The town of Sancti Spíritus, in the region of Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, was founded in March, 1514 by Diego Velázquez, but in 1522 it moves up to the shores of the river Yayabo in search of economic improvement, place that it supports today, with his church finished in 1680, in which there were 60 years of work, and his bridge on the river Yayabo, of 1825, in 1876 the title of Spanish city is granted him by Real Order by his big increase of population, up to the independence of Cuba, in 1898.

In October, 1976 it creates to itself the political - administrative new division of the country, for which Sancti Spíritus turns into one of 14 Cuban provinces. The territory remains integrated by 8 municipalities: Sancti Spíritus, Trinidad, Cabaiguán, Yaguajay, Jatibonico, Taguasco, Fomento and La Sierpe, and on the following year there proclaim National Monuments the historical centers of Sancti Spíritus and of Trinidad, the Biggest Parochial Church and the bridge of the river Yayabo, and the step of Las Damas, in Taguasco.

The relief of the province combines the mountains, vales and beaches. On the south, there rises the Saw of the Escambray or massif of Guamuhaya, one of the most important mountainous systems of the country, with a rich fauna, an extensive wooded zone and of pine groves protected in the National Park Pico of Potrerillo. The Pico of Potrerillo has an elevation of 931 meters on the level of the sea. Another important peak is the San Juan, of 1,140 meters high. In the center of the province there rise the saws of Jatibonico and Bamburanao. The north, it is characterized by his low coasts, which principal accident is the bay of Buena Vista, which is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the archipelago of Camagüey.

It borders on the west on the provinces of Villa Clara and Cienfuegos and for the East on Ciego de Avila, ground of strong geographical contrasts and a lot of cultural, historical and natural values.

His principal attractions tourist are:

• The city of Trinidad, also acquaintance as the City Museum of the Caribbean one and declared Patrimony of the Humanity for the UNESCO, is preserved by the best colonial ambience of the whole Carib and is an almost forced point of visit, being in fact one of the principal tourist destinations of the country. It possesses more than 1000 buildings with historical - artistic interest and in his cobbled streets the colonial air is breathed. Good infrastructure of accommodation exists in hotels and single-family dwellings and of restaurants and palates.
• The beach Ancón, placed to few kilométros of Trinidad, on the Caribbean Sea and with an International Center of Diving
• Topes of Collantes, in the natural stage of the mountains of the Escambray
• The Vale of the Ingenios, place where in the last centuries there worked numerous ingenuities of cane sugar of which physical evidence stays still, it is a Patrimony of the Humanity
• The city of Sancti Spiritus, the capital of the province and city that certain colonial air preserves also, with some cobbled streets and several interesting buildings in the surroundings of the Park Serafín Sánchez. They emphasize the Antigua Pharmacy, the Provincial Museum of History, the Biggest Parochial Church and the bridge on the river Yayabo.
• The Lake Zaza, artificial reservoir that is the biggest of the country

• Sancti Spiritus
• North of Sancti Spiritus
• Trinidad
• Ancon Beach and surroundings
• Topes de Collantes
• Valle de los Ingenios