Top Things to do in Holguin, Cuba

when Christopher Columbus landed in old game Cuba in 1492 he declared it the most beautiful land human eyes had ever seen I think he was onto something the beaches are dreaming the people are warm and friendly and the Sun sets alone make you wish you could stay a few more days and did I mention the mango Aziz mango smells so fresh and sweet anyway you must check out opium province and when you do make sure you experience these top things first you've got to see charming downtown Olga it's known as the city of heart and actually here the best way to go from Park to park is by PC taxi be sure to hop out at Parque Calixto Garcia where you can pay homage to this cuban patriot and visit the provincial museum of history also known as casa camba Soria sharing the road with these old timers is pretty incredible next had a bit outside of town to meet Ricci a farmer whose father and grandfather passed on the tradition of making a staple of Cuban cuisine cassava bread which comes from the root with lettuce of a plant we give the cassava feel it the pea of cassava is ground into a pulp and hung in a burlap bag to dry which takes about two hours and gives us a break for a quick death the dried pulp becomes cassava flour that we chew pours into handmade molds and cooks for 15 to 20 minutes a little piece of cheese a little honey next you have to check out some of the artists who call old game home right now I'm going to meet Luis Silva he's a locally famous artist who collects scrap metal from close down factories or sugar mills to make his art Luis has been an artist since 1982 and his installations appear throughout Cuba especially at the hotels and galleries in oggy a second accommodation location that was all meant to olympian tomorrow at cuaderno spot quiero paper factory yo meet Boris whose passion is making beautiful paper from recycled scraps new trabajo muy rapido donde tengo la posibilidad a ferryman absolutely so Barnes uses the Russian washing machine for the 90 degrees with a motor one of my favorite stops in ole game is the fabric at the organ or the only mechanical organ Factory in Cuba and in Latin America this is the Oregon Oriental it was introduced to Cuba in the 1800s from France the organs for an attraction at carnivals and large events all over Cuba here you'll meet musician Antonio and Rita who has been playing these organs for the last 40 years let's just say this is so much harder than once next experience made by Eduardo this stop is guaranteed to put a smile on your face after seeing the best of both game city it's a 45-minute journey to the fishing town of Cabana it's a pretty special place right on the see here you can spend the morning with Devadas fishermen like Paco the hectic northern Aggies all got their will to it all about it yeah they make their own sales out of fabric and bamboo and use only nets in their hands to fish dinner of course is the fresh catch of the day since 1999 cuba travel services has been offering full service travel arrangements to individuals groups families educators students and other organizations charter flights operate from miami tampa and JFK on sun country and American Airlines and take you to Havana sama voi Cienfuegos Santa Clara Pauline and Santiago de Cuba to learn more visit Cuba travel services calm

Channel: Emily Sanchez

Views: 135,130

Keywords: Travel Channel (TV Network), Travel (TV Genre), Cuba (Country), People To People Student Ambassador Program (Organization), educational travel, Holguín (City/Town/Village), cuban music, cuban, art, culture, cuban food, organic farming

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Length: 5min 10sec (310 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 21 2015