Dating back to the 16th century when it was first built, the impressive Church of Santo Domingo towers over the historic center of Puebla, Mexico. Painted in deep reds and built with faded gray stone, the Roman Catholic cathedral and square is a major landmark for the town. It was …
17 MARCH 2019 The Mexican state of Veracruz was named by the Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes, who landed at the beach of Chalchihuecan on April 22, 1519. It was Good Friday, which the Spanish also referred to as the day of the Vera Cruz or True Cross.We drove from Veracruz …
18 MARCH 2019 Archaeological site of Palenque, is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, the ruins of ancient Mayan buildings, spread out over 9 miles (15 km). Located in the foothills of the Chiapas altiplano of modern Mexico, Palenque was an important Maya city which flourished between c. 600 and 750 CE. Situated …
Flight to Varadero via Mexico City. Stay at GRAND MEMORIES – VARADERO Indeed the Memories of this Private Luxury Resort will be in our mind for ever. Only the photos can speak on this Resort.
20 MARCH 2019 We left for Trinidad passing by Cienfuegos the name means “Pearl of the South”. The colonial town of Cienfuegos was founded in 1819 in the Spanish territory but was initially settled by immigrants of French origin. It became a trading place for sugar cane, tobacco and coffee. …
21 MAR 2019 City tour in Trinidad, the province of Santi Spiritus, is one of the main tourist attractions on the island, because of its unspoiled colonial character and the old Spanish architecture.The old city is declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Trinidad was founded by the Spanish conqueror …
22 MAR 2019 We are today going to Vinales (3 hours drive proximately). We are taken to the region Pinar del Río. here we visited witness the process of manufacturing the Cuban cigars – so called puros, also the local places of importance, tobacco plantations and old famous tobacco farms. …
The Che Guevara Mausoleum &Museum was open in October 1997, 3 decades after his death in Bolivia in 9th October 1967.Che Guevara was a prominent communist figure in the Cuban Revolution who went on to become a guerrilla leader in South America. Executed by the Bolivian army in 1967, he has since …
23 MARCH 2019 Departure to Pinar del Rio to visit Cueva de los Portales. We stop at the natural monument Cueva de los Portales, the Cave of Che, where he stayed with his armed group during the revolution in 1962. Then continue to Havana….. arrive to La Habana and city …
23-03-2019 During the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara transferred the headquarters for 45 days, of the Western Army to this vast and spectacular cave, 11km west of Parque la Guira and 16km north of Entronque de Herradura on the Carretera Central. The Cave is still with some …
