Santiago de Cuba City Tour

About the tour

San­ti­a­go de Cuba is a city full of con­ta­gious ener­gy. Dur­ing the tour you will vis­it the main squares of the city and the Tivoli dis­trict. Lunch at a local restau­rant. Vis­it to the House of Diego Velazquez and the Ceme­tery of San­ta Ifigenia.

Santiago de Cuba City Tour Main Attractions

Parque Céspedes

This large and live­ly plaza is the heart of the city, filled day and night with peo­ple social­iz­ing, relax­ing, and play­ing or sim­ply lis­ten­ing to the ever-present music that per­vades San­ti­a­go; a large bronze stat­ue of local hero Car­los Manuel de Ces­pedes is at the cen­ter of the park, which is the nat­ur­al start­ing point for any vis­i­tor tour­ing the his­toric cen­ter of the city.

The house of Diego Velazquez

Cred­it­ed with being Cuba’s old­est house, this build­ing con­struct­ed in 1516 was once the home of Span­ish con­quis­ta­dor Diego Velazquez; now restored, it serves as a fas­ci­nat­ing muse­um of peri­od fur­ni­ture and antiques that con­vey the French and Eng­lish dec­o­ra­tive and archi­tec­tur­al influ­ences through­out Cuba’s history.

Santa Ifigenia Cemetery

The most pop­u­lar sight at this large ceme­tery that con­tains a vast array of elab­o­rate tomb­stones is the tomb of Jose Martí which is designed accord­ing to Martí wish­es that he be buried below the flag of Cuba and sur­round­ed by light and ros­es; an impres­sive chang­ing of the guard cer­e­mo­ny takes place sev­er­al times a day in front of Martí tomb.