Santiago de Cuba Province
Five kilometers west of Las Cuevas (which is 40km west of El Uvero) is this small museum at La Plata, just below the highway. The first successful skirmish of the Cuban Revolution happened here on January 17, 1957. Museum exhibits include the piece of paper signed by the 15 Granma survivors who met up at Cinco Palmas in late 1956.
Marea del Portillo is 46km to the west. Don't confuse this La Plata with Comandancia de la Plata, Fidel Castro's Sierra Maestra Revolutionary headquarters.
6.31 MILES
Topping a crenelated mountain ridge amid thick cloud forest, this pioneering camp was established by Fidel Castro in 1958 after a year on the run in the…
8.5 MILES
This tiny village nestles in a deep green valley beside the deliciously clean Río Yara. Communally it provides a wonderful slice of peaceful Cuban…
Gran Parque Nacional Sierra Maestra
4.46 MILES
Comprising a sublime mountainscape of verdant peaks and humid cloud forest, and home to honest, hardworking campesinos (country folk), Gran Parque…
6.78 MILES
All trips into the park begin at the end of the near-vertical, corrugated-concrete access road at Alto del Naranjo (after Villa Santo Domingo the road…
Casa Museo Celia Sánchez Manduley
27.46 MILES
Inspired by Fidel's revolutionary call, the town's inhabitants were quick to provide aid to the disparate rebel army after the Granma yacht landed nearby…
24.57 MILES
A small town amid vast fields of sugarcane, Yara is barely mentioned in most travel literature, but several important chapters of Cuban history took place…
28.31 MILES
The nearby Cauto River delta is home to a growing number of wild crocodiles, so it's no surprise to encounter one of Cuba's half dozen or so crocodile…
1. Gran Parque Nacional Sierra Maestra
4.46 MILES
Comprising a sublime mountainscape of verdant peaks and humid cloud forest, and home to honest, hardworking campesinos (country folk), Gran Parque…
6.31 MILES
Topping a crenelated mountain ridge amid thick cloud forest, this pioneering camp was established by Fidel Castro in 1958 after a year on the run in the…
6.78 MILES
All trips into the park begin at the end of the near-vertical, corrugated-concrete access road at Alto del Naranjo (after Villa Santo Domingo the road…
8.5 MILES
This tiny village nestles in a deep green valley beside the deliciously clean Río Yara. Communally it provides a wonderful slice of peaceful Cuban…
24.57 MILES
A small town amid vast fields of sugarcane, Yara is barely mentioned in most travel literature, but several important chapters of Cuban history took place…
6. Casa Museo Celia Sánchez Manduley
27.46 MILES
Inspired by Fidel's revolutionary call, the town's inhabitants were quick to provide aid to the disparate rebel army after the Granma yacht landed nearby…
28.31 MILES
The nearby Cauto River delta is home to a growing number of wild crocodiles, so it's no surprise to encounter one of Cuba's half dozen or so crocodile…