Sights Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Among the attractions of the city and its environs can provide museum-estate Siboney - a small country house, which became the gathering place for Cuban patriots, headed by Castro, who carried out at dawn on 26 July 1953 storming of the historic army barracks at Moncada fortress. After the victory of the revolution former barracks declared a national monument. Now here is a school playground, part of the premises is a historical museum.

Santiago de Cuba is famous for its carnivals throughout the country. Usually they pass in the second half of July and are extremely colorful and musicality.

The city was founded in 1514 and until 1556 was the capital of Cuba. Helped the city to its position at one of the most sheltered bays of the Caribbean Sea. At the entrance to the bay from the XVII century, remained a majestic monument to the colonial time - Fortress Castillo del Moro, defending the city from the sea. Now it has become the world's only museum of the history of piracy, which has left a strong imprint on the life of the West Indies in XVI-XVIII centuries. In the city there are two theaters, seven museums, a conservatory, a university, many movie theaters.

In the vicinity of the excellent facilities for adventure tourism and eco-tourism: national parks, convenient routes for climbers. Attractions so that not enough for the day to see all and hear all the history of this joyful city.

Of particular interest is El Salton-Sedron, the center of ecotourism, where the mineral source that helps to treat a wide range of diseases.