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Sancti Spíritus Province © Lonely Planet Publications 291 Sancti Spíritus Province Sancti Spíritus is the province of good fortune. Spend a day trekking through its rolling Jatibonico hills or crested Sierra del Escambray and you’ll quickly discover that there’s more of everything here, and all of it squeezed into an area half the size of Camagüey or Pinar del Río. The cities are a perennial highlight. Sancti Spíritus is the only province that hosts two of Cuba’s seven founding settlements: in the east is the understated provincial capital, a soporific mix of weather-beaten buildings and bruised Ladas. South, and within sight of the coast, is ethereal Trinidad, Cuba’s – and Latin America’s – colonial jewel that is second only to Havana as a tourist magnet. Unlike other colonial belles, Trinidad has beaches – nearby Ancón is a stunner, easily the best on Cuba’s southern coast – and mountains. Within mirror-glinting distance of the city’s SANCTI SPÍRITUS colonial core lie the haunting Escambray, Cuba’s best hiking area with an actual network of decent trails, a couple of which can be done – officially – without a guide! PROVINCE Sandwiched in between is the once-formidable Valle de los Ingenios, the industrial heart- land upon which Trinidad’s fortunes were once laid out in sugar. But, while the valley’s economic riches depleted, its tourist value sky-rocketed; it’s now a Unesco World Heritage Site and best explored on a steam train. The rest of the province hides a surprisingly varied cache of oft-overlooked curiosities. There’s a great fishing lake at Zaza, a seminal museum to Cuba’s guerrilla icon Camilo Cien- fuegos in Yaguajay, and a barely visited Unesco Biosphere Reserve in the beautiful Bahía de Buenavista. HIGHLIGHTS Time-warp in Trinidad Peel off the layers in Cuba’s colonial jewel ( p298 ) Hook a Line Go fishing in Embalse Zaza Villa San José del Lago ( p296 ) Life by the Lago Watch the flamingos in the lake and relax in mineral springs in Villa San José del Lago ( p315 ) Parque La Guanayara Embalse Zaza Beach Break Rent a house in La Boca and Trinidad stroll the sands of Playa Ancón ( p309 ) Playa Ancón La Boca Heavenly Hike Discover the hikes, waterfalls and swimming holes of beautiful Parque La Guanayara (p312 ) TELEPHONE CODE: 041 POPULATION: 463,258 AREA : 6744 SQ KM SANCTI SPÍRITUS PROVINCE 292 0 20 km SANCTI SPÍRITUS PROVINCE 0 12 miles To Matanzas 80º00'W 79º30'W To Cayo Santa 79º00'W SANCTI SPÍRITUSPROVINCE 22º30'N (194km) Remedios BuenavistaMaría Biosphere (44km) Reserve 22º30'N To Playa Girón Cayo ὄὄ (104km); Havana Aguado Bahía de Buenavista (232km) Esperanza Camajuani Cayo Lucas Dolores Cayo Salinas Cayo Santa Embalse Guainaro Bahía de Perros Punta de Judas Ranchuelo Clara Minerva Zulueta Caguanes Máximo Buena National El Estero Real Vista Park Gómez S i e r Yaguajay Autopista Placetas r a d e Nacional La Loma Potrerillo J a t i Mayajigua Ca b o V i l l a C l a r a r n i Villa San José C i e n f u e g o s retera c o P r o v i n c e Jarahueca San José del Lago P r o v i n c e del Lago Laguna de Central Chambas Iguará la Leche Embalse Perea Avilés Barajagua Manicaragua Cumanayagua Morón El Salto del Florencia Río Zaza Tamarindo Hannabanilla Fomento Embalse Cabaiguán C i e g o d e Á v i l a Embalse Güiniade Lebrije Crucitas El Nicho Hanabanilla Miranda P r o v i n c e ma Guayos Pico de San Jibacoa ba Taguasco Arroyo Blanco 22º00'N Juan (1156m) Marroquí 22º00'N S Máximo Ciro Redondo E i Aga La Sierrita s e r M Gómez Airport c a r a a c m d e i z o Río b r l Salto del d Ceballos To Cienfuegos (37km) a y e G Caburní Valle de u a m Sancti Central Topes de Río u ha ya Jatibonico Majagua ὈὈCollantes Cabu los Ingenios Meyer Campismo Spíritus Carreterra Hotel Cueva Martín Pico de rní Río Planta Cantú Zaza Infierno Topes de Potrerillo Collantes (931m) Jatib Boca de Natural Park Condado Caracusey Yaguanabo Embalse onico Ciego de Ávila Caleta Alberto Banao Carretera Central Delgado Airport Zaza de Iznaga Cascada Muñoz El Cubano To Camagüey La Boca Trinidad (95km) La Güira Sanguily Blue Canyon Casilda Venezuela Playa Ancón San Pedro Guasimal La Sierpe Gaspar ὄὈὈPenínsula ὄBajo de Río Zaza de Ancón María Aguilar lonelyplanet.com El Jibaro Cayo Blanco Tunas de Zaza Embarcadero C A R I B B E A N Cayo Macho de Júcaro S E A See Trinidad Area Map (p309) ὄὄὄ80º00'Wὄὄὄὄ 79º30'W 79º00'Wὄ ὄ.
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