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"Trinidad y el Occidente"

Viñales - Pinar del Rio - Soroa - La Habana - Trinidad - Santa Clara -La Habana

 

Day Trip
1 La Habana - Viñales (in the morning)
Tranportation: ASTRO
  • Enjoy the village. In the afternoon walk to the hotel Jazmines, there you will enjoy a fantastic view over the valley.
  • Ask Eloy what you want to do the following days, so he can look for horses, a taxi driver or so. Note: He does this because you're his guests and don't because he wants to earn more money out of your pocket! (He's one of this rarely persons!)
  • Book the Casa Particular in Pinar del Rio.
2
  • Aquaticos by hors, the caves, the North Cost or...
3

farmer in  Viñales

  • Aquaticos by hors, the caves, the North Cost or...

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 Viñales - Pinar del Rio (at noon)
Tranportation: TRUCK or TAXI COLLECTIVO
5
  • Visit the city, the cigar factory, the Guayabita - liqueur factory
  • Buy your train ticket to Candelaria for the following day. Note: Try to pay in Pesos. I always could pay the train between Pinar del Rio and La Habana with Pesos...
  • Book the Casa Particular in Habana (day 7) and in Trinidad (day 8 - 12)
6

Pinar del Rio - Candelaria - Soroa (leaves at 9:00)
Tranportation: TRAIN (to Candelaria), TRUCK or TAXI (from Candelaria)

  • Search a place where you can sleep, there's a hotel (about 40 CUC per night and room), a camping place and it could be that you find a non official Casa Particular.
  • Have a swim under the waterfall, go the "view point", visit the orchid garden.
7 Soroa - Candelaria - La Habana
Tranportation: TRUCK o TAXI (to Candelaria), TRAIN o TRUCK (from Candelaria)
  • Buy the ticket to Trinidad for the following day (ASTRO). When you arrive in Habana go by taxi to the ASTRO bus station. Don't pay more than 4 CUC. You have to reach the bus station as soon as possible because they close early.
8 La Habana - Trinidad (in the morning)
Tranportation: ASTRO
  • Enjoy the city
  • Go to the train station and have a look when the train to Iznaga (Valle de los Ingenios) leaves.
9
  • Excursion to the valle de los Ingenios. Go by train to Iznaga (1 CUC). There you have to visit the famous slave watching tower. Afterwards you can visit the village o walk just a little bit around in the nice sugar growing area. Go back by train or by truck..
  • Look for a taxidriver which will drive you to Topes de Collantes the following day. The driver will wait a few hours at the top, the whole journey costs you about 25 CUC. Don't pay more.
  • Buy the ASTRO ticket to Sta. Clara for day 12.
  • Book the Casa Particular in Sta. Clara
10
  • Excursion to Topes de Collantes and to the Salton Caburni. From Topes de Collantes it will take about one hour by foot the reach the Salton Caburni, good shoes are necessary. Go only by good weather. Visit the two places at the waterfall, that means the waterfall itself but also the natural pool where you can enjoy a bath.
  • Ask your driver if he will drive you the following day to playa Ancon. The normal price is 6 CUC - 8 CUC, both ways.
11
  • Playa Ancon
12 Trinidad - Santa Clara (leaves at about 6 pm)
Tranportation: ASTRO
13
  • Visit the Che museo
  • Enjoy the city of Santa Clara
  • Buy the ASTRO ticket to Habana for the following day. If there's no ticket or bus the following day and you have to go back, go the train station. Train #12 (train #14 could be a better possibility) will leave at a uncomfortable hour but you will get a ticket and you will be the next morning in Habana. 
14 Santa Clara - La Habana
Tranportation: ASTRO

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"Las lugares más famosos"

La Habana - Viñales - La Habana - Trinidad - Santiago de Cuba - Baracoa

 

1 La Habana - Viñales (in the morning)
Tranportation: ASTRO
  • Enjoy the village. In the afternoon walk to the hotel Jazmines, there you will enjoy a fantastic view over the valley.
  • Ask Eloy what you want to do the following days, so he can look for horses, a taxi driver or so. Note: He does this because you're his guests and don't because he wants to earn more money out of your pocket! (He's one of this rarely persons!)
  • Buy your bus ticket (ASTRO) to Habana (day 4)
  • Book the Casa Particular in Habana (day 4) and in Trinidad (day 5 - 8)
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  • Aquaticos by hors, the caves, the North Cost or...

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  • Aquaticos by hors, the caves, the North Cost or...

4 Viñales - La Habana (in the morning)
Tranportation: ASTRO
  • Buy your bus ticket to Trinidad for the following day when you arrive at the main bus station
5 La Habana - Trinidad (in the morning)
Tranportation: ASTRO
  • Enjoy the city
  • Go to the train station and have a look when the train to Iznaga (Valle de los Ingenios) leaves.
6 Street in Trinidad
  • Excursion to the valle de los Ingenios. Go by train to Iznaga (1 CUC). There you have to visit the famous slave watching tower. Afterwards you can visit the village o walk just a little bit around in the nice sugar growing area. Go back by train or by truck..
  • Look for a taxidriver which will drive you to Topes de Collantes the following day. The driver will wait a few hours at the top, the whole journey costs you about 20 CUC - 25 CUC. Don't pay more.
  • Book the Casa Particular in Santiago de Cuba (dia 9 - 11)

7
  • Excursion to Topes de Collantes and to the Salton Caburni. From Topes de Collantes it will take about one hour by foot the reach the Salton Caburni, good shoes are necessary. Go only by good weather. Visit the two places at the waterfall, that means the waterfall itself but also the natural pool where you can enjoy a bath.
  • Ask your driver if he will drive you the following day to playa Ancon. The normal price is 6 CUC - 8 CUC, both ways. Also ask him if he will drive you the following day, in the afternoon to Guayos (20 CUC)
  • Note: Visit Playa Ancon only if you need a beach. If not relax and enjoy the whole day in Trinidad. (In the afternoon of day 6 you have also the possibility to go the beach, it´s better to be in the afteroon at the beach!)
8 Trinidad - Guayos - Santiago de Cuba (in the afternoon)
Tranportation: TAXISTA (to Guayos), TRAIN (from Guayos to Santiago de Cuba)
  • It's very important to be early at the station of Guayos (about 3 hours before the train leaves). If they say you that they haven't tickets for this day but suggest you a Casa Particular for the night, give about 5 CUC... Afterwards you will that there's a possibility to look for a ticket. If this doesn't work speak directly with the train's chief when it arrives. The workers of Guayos' station sometimes say that they haven't tickets because they will earn the commsion of the Casa Particular in Guayos. It's easy to understand that a Casa Particular can't work without this "help"...
9
  • Visit the city
  • Buy the CUBANA ticket from Baracoa to Habana (There are flights at Sunday, Tuesday, Friday)
  • Book the Casa Particular in Baracoa (day 12 - 15)
10
  • Excursion to the fortress Morro and the Island Granma. Go by truck or by bus to Ciudamar. From there the fortress is a fifteen minute walk. Afterwards walk back to Ciudamar and go by the ferry to the Island.
11
  • Cobre / Parque Bacanao / Gran Piedra / South Coast / City...
  • Have a look at the timetable to Baracoa (ASTRO), buy the ticket for the following day if you can.

12 Santiago de Cuba - Baracoa (morning (leaves at about 7:30))
Tranportation: ASTRO
  • Visit the City
  • Go to the Hotel Castillo and enjoy the view over Baracoa
  • Look for a taxi driver which will drive you to Playa Maguana the following day (20 CUC - 25 CUC both ways).
13
  • Playa Maguana
14
  • The city / River Yumuri / River Miel or others / hiking to the top of the Yunque...
15 Baracoa - La Habana
Tranportation: CUBANA

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