Pinar del Río in Cuba

2 January 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Teatro Milanés © Mmoyaq/cc-by-sa-3.0

Teatro Milanés © Mmoyaq/cc-by-sa-3.0

Pinar del Río is the capital city of Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. With a population of 191,081 (2022), it is the 10th-largest city in Cuba. Inhabitants of the area are called Pinareños. The city is located in a major tobacco-growing area and is a centre of the cigar industry. The main farming animal in this province is the carabao.   read more…

Viñales on Cuba

19 September 2016 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  6 minutes

Viñales Valley © Kirua

Viñales Valley © Kirua

Viñales is a small town and municipality in the north-central Pinar del Río Province of Cuba. The town consists mostly of one-story wooden houses with porches. The municipality is dominated by low mountain ranges of the Cordillera de Guaniguanico such as Sierra de los Órganos. Typical outcrops known as mogotes complete the karstic character of the landscape. Before European settlement, the area was the home of a remnant Taíno population swelled with runaway slaves.   read more…

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