Walking tour driving tour Santiago to Cuba
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- Distance
- 8.16 mi
- Elevation gain
- 538 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 538 ft
- Max elevation
- 73 ft
- TrailRank
- 34
- Min elevation
- -198 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- one hour 46 minutes
- Time
- 5 hours 16 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1716
- Uploaded
- February 24, 2020
- Recorded
- February 2020
near Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba (Republic of Cuba)
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Itinerary description
gainst a backdrop of verdant mountains and a steely blue bay, a walking tour of Santiago's casco histórico (historical center) is an obligatory rite of passage for first-time visitors keen to uncover the steamy tropical sensations that make this city tick.
Start beside the bay with your sights set uphill. Parque Alameda inhabits the rundown thoroughfare facing Santiago's not-so-busy port. Most of the excitement lies to the east in a hilly neighborhood colonized by French-Haitians in the early 1800s and baptized El Tivolí. Tivolí is one of Santiago's most picturesque and traffic-lite quarters where red-roofed houses and steep streets retain a time-warped Cuban atmosphere. The neighborhood's only real 'sight' is the Museo de la Lucha Clandestina reached by following Calle Diego Palacios uphill from the port. From the museum take the famous Padre Pico steps – a terracotta staircase built into the hillside – downhill to Calle Bartolomé Masó where a right turn will deposit you on the breeze-lapped Balcón de Velázquez, site of an ancient fort. This stupendous view once inspired less calming contemplations; early Spanish colonists used it to look out for meddlesome pirates.
Start beside the bay with your sights set uphill. Parque Alameda inhabits the rundown thoroughfare facing Santiago's not-so-busy port. Most of the excitement lies to the east in a hilly neighborhood colonized by French-Haitians in the early 1800s and baptized El Tivolí. Tivolí is one of Santiago's most picturesque and traffic-lite quarters where red-roofed houses and steep streets retain a time-warped Cuban atmosphere. The neighborhood's only real 'sight' is the Museo de la Lucha Clandestina reached by following Calle Diego Palacios uphill from the port. From the museum take the famous Padre Pico steps – a terracotta staircase built into the hillside – downhill to Calle Bartolomé Masó where a right turn will deposit you on the breeze-lapped Balcón de Velázquez, site of an ancient fort. This stupendous view once inspired less calming contemplations; early Spanish colonists used it to look out for meddlesome pirates.
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