Travel Guide of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
Pinar del Río is a province in the western end of the island of Cuba. The province has a surface of 10.904,03 km ² and a population of 730.626 inhabitants. The waters of the Gulf of Mexico and of the Caribbean sea bathe her for the north, south and west, while towards the East it borders on the province of Havana. For the north, the parallel one to the coast, one finds the archipelago of The Colored ones, while the extreme west is formed by the gulf and the peninsula of Guanahacabibes (where the end of San Antonio is the most western point of Cuba). The south coast, where the bay is opened of Cortes, is a low coast, with salt marshes and marshes, and a wide flatness, where there end the rivers that are born in the saws of the interior, like the rivers Hondo and Cuyaguateje. The center is eventful for the mountain range of Guaniguanico, with an alignment south-west - northwest, which culminates in the Pan of Guajaibón (699 m). They predominate over the calcareous soils and the morphology cársica, for that Pinar del Río is provided with some of the biggest caves of Cuba.
Pinar del Río has very good access from the city of Havana as the National Freeway and access as highways to all his places of tourist interest, the province there is increase in the preference of the tourists attracted by his natural beauty, his sceneries, magnificent marine funds and for being the ground of the best tobacco of the world.
His principal attractions are:
In the center - north of the region: Vale of Viñales, Key Levisa, Jutías and Paradise, for the tourism of nature and that of beaches and I dive, respectively.
Center of the province: the city of Pinar del Río, with factories of tobacco, the zone of the municipalities San Juan and Martínez and San Luis, the ground of the best tobacco of the world and where there resides the alive legend of the tobacco culture: Alejandro Robaina and the medicinal spa of San Diego of the Baños.
Extreme west: the Peninsula of Guanahacabibes, national park and reserve of the biosphere, perfect stage for the ecotourism and where also there is 2 marinas and an international center of diving placed in an area of marine funds classified between the best of the Carib
East of the province: Sierra of Rosario, reserve of the biosphere and magnificent zone for the tourism of nature, where also there must be visited the community Las Terrazas and Soroa.
