Cuba - Artemisa & Mayabeque Provinces (PDF Chapter)

This is the Artemisa & Mayabeque Provinces chapter from Lonely Planet’s Cuba guidebook.

Leap-frogged by almost all international visitors, Cuba’s two smallest provinces are a patch-work of citrus and pineapple fields; amongst them lie a smattering of small towns that will satisfy the curious and the brave.

• roam the abandoned ruins of Antiguo Cafetal Angerona, a once-mighty coffee planta-tion
• maps
• go green at Cuba’s primary ecovillage, Las Terrazas, where the slopes have been replanted with trees, orchids, painters and poets
• transport
• hike in Soroa, the ‘rainbow of Cuba’, amid giant ferns and diminutive orchids
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Artemisa Province, San Antonio de los Baños, Arte-misa, Soroa, Las Terrazas, Mayabeque Province, Playa Jibacoa Area, Jaruco, Surgidero de Batabanó.