
Places of Cuba
The cities and regions that shaped Cuban life, culture, and exile memory.
Havana
Cuba's capital and largest city — a place of faded grandeur, pastel architecture, and deep exile memory.
Eastern CubaSantiago de Cuba
The cradle of Cuban music and a center of revolution, history, and Afro-Cuban culture in the east.
Central CubaTrinidad
A beautifully preserved colonial town and UNESCO World Heritage Site built on the wealth of the sugar trade.
Western CubaVaradero
Cuba's most famous beach resort area, on a long peninsula of white sand on the northern coast.
Eastern CubaGuantánamo
A Cuban province and bay best known internationally for the U.S. naval base and detention facility.
Central CubaCienfuegos
An elegant bayside city known as the “Pearl of the South,” famed for its French-influenced neoclassical architecture.
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