Things to do in Santa Clara, Cuba.

Tours in Santa Clara

  • Santa Clara - City Tour

    Culture, art and tradition.

    Place(s): Remedios
    Start time: 9:00 am
    End time: 4:00 pm
    Included: Transportation

    Fifty minutes to the Northwest of Santa Clara, out of the beaten path and forgotten by tour operators, Remedios is one of the oldest towns in Cuba, and the colonial architecture dominates this peaceful town. Remedios was declared a National Monument town, where you can find 17th. Century buidings still intact. Plaza Mayor square is surrounded by colonial buildings, beautiful monuments, trees, palms and a gazebo, following the Spanish urban standard. The main attraction of the square is the colonial grand church "Iglesia Mayor" of San Juan Bautista containing 13 beautifully decorated gold altars. Remedios is distinguished for its Christmas festival, "Las Parrandas de Remedios", a popular event of the region that takes place in December every year, when the town splits in two to compete for the most lavish fireworks and floats display possible. A convenient way to visit Remedios is as a stop-over on the way to the beach places in the Northern coast, although it is well worth visiting as a day excursion, to have the time to visit the grand church, spend time in the square, walk around the cobblestone streets in the surrounding areas and perhaps visit the Caturla Museum, the house of one of the finest Cuban composers from the 20th Century, with beautiful period furniture, colonial architecture and original music sheets with Caturla's compositions. Easy Day Trip.

  • Santa Clara - Beach Tour

    Enjoy the best beaches.

    Place(s): Cayo Santa María
    Start time: 9:00 am
    End time: 4:00 pm
    Included: Transportation

    90 min. drive from Santa Clara, this is a great day excursion to enjoy unspoiled beaches with powder-like white sands and crystal clear waters. On the way to the coast, enjoy the scenery of beautiful rural areas and drive through the towns of Camajuani, Remedios and Caibarien. Then, take a 'pedraplen' or causeway in Spanish that crosses over shallow sea straits and connects a string of islands declared a reserve of the biosphere by UNESCO. The islands of Ensenachos, Las Brujas and Santa Maria are un-inhabited, but recently built resorts managed by hotel chains Sol Melia and Barcelo allow day access to their beach facilities for a fee. There are all-day catamaran excursions that stop at two good snorkelling spots: a sunken ship and a coral reef. Scuba equipment can be rented at the hotels. Fishing expeditions to catch snapper and grouper can also be booked. Easy Day Trip.

  • Santa Clara - Beach Tour

    Dive and watch a boat from the 70s. Culture, art and tradition.

    Place(s): Caibarién / Barco de San Pascual
    Start time: 9:00 am
    End time: 4:00 pm
    Included: Transportation

    Boat San Pascual located in the town of key witches, Villa Clara province one of the attractive in the region is the boat "San Pascual", aground in near key witches for over 70 years and become a rarity naval to be built reinforced concrete and thrown water in the year 1920 in yards of San Francisco, California, to be used in the transportation of honey. ship San Pascual it installed as air of the armed forces of the United States in world war II, protecting the North shore of caibarién of attacks German. treasures memories of the presence in these waters of the famous Writer American Ernest Hemingway and painter Cuban Leopoldo romañach, who inspired in the landscape that since its cover is observed paint some of his most famous paintings. become a hotel floating, has 10 comfortable cabins, a bar restaurant and a enviable position to contemplate the nature around him.

  • Santa Clara - Nature Tour

    Sugar Tour

    Place(s): Caibarién
    Start time: 9:00 am
    End time: 4:00 pm
    Included: Transportation

    Besides tobacco and rum, Cuba has a sweet story to tell. And is an important part of its economy has been based on its traditional process of sugar cane, which, you can discover in this enriching Tour del Azúcar. The tour begins with a visit to an old sugar mill converted into a Museum of the Agro-industry Sugar, which summarizes the history of the sugar industry of Caibarién. Right there, you can refresh yourself with a sweet guarapo, a name given to the juice of sugar cane. On board an old, but well preserved, steam train we will continue our way to the city of Remedios, the eighth village founded by the Spaniards in Cuba, known for its mythical parrandas.

  • Santa Clara - City Tour

    Tour Santa Clara - Remedios

    Place(s): Santa Clara - Remedios
    Start time: 9:00 am
    End time: 4:00 pm
    Included: Transportation

    Begin your journey with a visit to the Sugar Agroindustry Museum in Caibarién, to continue on your way to San Juan de los Remedios, the eighth village founded by the colonizers in Cuba. A walk through the central park and a visit to the Parochial Church with its baroque altar of gold laminated mahogany will be part of this journey, without leaving behind the visit to a famous cigar factory where you will learn about the production of recognized brands of Habanos , famous all over the world and typical of Cuba. Continue the tour to the city of Santa Clara with a brief stop at an establishment that sells tobacco and rum. You will enjoy an exquisite lunch, and then visit the Plaza de la Revolución "Ernesto Che Guevara", which pays tribute to the immortal hero and his fighting companions. You will have free time at the Parque Central shopping center and the Boulevard. And to end a panoramic tour of the National Monument the Armored Train.