'''Pinar del Rio''' is a province in Western Cuba.

Regions

This is the name of the provice (state) as well as the name of the Capital city. Apart from car rental, the best way to get there is Viazul Bus. In feb 2006, the ticket was $12 CUC from havana and there are three buses going there in a day starting from early in the morning. The buses are comfortable safe and very tourist friendly. Make sure you book for the ticket, otherwise you will have to be lucky enough to get a seat in the reservation. Taxi costs $200CUC.

Cities

  • Pinar del Rio
  • Maria la Gorda
  • Vinales
  • Other destinations

    Parks

    Parque Nacional de Vinales (Vinales National Park). A national park with mountains and caves. Perhaps Cuba's national park with the best-developed tourist facilities.

    Parque Nacional La Guira (La Guira National Park) Another national park with mountains and caves, but without many tourist facilities.

    Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario This is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the Sierra del Rosario mountains. The principal sites are Soroa and Las Terazzas.

    San Diego de Los Banos

    This was a spa town, 120 kilometers west of Havana. There's a nice hotel, the Hotel El Mirador, and a beautiful swimming pool. The hotel is open to tourists and the swimming pool is popular with Cubans. The restaurant serves both Cubans and tourists, or perhaps you wait so long for food that you qualify as landed immigrants.

    Cayo Jutias

    This is one of the few beaches on Cuba's northwest coast. There's nothing wrong with the beach, but it isn't as nice as the beaches on Cuba's south coast. There's a restaurant but no hotel. The restaurant doesn't serve jutia (giant tree rat), so be sure to amuse your Cuban friends, especially the ones under twelve, by trying to order a fried jutia and then feigning indignation and saying that you're going to write to Raul to complain that you went to Cayo Jutias, paid your 5 CUC at the gate, and didn't get your jutia.

    Understand

    Talk

    Get in

    The best and most widely used way to get it in is going there on a bus from Havana. Prior reservation is important which is possible online.

    Get around

    See

    Itineraries

    Do

    Eat

    Drink

    Mojito. Lots of it. it is a cool Cuban drink.

    Stay safe

    Get out