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A Cuba Vacation
aking time out from the tobacco, utilised for their famed
everyday stresses and cigars, providing a stunning
strains of life to visit an scenic view. The natural beauty
exotic place is something that of Cuba and its history has
everyone looks forward to. Cuba, shaped the country to what it is
with its notoriety brought upon today. This is one Caribbean
by its government and the clamp island that has been left
down of the American government unspoiled by technology and
on its export and tourism, is a modern day living.
country known more for its cigar
and its leader, rather than as a Like many of the Caribbean
vacation destination. Despite islands, Cuba's main source of
this, every year more and more tourism is the beach industry.
tourists from Canada and Europe The country is blessed with
are flocking to Cuba, enthralled hundreds of miles of sprawling
by its natural beauty and its sandy beaches, with fine white
passionate and welcoming people. sand and clear blue water.
Tourism in Cuba is currently at Tourists visiting Cuba have a
an all time high. multitude of choices for the
location of their beach vacation.
Cuba is the largest of the The major resorts of Varadero and
Caribbean islands and is Cayo Largo are the most renowned
inhabited by people with a mixed and here you'll find many 5 star
race of Caribbean Indian, African all inclusive resorts. Despite
and Spanish heritage. It has a this, there are also plenty of
contrasting landscape ranging smaller, quieter beach resorts
from beautiful and mesmerizing where you can truly get away from
beaches to sprawling and craggy it all.
mountain ranges. Limestone
Mountains loom over the fields of Aside from stunning beaches, Cuba
also offers plenty of rustic the Revolution, the Havana Club
towns and cities full of rich Museum of Rum, the Cigar Museum,
culture and heritage. A vacation the Ernest Hemingway Museum and
to Cuba isn't complete without the National Museum of Fine Arts.
visiting at least one of the
Cuban towns or cities and meeting
the local Cuban people. Santiago de Cuba is the second
largest city in Cuba and is
In the north-west of the country located on the eastern end of the
you'll find the capital city, island. It has a beautiful
Havana - the hub of everything setting at the foot of the Sierra
that is Cuban. When you stroll Maestra Mountains and overlooks a
around the city you'll feel the magnificent bay. Unlike the other
essence of the Cuban past - a towns and cities in Cuba,
rich legacy emanating from the Santiago de Cuba has a very
Spanish colonial architecture Caribbean feel to it. This is as
that beholds the city. Parts of a result of the influence of the
the city resemble the set of an Haitian planters who settled here
old movie, reminiscent of a in the 19th century.
bygone era, with old American
cars bustling by. A lot of work Trinidad, located in the heart of
has been done in the past decade Cuba is one of the original towns
to restore old Havana, a UNESCO and was founded in 1514. The city
world heritage site, but much of is filled with cobbled streets
the city has been left untouched and old buildings with tiled
and hundreds of crumbling roofs and has been a UNESCO World
buildings collapse each month. Heritage Site since 1988. It's a
very pleasant city to spend a day
Havana also has its fair share of or two, with many museums,
museums, including the Museum of churches and Plazas.
then follow that up with a
An ideal way to spend your relaxing week's stay in one of
vacation is to take a few days to the luxurious all inclusive
do some sightseeing in Havana or resorts by the beach.
one of Cuba's other cities and
About the Author:
Suzanne is the webmaster of http://www.suzannestravels.com You can read about her recent vacation to Cuba in her Cuba Blog http://www.suzannestravels.com/cuba Here you'll find information and reviews of her stay in a Guardelavaca resort and her visit
Source: www.isnare.com
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