On the left you will find a looooong row of provinces you can select cities and smaller towns of Cuba. These cities are the most important places to visit. Once at the page of that particular city you can then click the top bar links to know more about the specific info of that area.

The Cuban archipelago is in the eastern Caribbean, at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico, 87 miles (140 km) from the Bahamas, 91 miles (146 km) from Jamaica, 112 miles (180 km) from Florida and 130 miles (210 km) from Cancun.

Land area: 42,827 square miles (110,922 square km)

Dimensions: Cuba, the largest island, is 744 miles (1200 km) long and between 130 and 22 miles (210 and 35 km) wide.

Poblation: Over 11 million

Capital: Havana, with over 2.1 million inhabitants. The country has 14 provinces, 169 municipalities and a special municipality: The Isle of Youth (Isla de Juventud)

Language: Spanish

Average annual relative humidity: 78 percent

Average annual temperature: 77.9 F (25.5 C)

Time zone: Eastern Standard Time, with Daylight Saving Time from March to October.

Some Geographic Features: Most of Cuba is covered with plains, but there are four important mountain groups: the Guaniguanico Range, in the center of the country; and, in the east, the Sagua-Baracoa and Sierra Maestra Mountains (17 of these peaks are more than 4265 feet (1300 meters) above the sea level; Turquino Peak is the highest, at 6476 feet (1974) above the sea level).

There are over 300 protected areas in the country, either on its insular shelf or on terra firma. They cover 22 persent of its total area.

UNESCO has declared six areas in Cuba to be preserves of the biosphere (the Guanahacabibes Peninsula, the Sierra del Rosario Mountains and the Zapata Peninsula, in the western part of the country; Buenavista, in the center; Alexander von Humboldt National Park and Baconao Park and the Cuchillas del Toa Mountains, in eastern Cuba).

There is a wealth of flora and fauna with a high degree of preservation: 6300 species of flora (more than half of which are endemic) and 13,000 of fauna-96 percent of the land snails are endemic, as are 90 percent of the amphibians and 40 percent of the mammals. There are no large predators, no animals which constitute threats to man and no poisonous species of snakes.

The Cuban archipelago, which is 42,854 squares miles (110,992 square km) in size, consist of the main island measuring 744 miles (1200 km) from east to west, the largest island in the Antilles-the Isle of Youth and around 4195 other cayos and islets.

It is common knowledge that the Cuban sea is of excellent quality. The high degree of conservation of its coral formations and beaches attest to its cleanliness. It has a gentle subtropical climate, the product of warm water cooled by the trade winds, so tempertures range between 75.2 and 84.2 F. (24 and 29C.). There are an average of 330 sunny days a year, with few clouds.

The main tourist resorts (including the ones on the cayos) have international airports, and the excellent hotel infrastructure is complemented with a wide range of extrahotel facilities (car and bus rentals, marinas, scuba-diving centers, shops, beauty parlors, fitness centers etc.), entertainment during the day and at night, excursions to nearby cities, medical attention, and special family and honeymoon packages.

Many places on Cuba's coasts are already famous: Varadero, Guardelavaca, Esmeralda, Santa Maria del Mar, Santa Lucia and Ancon Beaches, which are lovely by tourists from all over the world, and Coco, Guillermo, Largo del Sur, Santa Maria, Las Brujas and Levisa Cayos.

But there are other places-anonymous as yet or little known-virgin beaches which are not the exception but rather the rule. Large or small, they are waiting to be discovered on the Guanahacabibes Peninsula, a preserve of the biosphere; the coasts in the center and eastern parts of the country; and in tranquil Baracoa, at the eastern extreme of the island. You can enjoy them to the full in complete safety. There's nothing quite like walking along a beach for hours with nothing to disturb you.