Granma Province Province Highlights (P 371
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Granma% Province 23 / POP 836,400
Includes Why Go? Bayamo...... 372 Few parts of the world get named after yachts, which helps Gran Parque Nacional explain why in Granma (christened for the boat in which Sierra Maestra . . . . . 381 Fidel Castro and his bedraggled revolutionaries clambered Manzanillo...... 384 ashore to kick-start a guerrilla war in 1956), Cuba’s viva la Media Luna...... 386 Revolución spirit burns most fiercely. This is the land where José Martí died and where Granma native Carlos Manuel Niquero ...... 386 de Céspedes freed his slaves and formally declared Cuban Parque Nacional independence for the first time in 1868. Desembarco del The alluringly isolated countryside helped the revolution- Granma ...... 386 ary cause. Road-scarce Granma is one of Cuba’s remotest Pilón...... 388 regions, with lofty tropical mountains dense enough to have harbored a fugitive Fidel Castro for over two years in the 1950s. Its isolation has bred a special brand of Cuban identity. Best Hikes Granma’s settlements are esoteric places enlivened with ¨¨Comandancia de la Plata weekly street parties (with outdoor barbecues and archaic (p382) hand-operated street organs), and provincial capital Bay- amo is among the most tranquil and clean places in the ¨¨El Salto (p389) archipelago. ¨¨Pico Turquino (p383) ¨¨Morlotte-Fustete (p388) When to Go ¨¨Pockets of Granma have a balmy climate and during Best January and February Marea del Portillo is the warmest place Revolutionary in Cuba. Sites ¨¨Bayamo’s biggest celebration is the Incendio de Bayamo on January 12. ¨¨Alegria del Pio (p388) ¨¨In the far wetter Sierra Maestra mountains, March and ¨¨Comandancia de la Plata April are the driest times for hiking, with bearable nighttime (p382) temperatures. ¨¨Casa Natal de Carlos ¨¨December 2 is the anniversary of the Granma landing, Manuel de Céspedes (p373) which is celebrated with a ceremony at Los Coloradas. ¨¨Museo las Colorados (p387) ¨¨Museo Histórico la Demajagua (p384)
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