we were so pleasantly surprised buy Cub's second largest city. we got there at 5:00 and we walked right off the ship and took a walk around the main square and pedestrian shopping street. the next day we chose Shago tours(trip advisor) - and the lovely Fabio took us everywhere. The highlight was the cemetery where Castro is buried. they had the most AMAZING changing of the guards(every half and ...
Even though we did not tour because of not feeling well, we enjoyed the beautiful landscape of the Harbor. We did get off the ship to exchange our leftover Cuban Currency back into U.S. dollars. We had no problem with this.
We did enjoy the friendliness of all the locals. ...
Heard some stories that some cruise members were approched. No one was harmed. The send off leaving Santiago was not to be missed. Saw all that from the our balcony. Music and waves from the lovely Cuban people. ...
Poor town, gift shops have been picked over by other cruise ship guests no t-shirts or anejo rum or decent cigars. Cigars inflated prices. Buy your goods in Cienfuegos cheaper than Havana ...
Interesting City with a lot of Revolution History. Some beautiful architecture in the Plaza areas. An interesting drive to the Church in the mountains, with some great landscape full of Palm Trees. ...