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Matanzas CityMatanzas - Other Cities and Attractions
Some people call this city the Athens of Cuba, in reference to its many poets, and others the Cuban Venice, due to the 5 bridges that cross it at different stretches of its Yumuri and San Juan Rivers. Monumental buildings of neclessical features are a proof of the boom that this quiet city has experienced beginning in late 18th century. Matanzas grew around a large bay, well protected by a solid network of fortresses, the most important of which can still be visited and admired today.
The area surrounding the city has some singularly beautiful features. The Pan de Matanzas (Matanzas Bread Loaf) Hill and the Yumurí Valley are particularly entrancing. Places to visit in the city include the Sauto Theater, the Triolet Drug Store and the San Carlos Church. The city of Matanzas, capital of the province of the same name, is in northwestern Cuba, 100 km east of Havana and around 18 minutes from Varadero Beach. An excellent highway links Matanzas with the nation's capital. |
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A prosperous, culture-mided city that was founded on the shores of a beautiful bay in 1693. At that time, it was called San Carlos y San Severino de Matanzas. 
Matanzas is also the birthplace of the Cuban national dance the “Danzon” and of the “Danzonete”; it was and still is prominent rumba dancing place and the hometown of numerous artists, composers and intellectuals, who are responsible for the city’s traditionally intense, thriving cultural life.