Cuba's welcoming old town of Trinidad, a haven far from Havana - SFGate
This is the mind-messing time-travel that Cuba is famous for. Even among the country’s many well-preserved, lived-in historic quarters, the small city of Trinidad is special. Perched overlooking the Caribbean on the south coast halfway across the island, it was one of the first cities founded in Cuba by the Spaniards in 1514, a colonial gem with an old town that immerses you in another century. At the moment, Americans can visit Cuba only with a People-to-People group, but that’s set to change soon. Though there’s a sense that this entire authentic, Starbucks-free country will change quickly, in fact only a tiny fraction of Cuba’s 3 million to 4 million annual visitors today venture outside Havana and the nearby beach resort of Varadero, with... Trinidad, with its sparse tourist traffic and cheap prices, has plenty of unique Cuban culture that isn’t as likely as the capital to change its nature as diplomatic relations normalize, making it worth traveling the 197 miles southeast, beyond... Our bus driver sings a mournful love song on the scenic three-hour drive to Trinidad from Santa Clara airport on a nearly deserted four-lane highway with only the occasional ’50s-era vintage car, Russian Lada or 1940s Russian motorcycle complete... Source: www.sfgate.com
