Cienfuegos

Cienfuegos, Cuban called "the pearl of the south" - is a beautiful seaside town. Since it was founded by French immigrants in 1819, this city, while bearing the name of Fernandina de Jagua, distinguished by their flat, intersecting at right angles streets, good taste and refinement. Influence of French families, which is credited with the founding of the city, there is a direct, strict plan drawn over the streets, going from north to south and from east to west, which intersect at right angles, forming squares with the concept of neo-classicism. This also explains the elegant appearance of its stately buildings of geometric forms and the overall architectural harmony of the so-called South pearls. The main city of the province of the same name, the least populated in Cuba, it is different special loveliness, in its neo-classical architecture dominated by a late, and here is a third the size of the fortress of Cuba, built before around her on the quiet shores of the bay began to rebuild the city. Cienfuegos is firmly connected to the sea and offers visitors not only the warm waters of its beaches - Playa Ingles, Rancho Luna, Guahimiko and other places suitable for scuba diving lessons, but also the beautiful countryside which lies close to the massive mountain range Escambray and proven curative properties of mineral and healing waters, beating the sources of Ciego Montero. The historical center of town has been declared a National Monument. Of particular interest is the former Armory Square (the square of Jose Marti), where only Cuba Arc de Triomphe and the surrounding Palatine House founder, the cathedral, Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion, theater, Thomas Terry and the building of the College of San Lorenzo. El Ничо . This miracle of nature lies at an altitude of 500 m above sea level. Here the more adventurous after a nearly 50-kilometer road between the mountains and magnificent scenery will find waterfalls, caves, natural swimming pools and hiking trails. Cave Martin Infierno ". National Monument. In this cave is a stalagmite height of 67 meters - the biggest in Cuba and one of the largest in Latin America, as well as two mineralogical attractions, known as the "Milk Moon" and gypsum flowers. "