Guantánamo

Guantánamo has countless natural values, especially in its mountainous and coastal areas. It’s a predominantly mountainous region of marked contrasts, and it’s the only place on the island where you can find a semi-desert area. Large and fast-flowing rivers, some of them navigable and others where you can go for a swim, characterize Guantánamo, Cuba’s easternmost province. A little over 900 kilometers separate Guantánamo’s capital from Havana. Part of its territory is illegally occupied by a U.S. air and naval base.

Also in this region is Cuba’s first city; Baracoa, which was founded in 1512 by Spanish Governor Diego Velázquez, who turned it into the first capital and the first diocese of the island of Cuba. Guantánamo has unquestionable cultural values, especially related to music and dance. Located at only 30 minutes from the city, you can visit the Stone Zoo, where hundreds of animals, life-size and from all latitudes, have been inserted in exuberant vegetation, as works carved in stone by farmer Ángel Iñigo Blanco.