Santa Clara Cuba, Che Guevara

Santa Clara, Cuba - Capital of Villa Clara a friendly city
	Santa Clara is located in central Cuba, 3 hours from Havana through the National Highway. Santa Clara was founded in 1689 from the village Cubanacan, of ancient Indian. Santa Clara is a pleasant university city. The city has mostly Colonial style architecture with narrow streets. Despite poor illumination at night is safe to walk around, home of very friendly people. Hotel Santa Clara Libre 2 stars high green hotel, facing Parque Vidal city center is a modern and comfortable hotel. The restaurant, located on the top floor, offers Cuban dishes and a beautiful view of the city. Address: Parque Vidal No 6 Hotel Book/Info "Los Caneyes" 3 stars hotel the best hotel in Santa Clara, 3 km from downtown offers comfortable and relax lodging. The hotel's architecture recreates the rustic, round thatched-roof huts, caneyes. Christopher Columbus conquest describedas dwellings of Cuban natives. Guests can enjoy fashion show, air-conditioned cabanas, restaurants, swimming pool. Address: Ave de Los Eucaliptos y Circunvalacion. Hotel Book/Info "Villa La Granjita" 3 stars is a place for lovers of nature, located 5 km from downtown. Its two-storey bungalows are scattered among beautiful vegetation, including palm, fruit trees and swimming pool Address: Carretera de Maleza Km 21 Hotel Book/Info

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		There are many reasons to visit Santa Clara: - Memorial of Pope John Paul II, honour his historic visit in Santa Clara in 1998. - Monument of Ernesto Che Guevara and museum of Che, outlook his live in Cuba. - Museum of "Decorative Arts" with impressive collection of Colonial decorative arts. - Art Gallery at the corner of Parque Vidal, display art work of modern Cuban artists. - Exuberarte at May 21 to 23, 2010 Santa Clara Fashion Event. Fashion fair Decorative Arts Museum Found in colonial mansions, located in the ancestral home of the Carta family, is one of the most attractive building in Sanata Clara, facing Leoncio Vidal central park. The exposition include furniture collections of 18th and the 19th centuries, with items influenced by the neoclassical, rococo and imperial Cuban styles. The dining room has an extraordinary collection of china and "linaiero", a piece of furniture containing a filter through which drinking water was passed into an earthenware jar. Tinajeros were used in all Cuban colonial homes and may still be found, preserved as a family heirloom, in many modern dwellings. Museum is defiantly worth to visit, with his very interesting paintings collection. Decorative Arts museum Since 1998, Santa Clara has drawn the interest of foreign visitors as the venue of two. The burial of the remains of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, and the Pope John Paul II's visit in January 22, 1998. Santa Clara Cultural Center "El Bosque" Disco and Cabaret opens Wednesday-Sunday 9pm to 1:30am. Patio Bar disco music open 24 hours: Caretera Central y Ave Sandino. Most popular discotheque is in hotel "Santa Clara Libre" Tuesday & Sunday 10pm-3am Central park "Parque Vidal" there are numbers of restaurantsn & bars around the park. Fourth editionedition of Exuberarte Fashion Show, took place in May. Cuba’s best dressed city, every year put its most glamorous fashion fair Exuberarte If you are in Santa Clara you must visit Cayo Las Bryjas 118 km north from the city It’s wonderful to visit Santa Clara, city offer visitors pleasant relaxing atmosphere. Arte y Moda - Art and Fashion

Pop John Paul II Memorial in Santa Clara

Impressive memorial of John Paul II statue, commemorating Pope John Paul II historic trip to Cuba in 1998. The statue
came from Rome as a gift from Vatican, and was placed at the site of John Paul's first Mass during his visit. Monument

Monument of Che at the Plaza de la Revolucion Ernesto Che Guevara, with a huge bronze statue of Che Guevara.
Enter from National Highway in distance just 1 km.
More than 260 000 Cubans and foreigners have visited the Ernesto Guevara sculptural complex in 2009. The remains of Che and his comrades who fell in Bolivia have been interred at this site the mausoleum is open to the public.
Che Guevara memorial

Under the monument is a museum of Che Guevara "Museo Historico de la Revolucion", with good displays about Che's life in Cuba and his role in the Cuban revolution. Each year about 200,000 people visit the museum.

Very interesting place is the site of the last battle of the Cuban revolution. Batista was on the point of sending an armored train with military supplies and soldiers to Santiago de Cuba, to counter attack of revolutionaries. Che Guevara use American bulldogger to stop the train. The soldiers surrendered quickly and the fighting for the train was over.

The capture of the train was the decisive factor in the triumph of the revolution. Train is now tourist attraction, there is a museum inside the wagons, shows weapons carried on the train. Rooms for rent in the city

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