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Fishing village located 10 km west of Remedios along the coast. Access point la Cayeria del Norte, a string of cayos or keys : Conuco, Largo, Las Brujas, Santa Maria and others, by way of a 48 km long causeway (pedraplen), linked by some 35 bridges. An engineering feat. Access fare is 2cuc each way. Noteworthy : at one end of the Malecon (palm trees at right), one can find the Cuban national sailing school installations which are very popular for laser-type sailboats and windsurfing courses. The town and its casas is an affordable alternative to travellers with a car who would rather stay with Cubans and enjoy the cayos and their beaches on a daily basis rather than pay the high all-inclusive rates in the cayo resorts. Even if it means an 80km (50 miles) return trip every day to the cayos.
POPULATION 38,241 (2007) SEE Las Parrandas, annual parade of decorated floats which joins the larger ones in Remedios. End of December; talk a walk in the park, if you know what we mean. EXCURSIONS Drive on the scenic route from here to Yaguajay (via Remedios), site of the Museo Camilo Cienfuegos. 100 bucolic k's there and back. PLAYAS Playa Ensenachos, Playa Las Brujas (best : see caption at right), Playa Las Salinas, Playa Santa Maria and, at the very end of Cayo Santa Maria, deserted — building a huge resort in 2009 — without any shade whatsoever : Playa Perla Blanca. Nude bathing is allowed but only on the beach of the Sol Cayo hotel on cayo Santa Maria. RESTAURANTS Cafeteria La Cubanita. At Hotel Central, try the local specialty, Salsa Perro, a cross between bouillabaise and ceviche. EVENINGS Cabaret La Ruina • There may be some action at local 12-room Brisas del Mar Hotel (Carretera Playa Final) Tel. (42) 351-699 TRANSPORTATION Local busses 4x day to Remedios, and from there, 5x day to Santa Clara. PARRANDAS The exhuberant fiestas involving competitions between barrios with fireworks and costumed parades take place every year all over Villa Clara province, mostly in winter. Here's the list : Taguayabón on the 27th of Nov. (barrio El Gallo vs barrio el Gavilán) then others in December : Caibarién (La Loma vs La Marina), Remedios (El Carmen vs San Salvador), Crecencio Valdés (El Toro vs el Caballo), Muelas quietas (La Loma vs la Marina), Placetas (Zaza vs Fortun), Carrillo (La Fama vs El Mango), Remate de Ariosa (La Loma vs La Marina), Calabazar de Sagua (Sapos vs Chivos), Sagua la Chica (La Loma y La Marina), Cótica (El Tiburón vs el Manatí), El Santo (Carraguao vs Pavo Real), Quemado de Güines (La Puya vs el Perejil) all on Xmas Eve and in Zuluetas on the 31st (Guanijibe vs La Loma). |
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BOOK BY PHONE • From Canada and the USA : 011 53 (add phone # preceded by 42 for Caibarien) • From Europe, Great Britain, Scandinavia and Mexico : 00 53 (add phone # preceded by 42 for Caibarien) HOW TO DIAL A CUBAN PHONE NUMBER HERE  BOOK BY EMAIL : Click on logo to open a message addressed to that casa in your email application; or right-click to copy address showing at bottom of browser window. Spanish vocabulary here.  |
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| VIRGINIA'S PENSION Ciudad Pesquera #73, 100 meters from the local fishermen's cove. Tel. (42) 363-303  |
HOSTAL EL CARRETERO V
Calle 18, #2112, e/21 y 23 in the center of town. Tel. (42) 363-675 or 351-362  |
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| CASA YAYO V Ave 35 no. 1016 B, entre 10 y 12 in the center of town. Tel. (42) 364-253  |
BARBARA PEREZ DE LA CRUZ y ORENCIO SILVERIO V
Reparto Mar Azul (near the sea), edificio A, apto # 3 Tel. (42) 364-615 One aircon bedroom, private bath, fridge, fan. Rates : 20cuc for bedroom per night |
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