Manzanillo

Granma - Bayamo

It is an important industrial port for the exportation of sugar. On most nights you will find some form of live musical entertainment taking place. The city is quiet. The most notable architectural features being Moorish in origin in the main square: a riotous gazebo, wedding-cake fountains and sphinx statues, and a casa de la cultura with a tiled courtyard depicting Columbus' landing.

The Céspedes trail continues just southwest of Manzanillo at the remains of his sugar plantation Finca La Demajagua, farther southwest at isolated Playa las Coloradas and you can't forget Marea del Portillo on the south coast.

Attractions Manzanillo

Demajagua Memorial

It is the old sugar cane mill where in 1868 the declaration ‘Viva Cuba Libre’ (For the Freedom of Cuba) took place, and where the abolition of slavery in Cuba and independence wars first started.