Sancti Spíritus Province
SANCTI SPÍRITUS PROVINCE 291 Embalse Zaza Villa San José del Lago © Lonely Planet Publications Planet Lonely © AREA : 6744 SQ KM 6744 SQ KM : AREA without a guide! Trinidad Playa Ancón Parque La Guanayara La Boca POPULATION: 463,258 463,258 POPULATION: Peel off the layers off the layers Peel Watch the flamingos in Watch the flamingos in Discover the hikes, the hikes, Discover Rent a house in La Boca and Rent a house in La Boca and Go fishing in Embalse Zaza Go fishing in Embalse Zaza waterfalls holes of beautiful and swimming ) p312 ( La Guanayara Parque ( p296 ) mineral springs in in the lake and relax ) p315 San José del Lago ( Villa Beach Break Hike Heavenly Hook a Line by the Lago Life ) p309 stroll the sands of Playa Ancón ( Time-warp in Trinidad in Trinidad Time-warp in Cuba’s colonial jewel ( p298 ) p298 colonial jewel ( in Cuba’s
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HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS The rest of the province hides a surprisingly varied cache of oft-overlooked curiosities. curiosities. cache of oft-overlooked hides a surprisingly varied of the province rest The Sandwiched in between is the once-formidable Valle de los Ingenios, the industrial heart- Sandwiched in between is the once-formidable Valle Unlike is a stunner, easily the belles, Trinidad has beaches – nearby Ancón other colonial The cities are a perennial highlight. Sancti Spíritus is the only province that hosts two that hosts two Sancti highlight. Spíritus is the only province a perennial cities are The
de Buenavista. de Buenavista. fuegos in Yaguajay, and a barely visited Unesco Biosphere Reserve in the beautiful Bahía Unesco Biosphere visited and a barely fuegos in Yaguajay, There’s a great fishing lake at Zaza, a seminal museum to Cuba’s guerrilla icon Camilo Cien- guerrilla icon Camilo fishing lake to Cuba’s at Zaza, a seminal museum a great There’s Site and best explored on a steam train. on a steam and best explored Site economic riches depleted, its tourist value sky-rocketed; it’s now a Unesco World Heritage its tourist value sky-rocketed; economic riches depleted, decent trails, a couple of which can be done – officially – decent trails, a couple of which can be done But, while the valley’s land upon which Trinidad’s fortunes in sugar. once laid out were colonial core lie the haunting Escambray, Cuba’s best hiking actual with an network of lie the haunting Escambray, Cuba’s area colonial core best on Cuba’s southern coast – and mountains. Within mirror-glinting Within distance of the city’s – and mountains. southern coast best on Cuba’s to Havana as a tourist magnet. to Havana as a tourist coast, is ethereal Trinidad, Cuba’s – and Latin America’s – colonial jewel that is second only – and Latin Trinidad, Cuba’s coast, is ethereal soporific mix of weather-beaten buildings and bruised Ladas. South, and within sight of the and bruised Ladas. buildings soporific mix of weather-beaten of Cuba’s seven founding settlements: in the east is the understated provincial capital, a provincial the east is the understated founding settlements: in seven of Cuba’s del Río. del Río. of everything here, and all of it squeezed into an area half the size of Camagüey or Pinar or Pinar of Camagüey the size half into an area and all of it squeezed here, of everything Jatibonico hills or crested Sierra del Escambray and you’ll quickly discover that there’s more more that there’s and you’ll quickly discover Sierra del Escambray Jatibonico hills or crested Sancti Spíritus is the province of good fortune.Sancti Spend a day trekkingthrough its rolling is the province Spíritus
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