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Driving west to the east of Cuba:

Driving west to the east of Cuba:

To travel to the capital of Cuba and the rest of the country, that is, to the east Cuba, and always near the coast, after leaving Cayo Levisa, you should take the road that leads to the northern coast of Havana, the most beautiful of them all, where monotony is almost nonexistent as a route through many small picturesque towns. Just a little before reaching the town of Bahia Honda, we're already in a different segment of the coastal route fragments left behind.

No longer will you find islands, mangroves and shorelines low, but, instead, high shorelines, swamps, where there grow and islets are no longer present. It is the second segment of the north coast that extends nearly to Varadero . The trip to Havana City is fun and enjoyable, the line alomng the north shore and the blue waters of the Florida Straits, which is always visible.

When you ask a Cuban to address the word "east" should be used with caution. In Cuba, "East" many just refer only to the five provinces east of the island: Las Tunas, Holguin, Granma, Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo, those in the former Cuban political – administrative division formed the former province of Oriente. " This is why the common language, it is better to ask for guidance using the names of provinces instead of the cardinal points.

In Havana, you can stay in any one of multiple Havana Hotels available to visit any one group of beach that surround the capital. These are commonly known as the Playas del Oeste (West beaches) and Playas del Este (Becher's east) or Havana beaches of the north, in reference to their city or province hosting.

The former are generally rocky beaches and narrow, deep and beside the new hotels in Havana. These are not continuous, but are formed by segments interrupted by rocky coastal groups. They are surrounded by urbanization. In some, a marine environment is breathed and is common to see small boats that cross the rivers. This applies to the Beach Jaimanitas and a bit further down the beach of Baracoa. Others, such as beaches and Viriato Marianao, not very well known, are used primarily by small neighborhood of the end-of residential areas. These are not very popular and, basically, visited only by very small groups.

Very different is the case of Playas del Este, or the beaches of the North Coast. These form a continuous space of sand, especially in shallow waters and rivers where there is contact can be easily crossed. Best example is probably the Mouth Ciega river or Rio Justiz, which can be crossed coast to coast across the waters of the knee which cause a lagoon system by-the-coast.

The beaches in the area receive different names and air crossed by small rivers. West to east, you can find the Becah Cojimar, crossed by the river of the same name and which gives rise shortly before reaching the coast to a deep gorge to reach the sea due to the fact that the north coast are known as the heights Habana – Matanzas heights.

Unfortunately, this river is slightly contaminated, although there are plans for its purification. This place is located in the small town that bears the name of the river and the beach, Cojimar, famous after to be immortalized in the North American writer Ernest Hemingway in his novel "The Old Man and the Sea." Clearly a place to visit here is the museum of La Finca Vijía farm Hemingways house located near San Francisco de Paula.

Passing Cojimar, borders the coast route, and can be seen from the highway. The first beach find that the beach is Bacuranao crossed by the river of the same name. As a curious detail, it should be mentioned that in both rivers can be found small forts that were built City by the Spanish to protect newborns in Havana against the attacks of pirates, as the attacks occurred in 1762 when the English, under the command of Commander Navy Pocock and Albemarle when trhe city of Havana, was occupied for a period of nine months

Bacuranao Next to the beach is called Playa Tarará with their small river forming a small entrance that resembles an estuary known locally as the Itabó. Then there are the beaches of Santa María del Mar and Brisas del Mar what are the best known of all. They are truly a unique and very large beach with two names.

These beaches are protected by the southern heights given, obligues that you take the road of the Via Blanca, in order to be able to reach them. This highway communicates with the City of Havana province of Matanzas, the "Athens of Cuba" a city on the bay of the same name. The beaches can be reached only by four intersections of the Via Blanca. The fisrt is located in Playa Tarará, the second Boca Ciega, the third by Restauran Green Cat on 462 th street leading down to the sea in a step as moving from a system of marine terrace, similar those found in the G street in the neighborhood of Vedado, where four of these formations are different, to achieve the Seawalk Malecon, and fourth in the 506 th Street in a point known as La Conchita. "

It's a pretty sight, if you stop in any one of the highlights of the elevations mentioned, especially at about 100 meters after passing 462 th Street, near the gazebo Bellomonte know how. This can be done anytime of the day, although the best time is definitely the first hours and the afternoon, when all the conditions can be clearly observed and exceptional are available for viewing on the beach, train your place, different shades of blue sea, vegetation and construction sites Guanabo and local neighbors.

All these beaches, as elsewhere in Cuba, are public. They communicate with each other easily Tarará to Guanabo and is common to see people start their day at one end and end in another. Almost 10 km are covered by these beautiful beaches. It quite common to see groups of young people and walking the beach at any time of day.

There are several points where you can get what is necessary to enjoy a day sunny. As for accommodation, there are many Cuba hotels for Tarará Tarará Guanabo like Villa, Villa Armon; went, Mirador del Mar Villa Los Pinos, the Atlantic Hotel and Hotel Las Terrazas. The best known, but now under repair is the Arenal Hotel or Itabó built upon one of the lakes formed by the River or Boca Ciega Itabó without altering its vegetation, similar to what is found in La Moka, in the Biosphere Reserve of Sierra del Rosario.

But if you want to stay in the City havan, only about 20 miles away, many hotels are available in Cuba. The journey by car is pleasant as the route to the sea, in fact, offers different views to use the highway in both its two senses.

Continue East and other surprises will be found. >>> Coming soon!

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