Casa Particular
Casa Beto y Susan, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
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Museo de Ambiente Histórico.
Casa Velázquez
Felix Peña 612
corner of Calle Aguilera and Calle Felix Peña on the Parque Cespedes
Open daily between 9am-1pm and 2-5pm
Tel.: 22/65-2652
Once the house of the viceroy. Now showing artifacts from the history of Cuba.
Casa Natal de José María Heredia.
Calle Heredia No. 260 e/ Pío Rosado y Hartman.
Birthplace of one of Cuba's greatest poets.
Casa Natal de Antonio Maceo.
Calle Los Maceo No. 207
e/ Corona y Morúa Delgado
Tel.: 22/62-3750
Birth place of one of the heroes of the war of independence.
Casa Natal de Frank País Garcia.
Calle General Banderas No. 226 e/ Habana y Maceo
Birth place of one of the heroes of the urban guerilla.
Museo del Carnaval.
Heredia 303
On the corner of Pío RosadoOpen: Tues-Sat 9am-8pm; Sun 9am-5pm
Tel.: 22/62-6955
The museum aims to give an overview of the great tradition of carnaval in Santiago.
Museo Emilio Bacardí.
Pío Rosado y Aguilera
Museo del Ron.
On the corner of Calle Hartmann (San Félix) and Calle Castillo Duany (Santa Lucía)All about the great beverage.
La Moncada.
(Ciudad Escolar 26 de Julio)
Calle Trinidad at the corner of Moncada
Open Mon-Sun 9am-9pm; Tues-Sat 10am-10pm; Sun 9am-1pm
Tel.: 22/62-0157
The yellow barracks of the Spanish army attacked by Fidel. The ochre-colored exterior is marked with carefully re-opened bullet holes, a reminder of the July day in 1953 when Fidel Castro and a band of ragtag rebels launched an assault on the barracks. You can see the rebels' weapons, bloodstained uniforms, photographs, letters, and other documents.
Museo Granjita Siboney.
Carretera de Siboney km. 13 ½
It was the place of gathering for attack the Moncada Garrison. It now shows memorabilia of the attack.
Museo de la Clandestinidad.
(Museum of the Underground Struggle)
General Rabí 1 between Santa Rita and San Carlos
(tel. 22/62-4689)
located in a 18th-century mansion on a hill, Loma del Intendente.
Memorabilia of the revolution.
Fortaleza del Morro.
Bahia de Santiago
Open daily between 9am-8pm
Guarding the entrance to the Bahía de Santiago built on op a of a rocky promontory. It was engineered in 1638 by an Italian architect. The fortress is about 16km (10 miles) south of the center of Santiago along the Carretera del Morro.
The fortress now houses the Museum of Piracy.
Cementerio Santa Ifigenia.
Calzada Crombet
Open daily between 7am-6pm
22/63-2723
This large cemetery, dating to 1868, is a small city of the dead, populated by elaborate marble tombs including several spectacular mausoleums. One of these belong to José Marti.
Loma de San Juan.
Reparto Santa Bárbara, corner of Av. de Raúl Pujol and Carretera de Siboney Km 1.5 (next to the Hotel Horizontes San Juan)
The place where Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders stormed the hill and defeated the Spanish troops.
Museo "La Isabelica"
Carretera de la Gran Piedra km. 14
Shows some history of the French settlements in the area. The museum exhibits farming implements and archeological objects.
Other places of interest:
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad
(Sanctuary of the
Caridad del Cobre)
Carretera al Cobre
Church of the national Virgin of Cuba.
The walls of the church are laden with gifts from people that were healed or asked for the Virgin's blessing.
La Gran Piedra.
Carretera de la Gran
Piedra km. 14
Enormous rock of volcanic origin. It is 51 meters long and 25 meters
wide, with an approximate weight of 63 000 tons. It is on the top of a
mountain at 1 225 meters. The views of the Sierra Maestra are stunning.
Parque Baconao.
A World Heritage Biosphere Reserve and it is filled with attractions other than wildlife refuges and coffee plantations.
There is an old car museum and a magnificent 45-hectare (111-acre) garden, the Jardin Ave de Paraiso, dating from 1860. The natural park has places of great beauty.
Valle de la Prehistoria.
A bit tacky collection of dozens of life-size model dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures.
Nice for children.