Place of the last Revolutionary battle in Cuba

Cuban city of SANTA CLARA - The last refuge FAMOUS ECH Santa Clara - while a university town and the second most important cultural center of Cuba, after Havana. It is located in the central part of the country, so that most travelers would not be difficult to allocate at least a couple of days to visit the city. It's very relaxed atmosphere, but local residents do not feed bread - may chat with foreigners. Like almost everywhere in Cuba, Santa Clara, few speak in English, but you will have the opportunity to take Spanish lessons at the University of Santa Clara. Cultural Life in full swing. There are concerts almost every day, and yet you can visit the local art schools and exhibitions. Very popular evening rest - night club "El Bosque", which is quite tolerable in the open air disco and cabaret. The club is located near the baseball field. Eco-friendly form of urban transport horses and carts, and still are a very common means of transportation in Cuba. In Santa Clara is a horse taxi service by contacting you can reach all the sights. Trip on a cart will cost you no more than two pesos. Poetry of Cuban poet Jose Marti can be seen on walls throughout the city, of course, and the central public library is named in honor of Jose Marti Cubans are very photogenic! After a couple of beers we had a lively conversation with a local baseball fan. The team for which he is ill - "Villa Clara" - is the best in Cuba, of course. Monument to the famous Che On the outskirts of Santa Clara is a monument and mausoleum of Che Guevara. Here you can see a lot of Cubans arriving on the tour. The monument, monumental battle for Santa Clara last fight the Cuban Revolution took place here in Santa Clara. As usual, without a monument could not have done, and done it very extravagantly - in the form of a bulldozer. Obviously, with this prosaic building "tools" guerrillas destroyed the railroad tracks and derailed a train wagons that were filled by soldiers of President Batista. See also: Heart of a revolution in the Western Hemisphere Visiting Liberty Island - a serious test for the digestive system three days with pork, rum and salsa Cuban hotel realities - choose the private sector market illustrative example the Cuban province of Misty landscape of Cuban tobacco plantation town of happy people on Liberty Island So that the Spanish colonizers did not come to pass, failed to make the last half century you want to dance in a nightclub? Come to the cave!