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.

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