Finding a good view is difficult, but if you drive over to Caimanera you can climb a tower and have a peek. If you continue east you will eventually reach the town of Baracoa, discovered by Christopher Columbus himself in 1492. The town is friendly and charming and completely off the tourist trail. You may want to swing by and view a wooden cross reportedly left behind by Columbus at a local church. Traveling west along the coast from Baracoa you enter the Holguin Province and the massive Moa mining operation boasting the largest deposits of nickel and cobalt in the world.
Tours are available several times a day.
This modern resort was built purely to cater to tourist needs. Here you'll find the most modern hotels in Cuba surrounded by discos and restaurants. Varadero has been a favorite vacation spot for European and Canadian tourist for years. Most of the hotels are joint partnerships, with European hotel groups eager to cash in on Cuba's expanding tourism trade, which topped one million visitors for the first time in 1996. In winter, Varadero is crowded with Canadians escaping the cold on inexpensive charter flights from Toronto and Montreal.