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Villa Clara Travel Guide





It is located to the north of Cienfuegos and with exit to the Atlantic Ocean. Second zone of tobacco plantation of the Island, after Pine of the River, and important by the sugar production. It has tabaqueras, chemical, metallurgical and electrotechnic industries.

Its capital is Santa Clara, located in the central zone of the province and next to a the mountainous enclave of the heights of Santa Clara. It was founded on century XVII, outside the constant pirate attacks. In spite of city of passage for the tourism, they emphasize its theaters, architecture and places dedicated to the Batiste fall. For the nostalgic ones of the figure of the "Che", from the summer of 1998 the rest of Ernesto rest there in a mausoleo Guevara and some of the guerrillas who accompanied to him in Bolivia. To little more than 40 kilometers in the direction of the coast one is Remedies, with one of the best architectonic sets of the colonial stage that are conserved in the Island.

Until stranger, only visited by route groups makes few years Villa Clear was a tourist destiny almost that remained something more of a day to visit the Ernesto Memorial Che Guevara or to know some here the other enchantments of the province that constitutes the geographic center of the country.

But the construction of a railcar on the sea, that united to the territory with Cayo Santa Maria, small small barren island of 13 km in length and 2 of wide, appraised by its excellent beach and the characteristics of its flora and terrestrial fauna and the marine nature, attractive for the practice of the diving, definitively opens the doors of this tourist destiny.

The region of the northeast of the province also integrates the neighboring Cayos of Ensenachos and the Witches.

To about 60 kilometers of the Cayo it is the town of San Juan of the Remedies, whose Historical Center was declared National Monument; and towards the center of the island Santa Clara, capital provincial, full of history, culture and hospitality.

The location of a part of the Mountain range of the Escambray in the territory, also does to Clear Villa one of the destinies of the country with better conditions to attract the nature tourism. And the existence of the famous thermal and mineromedicinales baths of Elguea leaves the door opened for the interested ones in improving their quality of life.




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