Top Things to do in Santiago de Cuba Province
10 Museums in Santiago de Cuba Province That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba including La Isabelica Museum, Diego Velazquez Museum, Galeria Rene Valdes, Memorial Vilma Espin Guillois, Emilio Bacardi Moreau Museum, Sugar Cane Museum, Museo de la Lucha Clandestina, Museo del Carnaval, Museo del Ron, Museo de La Imagen.
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1. La Isabelica Museum
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 13 reviews
Reviewed By 333willg - New Orleans, United States
The Drive up into the Sierra Maestra alone is worth it. You can feel the temperature drop 10-15 as you climb up the mountain. From there you can have a view of the distance ocean. The museum is a unique surviving record of the French survivors' of the Haitian Revolution coming to Spanish Cuba.
2. Diego Velazquez Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 297 reviews
Reviewed By 227ianc - London, United Kingdom
The museum is in fact two houses joined together. At the front is the oldest house in Santiago de Cuba - some say in Cuba itself, constructed from 1516 to 1530 for the governor Diego Velazquez, with historic Mudejar-style interiors; it is then connected to a later house at the rear to create a substantial museum which displays Cuban furniture and decorative arts from the 16th century onwards, in rooms which have been sensitively restored. Definitely worth visiting both for the architecture and for the collections on display. There is also a furnace previously used to make gold ingots. from a time when the building was used as a 'House of Transactions'. The assistants are helpful in explaining things, though generally in Spanish.
3. Galeria Rene Valdes
4. Memorial Vilma Espin Guillois
5. Emilio Bacardi Moreau Museum
6. Sugar Cane Museum
7. Museo de la Lucha Clandestina
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 52 reviews
Reviewed By elisa-kz - Paris, France
Like in most museums in Cuba, you learn a lot about the history. I have nothing particular to say, just that it is worth a visit. I don't remember if the information is in English or in Spanish only, anyway it's better to speak a little bit if Spanish in this country, of course, because there are many things that are not translated or badly translated.
8. Museo del Carnaval
9. Museo del Ron
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 33 reviews
Reviewed By Looksmelltaste
El Museo del Ron has artifacts that date back to pre revolution Cuba. Rumor has it that Bacardi's original alembic is housed in the museum, besides that there are plenty of other artifacts, labels and rum tastings throughout. A must stop for the big rum connoisseur.
10. Museo de La Imagen
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