Meson La Cuchipapa

Top choice in Bayamo


Real comida cubana (Cuban food) fashioned on reviving traditions rarely known to visitors. At wooden picnic benches, try cassava bread originally consumed by native Taínos, fragrant bean stews and big portions of regular fare such as smoked pork chops. You can also brave frutanga, a cocktail starring the local firewater sweetened with sugarcane crushed by your own hand on an old handcrank mill.


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