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Located in the center of Cuban geography, Villa Clara has beautiful landscapes and numerous tourist attractions: prairies, mountains, colonial buildings, fishing villages and cozy hotel facilities.

Santa Clara, the provincial capital, was founded in 1689 by residents of a coastal town, who were escaping from the attacks of corsairs and pirates. Fortunately, this regular exodus provided a reason to expand the Village,

The album “Siempre tu voz”, by Omara Portuondo and the Failde orchestra, a recent production of the Company of Editions and Musical Recordings (EGREM) is a tribute to Benny More on the centenary of his birth.

The Spanish Film Festival in Havana will take place from July 3^rd to July 7^th and it will include the best of the most recent film production of the Iberian nation.

Nine feature films will be exhibited, and three series of 2018 (La peste, El día de mañana and Arde Madrid).

From July 7^th to 13^th the 15^th International Film Festival of Gibara will be held in the province of Holguin. The contest, chaired by Jorge Perugorria, includes a wide cinematographic and audiovisual production, which will be exhibited in its different competitive and parallel sections. Full-length films, shorts, documentaries, animated works and video art, unreleased scripts and the “ongoing cinema” category will arrive.

The Caribbean Festival is an authentic celebration held every year in Santiago de Cuba since 1981; in each edition that beautiful city is filled with sounds, ideas and Caribbean and Latin colors. An unforgettable experience is absolutely guaranteed for everyone who enjoys our culture.

The Cuban punto guajiro, declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in the year 2018, is a poetic and musical expression of the Cuban peasants; it is a tune or melody accompanied by a voice that sings improvised or learned décimas (a ten-line stanza of poetry), and has its genesis among the Spanish colonizers settled in the countryside of the Island during the seventeenth century, who also played stringed instruments.

The Carnival of Santiago de Cuba is the most important traditional celebration of this eastern Cuban province. The whole population plays a part in the event, particularly by expressing their hospitality, joy and musicality to the visitors.

…My legendary region,
A place that trembles with heat
The cradle of a tasty son…*
* Lyrics of “Veneration”, by Los Melodicos.

It is almost impossible to explore a city where culture, tradition and nature come together in a short two-day trip. Ancient heritage values ​​and splendid nature reserves are waiting for you on this 48-hour excursion through this hot land. However, Santiago de Cuba has its arms wide open to welcome you again, because whoever visits it will be surely left with the desire to continue rediscovering it.