelled by the talent of artists coming from Andalusia, Castile and Catalonia who integrated themselves to the local population during the colonial times. Soon they realised that the clay abundant in the village was an excellent raw material to shape all sort of containers and the famous “tinajones”, big pots used to store water.

Hundred-year old houses, airy patios, red-tiled roofs, old church belfries, twisted little streets made such in purpose to disorient pirates and corsairs are some of Camaguey’s features. This is a city that preserves its unique architectural heritage, of which the Plaza San Juan de Dios is its