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Baracoa Cuba Beach

 BARACOA  LOST PARADISE OF CUBA

In CUBA the quaint city of Baracoa is considered to be the first village of Cuba. Way back when Christopher Columbus discovered this beautiful place on November 27th 1492 he stated to the Spanish conquistadors  that Baracoa was  the most beautiful land human eyes have ever seen because it has a good port, delicious water and plenty of wood.

The Legends of Baracoa

 The Cuban ancestors, like ancient artists had countless dreams about the surrounding world around Baracoa. They decided to give more personality to their forests, streams, mountains, stars and the entire wonderful Cuban universe that could be perceived and visualized. They gave their ancestors a fascinating world of Cuban Legends that have been passed on from generation after generation.
This is an important part of the Cuban culture inherited by this beautiful island of Baracoa Cuba . Your eyes wont believe what natural bountiful treasures they will  see. Visit Baracoa on your next Vacation to Cuba.

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BARACOA TRAVEL INFO

Cuba Baracoa Beach

Peaceful Bay of Baracoa Cuba

BARACOA TRAVEL INFO

Baracoa (pop. 65,000) lies 200 kilometers east of Santiago, 120 kilometers east of Guantánamo, and is really miles from anywhere. The somnolent town is nestled hard up against the ocean beneath rugged mountains, most notably the great hulking mass of El Yunque, a huge, flat-topped mesa. Baracoa curves around the wide Bahía de Miel (Honey Bay), lined with black-sand beaches.

Isolation breeds individuality, and Baracoa is both isolated and individual, so much so that the town has been likened to Macondo in Gabriel García Márquez’s surrealistic novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. The town looks and feels antique, with its little fortresses and streets lined with venerable wooden edifices, rickety and humbled with age, with red-tiled eaves supported on ancient timber frames.

Baracoans have a good deal of Indian blood, identified by their short stature, olive-brown skins, and squared-off faces.

Getting to Baracoa

Aeropuerto Gustavo Rizo (tel. 021/42216) is on the west side of the bay. Cubana (Martí #181, tel. 021/45374; Mon.–Sat. 8 a.m.–6 p.m., Sun. 8 a.m.–noon) connects Baracoa with Havana twice weekly (CUC128) and with Santiago de Cuba once weekly (CUC30).

Buses arrive and depart the Terminal Interprovincial (Los Mártires, esq. Martí, tel. 021/43880). A Víazul bus for Baracoa departs Santiago de Cuba at 7:45 a.m. (CUC15), and Guantánamo at 9:30 p.m. (CUC9). Astro buses for Baracoa depart Havana on alternate days (CUC43.50 regular, CUC53 especial; 20 hours); and Santiago de Cuba at 6:40 a.m. (CUC9 regular, CUC11 especial).

You can rent cars from Havanautos (tel. 021/4-5343) at the airport; Transtur in Hotel La Habanera; and Vía (tel. 021/45135) at the Hotel Porto Santo and Hotel El Castillo.

If driving to Holguín, the coast is deeply rutted and potholed much of the way, with frequent and long sections of dirt and mud.

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