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Cuba.

Less-touristed places, sorted by Wander Well Score.

Guanajay, Cuba
Gold

Guanajay

Cuba

Founded in 1650, Guanajay is one of western Cuba's oldest towns and was among the most prosperous settlements in the Vueltabajo region by the 19th century.

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Cienfuegos, Cuba
Silver
Coast & island escapes

Cienfuegos

Cuba

Cienfuegos, on Cuba's southern coast, holds a UNESCO World Heritage-listed historic centre recognised as the finest surviving example of early 19th-century S…

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Manzanillo, Cuba
Gold
Coast & island escapes

Manzanillo

Cuba

This coastal city on the Gulf of Guacanayabo in eastern Cuba's Granma Province, Manzanillo has a seafront malecón lined with ceramic-tiled walls and sculptur…

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Holguín, Cuba
Gold
Big-city explorations

Holguín

Cuba

Known as "the City of Parks" for the plazas that define its colonial street plan, Holguín is a large city in eastern Cuba founded in 1545.

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Trinidad, Cuba
Gold
Charming old-world towns

Trinidad

Cuba

A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988, Trinidad is a well-preserved colonial town in central Cuba whose historic centre — built on wealth from the 18th- an…

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Limonar, Cuba
Bronze
Charming old-world towns

Limonar

Cuba

Cuban town in Matanzas Province where a colonial-era church with a red dome and bell tower anchors a central plaza, flanked by arcaded streetfronts and tropi…

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Tercer Frente, Cuba
Bronze
Inland waterside towns

Tercer Frente

Cuba

A rocky river winds through a broad green valley of royal palms and forested hills in this upland Cuban municipality, offering a rural landscape that rewards…

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Las Tunas, Cuba
Gold

Las Tunas

Cuba

Known informally as the "Capital of Cuban Sculpture," Las Tunas is a city in central-eastern Cuba whose walkable centre holds a concentration of cafés and re…

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Guisa, Cuba
Silver
Coast & island escapes

Guisa

Cuba

A densely green Cuban town in Granma Province, where low-rise colorful buildings spread across a valley bowl ringed by forested hills, with the sea visible o…

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Santa Clara, Cuba
Silver
Big-city explorations

Santa Clara

Cuba

Santa Clara, a city in central Cuba and capital of Villa Clara province, is best known as the site of the decisive 1958 battle that secured the Cuban Revolut…

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Sancti Spíritus, Cuba
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Sancti Spíritus

Cuba

Founded in 1514, Sancti Spíritus is one of Cuba's oldest Spanish settlements, with a walkable centre of colonial-era buildings, cafés, and restaurants in the…

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Jiguani, Cuba
Silver

Jiguani

Cuba

Quiet Cuban town in Granma Province where boldly painted colonial-era facades and a small church tower line low-traffic streets, with upland country rising n…

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Remedios, Cuba
Silver
Coast & island escapes

Remedios

Cuba

Founded in 1513 by Vasco Porcallo de Figueroa, Remedios is Cuba's oldest Spanish settlement in the former Las Villas province and the birthplace of the Parra…

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Melena del Sur, Cuba
Bronze

Melena del Sur

Cuba

Pocket-sized Cuban municipality in Mayabeque Province, Melena del Sur sits on the Gulf of Batabanó, where Mayabeque Beach marks the mouth of the Mayabeque Ri…

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Camagüey, Cuba
Gold
Charming old-world towns

Camagüey

Cuba

Founded in 1514 and redesigned as a deliberate maze after Henry Morgan burned it in the 17th century, Camagüey is a large city in central Cuba whose irregula…

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Topes de Collantes, Cuba
Silver
Mountain villages

Topes de Collantes

Cuba

This protected nature reserve and tiny tourist settlement in Cuba's Escambray Mountains, Topes de Collantes sits close to both Trinidad and the Valle de los…

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Esmeralda, Cuba
Bronze
Coast & island escapes

Esmeralda

Cuba

A flat, low-lying Cuban coastal municipality in Camagüey Province where vivid turquoise Caribbean waters meet rocky shoreline, scrubby green lowlands, and sa…

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Santo Domingo, Cuba
Bronze

Santo Domingo

Cuba

Founded in 1819, Santo Domingo is a Cuban town in Villa Clara Province with a colonial architectural heritage — though much of that fabric is now in a state…

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Niquero, Cuba
Bronze
Coast & island escapes

Niquero

Cuba

Cuba's southernmost municipality, Niquero sits on the Gulf of Guacanayabo in Granma Province, with the Caribbean Sea shaping daily life in a town long define…

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Quivican, Cuba
Bronze
Coast & island escapes

Quivican

Cuba

Birthplace of jazz pianist Bebo Valdés and Roldán González, founder of the hip-hop group Orishas, this pocket-sized Cuban town in Mayabeque Province has an o…

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Cardenas, Cuba
Gold
Mountain villages

Cardenas

Cuba

Cárdenas, a city in Cuba's Matanzas Province east of Havana, is where the Cuban flag was first raised and where Havana Club rum began production in 1934.

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Florida, Cuba
Silver
Bustling market & commercial towns

Florida

Cuba

Cuban town in Camagüey Province where early-twentieth-century neoclassical buildings like the colonnaded Hotel Unión line quiet streets, offering an authenti…

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Minas de Matahambre, Cuba
Bronze
Coast & island escapes

Minas de Matahambre

Cuba

This Cuban town in Pinar del Río province, declared a National Monument, set close to upland country and clear turquoise waters edged by white sand beaches a…

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Yaguajay, Cuba
Silver
Coast & island escapes

Yaguajay

Cuba

A Cuban town on the Bay of Buena Vista in the northern part of Sancti Spíritus Province, Yaguajay is home to Caguanes National Park, which protects swamp and…

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Varadero, Cuba
Bronze
Charming old-world towns

Varadero

Cuba

Cuba's largest resort area, Varadero stretches along the Hicacos Peninsula on the north coast of Matanzas province, with roughly 22 kilometres of white-sand…

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Palmira, Cuba
Bronze
Bustling market & commercial towns

Palmira

Cuba

A Cuban town in Cienfuegos Province where colonnaded neoclassical streetfronts in faded pastels line the sidewalks, offering an authentic slice of provincial…

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Gibara, Cuba
Silver
Mountain villages

Gibara

Cuba

Founded in 1817 and known as La Villa Blanca, Gibara is a historic port town on Cuba's northeastern coast whose walkable centre — declared a National Monumen…

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Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
Gold
Coast & island escapes

Ciego de Ávila

Cuba

Founded in 1840, Ciego de Ávila is the provincial capital of central Cuba, sitting roughly midway between the Atlantic coast to the north and the Caribbean t…

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Bayamo, Cuba
Gold
Bustling market & commercial towns

Bayamo

Cuba

Cuba's national anthem was written in Bayamo — its opening line, "Al combate, corred, bayameses," directly names the city's people — making this walkable pro…

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Mariel, Cuba
Silver
Coast & island escapes

Mariel

Cuba

This Cuban port town in Artemisa Province, a short drive west of Havana, lends its name to actress Mariel Hemingway — her grandfather, Ernest Hemingway, was…

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Cumanayagua, Cuba
Silver
Coast & island escapes

Cumanayagua

Cuba

Cuban town set in a green valley at the foot of the Escambray Mountains, within easy reach of Cienfuegos and the wider region's UNESCO-listed sites, with a l…

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San Antonio del Sur, Cuba
Bronze
Coast & island escapes

San Antonio del Sur

Cuba

A tiny Cuban coastal town in Guantánamo Province where a broad main street of colorful low-rise buildings leads the eye toward a dramatic rocky peak rising a…

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Guanabo, Cuba
Silver
Mountain villages

Guanabo

Cuba

A little beach town on Cuba's Atlantic coast, Guanabo sits at the mouth of the Guanabo River east of Havana, within the broader Playas del Este stretch of sh…

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Caibarien, Cuba
Silver
Coast & island escapes

Caibarien

Cuba

Cuban town in Villa Clara province known as "La Villa Blanca" for its beaches, Caibarién is also celebrated for its Parrandas — the carnivals it shares with…

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Jovellanos, Cuba
Bronze
Coast & island escapes

Jovellanos

Cuba

This low-rise Cuban town in Matanzas Province where colourful shopfronts line broad, quiet streets shaded by dense tropical trees, offering an authentic slic…

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Pinar del Río, Cuba
Gold

Pinar del Río

Cuba

Tobacco production defines Pinar del Río, a walkable Cuban city whose surrounding farmland grows around 80 percent of the leaf used in the country's famous c…

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San Juan y Martinez, Cuba
Silver

San Juan y Martinez

Cuba

A tobacco-growing municipality in Cuba's Pinar del Río Province, San Juan y Martínez sits at the heart of a region whose farms spread across dozens of commun…

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Fomento, Cuba
Silver
Charming old-world towns

Fomento

Cuba

A central Cuban town in Sancti Spíritus province, where a weathered terracotta church tower with twin bells and baroque scroll detailing rises above the stre…

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Jaruco, Cuba
Bronze
Coast & island escapes

Jaruco

Cuba

Cuban town in Mayabeque Province where rocky, palm-dotted hillsides rise above open countryside, offering an approachable base for exploring upland terrain w…

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Entronque de Herradura, Cuba
Bronze

Entronque de Herradura

Cuba

This low-rise Cuban village in Pinar del Río's agricultural heartland, where bright blue buildings line wide open streets shaded by broad canopy trees, with…

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Bartolome Maso, Cuba
Bronze
Coast & island escapes

Bartolome Maso

Cuba

A Cuban town in Granma Province's upland country, where a weathered wooden structure raised on stilts sits among dense tropical trees, hinting at a rural, un…

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San Jose de las Lajas, Cuba
Silver

San Jose de las Lajas

Cuba

Founded in 1778, San José de las Lajas is the capital of Cuba's Mayabeque Province, a town with a centre that holds a concentration of historic churches.

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Sagua la Grande, Cuba
Silver
Inland waterside towns

Sagua la Grande

Cuba

Sagua la Grande sits on the Sagua la Grande River in central Cuba's Villa Clara province, where the river — the third longest in the country — meets the Atla…

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San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba
Silver
Coast & island escapes

San Antonio de los Banos

Cuba

Known as Cuba's "Capital of Humor," San Antonio de los Baños has hosted the International Humor Biennial since 1979 and is home to the first Museum of Humor…

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Guantánamo, Cuba
Gold
Coast & island escapes

Guantánamo

Cuba

This city in southeast Cuba with a walkable centre and a café scene, Guantánamo is the provincial capital of the region that has hosted a U.S.

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Nueva Gerona, Cuba
Bronze
Coast & island escapes

Nueva Gerona

Cuba

This walkable Cuban town sits between two mountain ranges — the Sierras de Caballos and Sierra de Casas — near the mouth of the Río las Casas, which runs nav…

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Gold

Matanzas

Cuba

A Cuban city where upland terrain meets the waterfront, Matanzas rewards walkers with a lively central café and restaurant scene, scenic outlooks over the su…

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Silver
Coast & island escapes

Baracoa

Cuba

Cuba's oldest colonial town sits where jungle-covered peaks meet the Caribbean coast, offering a walkable centre packed with cafés and restaurants alongside…

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Bronze

Artemisa

Cuba

This Cuban town with a compact centre of cafés and restaurants, set at the water's edge with hills rising in the surrounding countryside, and enough independ…

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Bronze
Hiking & national-park bases

Soroa

Cuba

A compact Cuban hill-country town with upland scenery, waterside access, and enough independent-traveller appeal to earn its own Wikivoyage entry — a compact…

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