Fishing village located 10 km west of Remedios along the coast. Access point la Cayeria del Norte, a string of cayos or keys : Conuco, Largo, Las Brujas, Santa Maria and others, by way of a 48 km long causeway (pedraplen), linked by some 35 bridges. An engineering feat. Access fare is 2cuc each way.

Noteworthy : at one end of the Malecon (palm trees at right), one can find the Cuban national sailing school installations which are very popular for laser-type sailboats and windsurfing courses.

The town and its casas is an affordable alternative to travellers with a car who would rather stay with Cubans and enjoy the cayos and their beaches on a daily basis rather than pay the high all-inclusive rates in the cayo resorts. Even if it means an 80km (50 miles) return trip every day to the cayos.

DISTANCES Camaguey, 264 Cayo Las Brujas, 51 Cayo Santa Maria, 54 Cienfuegos, 108 Holguin, 462 La Habana, 307 Moron, 114 Pinar del Rio, 446 Remedios, 7 Santa Clara, 52 Trinidad, 165 Yaguajay, 53

MAPS & LINKS

Map - Large, from Sagua La Grande to Santa Maria

Map - Coast including Santa Maria, Yaguajay

Mini map of Cayeria del Norte - The string of keys

Map - Villa Clara province

Map of streets in center of town

5-day weather by Wunderground (Cienfuegos airport)

Daily exchange rates

Circuits Centro - Itins & Top Casas

Island-wide bus connections (horariodebuses.com/)

POPULATION 38,241 (2007)

SEE
Las Parrandas, annual parade of decorated floats which joins the larger ones in Remedios. End of December; talk a walk in the park, if you know what we mean.

EXCURSIONS
Drive on the scenic route from here to Yaguajay (via Remedios), site of the Museo Camilo Cienfuegos. 100 bucolic k's there and back.

PLAYAS
Playa Ensenachos, Playa Las Brujas (best : see caption at right), Playa Las Salinas, Playa Santa Maria and, at the very end of Cayo Santa Maria, deserted — building a huge resort in 2009 — without any shade whatsoever : Playa Perla Blanca. Nude bathing is allowed but only on the beach of the Sol Cayo hotel on cayo Santa Maria.

RESTAURANTS
Cafeteria La Cubanita. At Hotel Central, try the local specialty, Salsa Perro, a cross between bouillabaise and ceviche.

EVENINGS
Cabaret La Ruina • There may be some action at local 12-room Brisas del Mar Hotel (Carretera Playa Final) Tel. (42) 351-699

SERVICES (Remedios)
Hotel Mascotte (42) 395-144

TRANSPORTATION
Local busses 4x day to Remedios, and from there, 5x day to Santa Clara.

The Malecon (seaside walk) curves along the sea to the national Escuela de Velas (lasers, windsurfing) © Ti_ku82, panoramio •|• Glorieta in Parque Central © cenit.cu

Pleasure boat port © sogestour •|• The pedraplen (causeway) to the Cayeria Norte © cenit.cu

One of the playas locales which are almost as attractive as those on the cayos, some 30km north of here © orestesmiguel panoramio •|• Museo Maria Escobar Laredo © cenit.cu

Sunset over the nearby Cayo Santa Maria © Robert Komen •|• Playa Las Brujas, off the expensive Cayo Las Brujas all-inclusive resort is still one of the most beautiful in the country. Gone are the days of our heavenly solitude... Get there by going by the airport runway (38 km from pedraplen entrance), make two left turns and follow signs to Playa Las Salinas also public and which gives access, past the dock to the end of Las Brujas, 1 km from the resort. © B. Antonucci

On the Cayeria Norte, nudity is allowed only on the Sol Cayo Hotel beach located on Cayo Santa Maria © cayosantamaria.info •|• Another view of the Malecon © sogestour

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See a city street plan here.

See casas in sequence

HOSTAL EL CARRETERO V
Calle 18, #2112, e/21 y 23 in the center of town. Tel. (42) 363-675 or 351-362


Rates : 20cuc per bedroom per night (2 adults max.)

BARBARA PEREZ DE LA CRUZ y ORENCIO SILVERIO V
Reparto Mar Azul (near the sea), edificio A, apto # 3 Tel. (42) 364-615

One aircon bedroom, private bath, fridge, fan.

Rates : 20cuc for bedroom per night (2 adults max.)