痴颈帽补濒别蝉 travel

Mark Read

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When Pinar del R铆o's greenery starts to erupt into craggy mogotes (limestone monoliths) and you spy a cigar-chewing guajiro driving his oxen and plough through a rust-colored tobacco field, you know you've arrived in 痴颈帽补濒别蝉. Despite its longstanding love affair with tourism, this slow, relaxed, wonderfully traditional settlement is a place that steadfastly refuses to put on a show. What you see here is what you get 鈥� an agricultural town where front doors are left wide open, everyone knows everyone else, and a night out on the tiles involves sitting on a sill贸n (rocking chair) on a rustic porch analyzing the Milky Way.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

El Jard铆n Botanico de las Hermanas Caridad y Carmen Miranda
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Just opposite the Servi-Cupet gas station as Cisneros swings north out of town, you'll spot an outlandish, vine-choked gate beckoning you in. This is the鈥�
Finca Agroecol贸gica El Olivo
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Go directly to the source. 痴颈帽补濒别蝉' celebrated farm-to-table restaurant, Olivo, gets most of its ingredients from this farm in nearby Valle del Silencio鈥�
Finca Ra煤l Reyes
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Finca Ra煤l Reyes, 1km north of the town center, is a tobacco plantation where you can enjoy fruit, coffee, puros (cigars) and a dose of throat-warming rum鈥�
La Casa del Veguero
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To learn about the local tobacco-growing process, stop by this tobacco plantation just outside 痴颈帽补濒别蝉 on the road south to Pinar del R铆o and see a fully鈥�
Museo Municipal
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Positioned halfway down Cisneros, 痴颈帽补濒别蝉' pine-lined main street, the Museo Municipal occupies the former home of independence heroine Adela Azcuy (1861鈥�
Galler铆a de Arte
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A tiny art gallery next to the Casa de la Cultura in 痴颈帽补濒别蝉 town center. Worth a stop on a rainy day!
Iglesia del Sagrado Coraz贸n de Jes煤s
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This small cream-colored church anchors 痴颈帽补濒别蝉' equally diminutive main square.
Casa de la Cultura
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The sturdy building with its noble arches on the main square is the Casa de la Cultura, one of the oldest structures in town. Dancing lessons are held鈥�