|
World Heritage Site:
"The Viñales valley is encircled by mountains and its landscape is interspersed with dramatic rocky outcrops. Traditional techniques are still in use for agricultural production, particularly of tobacco. The quality of this cultural landscape is enhanced by the vernacular architecture of its farms and villages, where a rich multi-ethnic society survives, illustrating the cultural development of the islands of the Caribbean, and of Cuba."
http://whc.unesco.org/sites/840rev.htm
Points of interest:
Museo Municipal
Salvador Cisneros #115- Casa de la Cultura
Cultural activities- Mural de la Prehistoria
4 km west of Vinales centro- Valle de Viñales
Patrimonio Mundial
Sierra de los Órganos, Viñales- Museo Paleontológico
Base de Campismo
“Dos Hermanas”, ViñalesLinks:
Guanahacabibes National Park:
Located on the peninsula to western-most point of the province, it is separated from the rest of the territory by an isthmus where there are plains of white sand and the largest wetland area in Cuba. The original vegetation is conserved in this park and there is a rich variety of aquatic bird life, mollusks and reptiles. In a relatively small area there are more than a hundred lakes and the purest of silica sand deposits, the largest of their kind in the country. The extensive pine groves are indigenous to the region and the herbaceous stratum is the habitat for the riches fauna typical of these ecosystems.
Guanahacabibes is a lowland plain abundant in underground caverns, such as the Cueva de la Barca "Cave of the Boat", rich in bio-speleogical elements. There are evergreen forests, including mangroves, beaches with swampland vegetation, coastal cliffs and sandy coasts with sea grape vegetation, as well as fringes of mastic trees and small palms. There is also a large number of birds, butterflies, molluscs and insectivorous plants in this reserve.
http://www.cubasun.net/vinales.html
Banks:
Banco de Credito y Comercio
Salvador Cisneros #58
Open Mo / Fri 8 am to 3 pm
Sat 8 am to 11 amPost Office:
Ceferino Fernandez #14
Gas Station:
Cupet-CIMEX “San Cayetano”
Carretera Santa Lucía, Las Brisas,
Viñales
Also visit the sister sites:
Listing casa particular all over Cuba
Tourist info on Santiago de Cuba
Presenting Cuban artists and inviting you to their Havana studios.
The website that introduces you to modern Cuban artists assisting with any purchases.
If you have trouble to return to the main page click here:
The Cuba casa particular webring linking Viñales, Havana, Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Trinidad, Camaguey, Santa Clara and Santiago de Cuba.
A web project from www.casaparticular.info to support casa particular in Cuba.
