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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. With the population over 300 000 Santa Clara is a pleasant university city in
the center of the island, commercial center for minerals, sugarcane and cigar factories.

The city has mostly Colonial style architecture with narrow streets. Despite poor illumination during the night, is safe to walk around, home of warm and friendly people.

Hotel "Santa Clara Libre" 2 stars high green hotel, facing Parque Vidal, city center.
Address: Parque Vidal No 6.  Hotel Info/Book view

"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, that Christopher Columbus and other chroniclers of the conquest described in their diaries as the dwellings of Cuban natives.
At the evening  guests can enjoy fashion show, air-conditioned cabanas, restaurants, swimming pool. Address: Ave de Los Eucaliptos y Circunvalacion.  Hotel Info/Book view

"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. 
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Decorative Arts 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, Santa Clara fashion event.  Fashion fair view
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 view

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.
Cuba’s best dressed city, every year put its most glamorous fashion fair Exuberarte view

If you are in Santa Clara you must visit Cayo Las Bryjas view 118 km north from city.
It’s wonderful to visit Santa Clara, city offer visitors pleasant relaxing atmosphere.
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 view

Ernesto Che Guevara

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 247 000 Cubans and foreigners have visited the Ernesto Guevara sculptural complex in 2008. 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 - Che famous photo view

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.

Batista's armored train 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 city view

 The most popular hotels in Cuba
Iberostar Grand Hotel Trinidad Hotel Santa Isabel old Havana Hotel Nacional de Cuba Hotel Saratoga Old Havana MOKA Eco Hotel
 Grand Hotel Trinidad
In heart of Trinidad place to texperience colonial town
Breakfast inc - from €103
Santa Isabel Havana
Most elegant famed hotel the best Havana location.
Breakfast inc - from €137
    Nacional de Cuba
Most emblematic hotel, night shows, large pools.
Breakfast inc - from € 89
    Saratoga Hotel
Elegant neoclassical Havana hotel, roof bar pool
Breakfast inc - from €159
      Hotel Moka
Unique, romantic eco hotel enclosed by nature & pool.
Breakfast inc - from € 49
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