Santa Clara is the capital of the Cuban province of Villa Clara (which together with the provinces of Cienfuegos and Sancti Spiritus was part of the former pronvincia Las Villas). Estimated Population: 217,000 (1994). It is a commercial and communications center located at a junction of roads and railways. It also has an airport.

Livestock was the tradition until the nineteenth century, when the sugarcane became important. Processing and marketing of snuff is held in the province. Santa Clara, the...

The city of Remedios is located in the province of Villa Clara, in the center of the island of Cuba, holds a rich cultural history and so the March 7, 1980, its historic city center was declared a National Monument.

San Juan de los Remedios is a dynamic city with its own life, has excellent buildings, beautiful parks, promenades and populous, as well as a variety of schools and monuments. In recent years, has had a great social and cultural development.

The...

Founded by Panfilo de Narvaez in 1519, the village of San Cristobal of Havana soon became the main population of the island. Its geographical location contributed to an accelerated development, being quoted instead of large ships laden with riches taken from all regions of the New World.

Alejo Carpentier called the City of Columns, but could also be called the City of Castles (El Morro, La Punta, El Principe, La Real Fuerza, which built from 1558 to 1578, is the dean of American military strength).Perhaps the most emblematic buildings...

Caibarién. Also known as "La Villa Blanca", "La Villa de los Congrejos" or "La Capital de las Velas", it is a picturesque Cuban town located on the northeast coast of Villa Clara.

Head of the municipality of the same name and birthplace of the famous composer Manuel Corona and the renowned sculptor Florencio Gelabert, is the third city of Villa Clara territory in terms of industrial development...

Natural glory attractive in view of the lovers of native and pleasure, it combines a mosaic of values that place it in the first steps of our island destinations. Represented as a UNESCO World Heritage.

The Viñales Valley is located in western Cuba in Pinar del Rio province, preferred by those visitors with special interest in the form of nature tourism, with a story that many put in more than 300 million years. The valley is 132 km2 in extent, is also the...

The locality of Centro Habana is located in Havana City and west of the bay. It is integral to the traditional center of the city, along with the town Habana Vieja.

The settlements of "Centro Habana" are from the early colonial years, were closely linked to the founding of the Villa de San Cristóbal de La Habana (1514-1519), whose position as a key Gulf of Mexico arouses the greed of European world, expressed in...

Vedado, district of the City of Havana whose construction began in the late nineteenth century and reached its maximum splendor in the first half of the twentieth century. It is said that the name comes from an area considered as forbidden (prohibited) in times when the wall protecting the city, thus creating a zone defense against attacks by pirates or foreign forces. Considered a model of urban development is characterized by the harmonious combination of populated streets and avenues of trees, porches and houses...

The origin of this town dates back to 1837 where he was an old ranch stay makers yuntas ox with goods in transit towards the town of San Cristobal of Havana.

This large citie, covering 134 square kilometers which accounts for 18% of the provincial total. Situated on the outskirts of the capital, and 38% of their land for agricultural use.

It is the second largest municipality in land area of the province. Among its features and highlights its origin makes plain that its climate...

Guanabo is a quiet little town on the edge of the sea which has about 6000 inhabitants and has the advantage of serving as base to visit Havana and the surrounding area. The field to the surroundings is very beautiful. Many walks are possible. Several shops and a food market they seek all the necessary products for everyday life. There are also cafés, patisseries, restaurants, discos, cinema, bars, a cabaret, banks where you can withdraw money with your bank card, a clinic and a support center, a tourist agency (Infotur) Internet...

The name of Playa municipality comes from area of beach that stretches from west to east through most of their extension along the north coast. It is located north of the province of Havana. It is characterized by residential areas (the most luxurious of the capital of the country).

Among the most notable one can find the old Country Club (now Siboney) and Miramar, which are characterized by large homes and public spaces of exquisite taste and luxury....

Cerro is one of the municipalities of Havana City. It was founded in 1803 when the Calzada of Cerro began to cross their neighborhoods.

The first owners to build homes there were landowners and Francisco José María Rodríguez Betancourt, were later imitated by countless people. Already in the year 1807 was considered a village, and this was the year in which there was built the first wooden church, which years later was replaced by the current, Parish of the...

Havana del Este is a municipality of the Province of Havana. The head of the municipality is located informally in the community of Alamar, seat of the municipal government. It is home to the famous Playas del Este, which are visited by millions of tourists every year.

Among the main attractions of the town are the Torreón de Cojímar, a military construction around which the town of Cojímar grew - the oldest settlement in the territory and the Castillo del Morro, located at the western end of the municipality,...

Marianao is a municipality of the Province of Havana. It borders from the southwest to the southeast with the municipality of Playa, from the southeast to the south with the municipality of Boyeros and from the south to the southwest with the municipality of La Lisa.

Municipality that treasures a rich history marked by relevant cultural, political, social and economic events that gave rise to the neighborhoods that today integrate it and the traditions that characterize it. Also known as a garden city by those who love the benefits of its nature, Marianao...

Quemado de Güines is a municipality located north of the province of Villa Clara, central region of Cuba. The town was founded in 1667, by several families of lumberjacks who, in order to colonize the area to begin logging, were given the task of burning the güines trees, very abundant in the region, hence their name.

The municipality is divided into the towns of Caguaguas, Carahatas, Güines, Paso Cavado, Poblado, San Valentín and Zambumbia and José R. Riquelme.

Plaza de la Revolución is one of the main municipalities of Havana, capital of the Republic of Cuba.

In it resides most of the governmental institutions, many of the ministries, much of the cultural sites and the most central places of the city.2

It also has the important deals of El Vedado and Nuevo Vedado, which used to be the most aristocratic and elitist neighborhoods of the capital during the first third of the twentieth century.