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Viñales on Cuba

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

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…