a Trip to Viñales. Itinerary marked by the history and the nature

, Some investigators have attributed to Viñales a history of more than 300 million years, others are only amazed with the mountains cut open that extends to the north of the province of Pinar del Rio. The canary islands came the settlers, growers of tobacco, to settle in the region of Vuelta Abajo. On this site, is documented as the first legalization of the land, making delivered to Don Andrés Hernández Ramos.

The territory occupied by the City belongs to the mountainous group of the cordillera de Guaniguanico. There are 132 square miles of extension, and is the most prominent of the valleys cársicos of Cuba. In the valley you can enjoy a natural beauty unparalleled, with 17 varieties of which are endemic. Among them we find the palm cork, considered as a fossil plant that dates back to the Jurassic and impossible to find in other parts of the planet. The village, site of a settlement of farmers, after their galleries, columns, and houses with red tiles, it protects the culture of the aboriginal people, the history of slavery and local work of the peasants.

A good part of vacationers who have access to these lares were staying at the hotel Los Jazmines, which many have called “the viewpoint of the town”, because from the rooms you can enjoy a landscape of exceptional beauty. In this hotel are organized exploratory excursions through the trails for those interested in the practice of ecotourism. Also the traveler can receive accommodations on your trip, rental homes in Viñales, these offers of accommodation are much cheaper than the hotels state and are available throughout the Island. If your desire is to do a tour with a maximum of comfort and privacy, we recommend this variant. The houses with pool (the pool) in Havana, floors, apartments for rent in the Vedado and the houses on the Beaches of the East, can be combined with an itinerary that includes Viñales. This tour would be ideal for the closeness between the two locations.

Among these routes is highlighted “The Road to the “Mogotes”, which starts at the hotel and goes to the Mural of Prehistory, in el mogote Pita, valley of Two Sisters. This is one of the largest murals in the open sky of the world. With 120 meters high and 180 wide, constitutes a representation singular of the biological evolution of the Sierra de los organos. Professor cuban Leovigildo Gonzalez, the then Director of the Cartography of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba, now deceased, was in charge of realizing the artistic project of the mural. Counted with the collaboration of the residents in the dangerous prior removal of the layer of vegetation of the slope. The rock was washed and is made drains to prevent erosion because of the rain.

Each year, thousands of visitors flock to admire the depictions of the indians guanahatabeyes, with the images of plesiosaurs and the megalonus rodens, in addition of some mollusks. Among all add up to 12 pieces of the evolutionary process of men and of animals.
Other routes to be followed by tourists are: “Nature Unsuspected” tour, where you can appreciate the rich and varied birdlife and “The Secrets of an Underground World”, for those who show interest in caving.

They are marked in the itinerary: The Great Cavern of Santo Tomás, rated among the most extensive in Latin America, surpassing the 45 km of galleries, characterized and topografiada by dr. Antonio Núñez Jiménez; and the Indian Cave, which reaches 300 meters, crossed by the River Saint Vincent and near the palenque of the village maroon.

The Heights of Slates, of existing elevations in the valley, are constituted by a variety of rocks, the oldest in the country and in the caribbean area. The visits to the House of Charity, Botanical Gardens; the National Park, where it is combined heights of metamorphic rocks, mountains in karstic and extensive cavern systems globally known as the “Cathedral of the Carso Tropical”; and to the night club of the town, built in a cave, can complement the alternatives.

There are a variety of options for accommodation: in addition to the hotels Ermita, Los Jazmines and Rancho San Vicente, stands in the service of private residences licensed to operate as a pension.

A visitor and described the Viñales Valley on Tripadvisor: “I Am an adventurer. This month I filled my backpack with a few things, and went to Vinales, I met new routes and the daily life of the cubans. I joyfully concur with your food, typical of the area. For all of this, I prefer that you live it in person.”

Do you think that Viñales has the most beautiful landscapes of Cuba?