Santa Clara

Worth seeing in and around Santa Clara

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Che Guevara Mausoleum

   The Che Guevara Mausoleum is a memorial in Santa Clara, Cuba, located in "Plaza Che Guevara". It houses the remains of the revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and 29 fellow combatants killed in 1967 during Guevara's attempt to spur an armed uprising in Bolivia.

   1.5 km · memorial in Santa Clara, Cuba · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Tren Blindado

   The Tren Blindado is a national monument, memorial park, and museum of the Cuban Revolution, located in the city of Santa Clara, Cuba.

   600 m · national monument, memorial and museum in Santa Clara, Cuba · Wikipedia
3. 03
   University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas

   The University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas is an undergraduate and graduate public university in Santa Clara, Cuba, founded in 1952 and having a remote campus called "Universidad de Montaña" in Topes de Collantes, the heart of the Escambray Mountains. It is the alma mater of the current President of Cuba and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel.

   700 m · public university in Santa Clara, Cuba · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Catedral de Santa Clara de Asis

   The Catedral de Santa Clara de Asís is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in the city of Santa Clara, Cuba. It lies on Calle Marta Abreu, one of the city's main arteries, only two blocks from Parque Vidal and next to the cultural centre "El Mejunje".

   200 m · church in Santa Clara, Cuba · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Parque Leoncio Vidal

   Parque Vidal is a park located in the center of Santa Clara, Cuba, covering an entire square block of the city. Due to its surrounding architecture, combining eclectic neo-classical and colonial-style buildings, as well as the large number of historic monuments dating from different historical periods, the park was designated as a National Monument in a ceremony in 1998.

   100 m · park in Santa Clara, Cuba · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Teatro La Caridad

   Teatro de La Caridad or Teatro La Caridad, located in Santa Clara, is one of the few remaining colonial theatres in Cuba. It is a National Monument of Cuba.

   0 m · theatre in Cuba · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Villa Clara Provincial Museum

   The Villa Clara Provincial Museum, also known as Abel Santamaría Provincial Museum, is a museum located in the Cuban city of Santa Clara, capital of Villa Clara Province.

   900 m · museum in Cuba · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Parque del Carmen

   Parque del Carmen is a park in Santa Clara, Cuba, which honors the city's founding. It is located in the ward El Carmen, not too far from Martyr's Park and the railway station.

   500 m · park in Santa Clara, Cuba · Wikipedia

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Getting to Santa Clara

Airports

Abel Santamaria (SNU), 10 km · Juan Gualberto Gomez (VRA), 166 km · Ignacio Agramonte (CMW), 244 km

Stations

Santa Clara railway station, 700 m

• Matanzas → Santa Clara

  180 km · quickest by road, 4h · $18–24
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• Camaguey → Santa Clara

  240 km · quickest by road, 5h 16m · $21–29
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• Havana → Santa Clara

  261 km · quickest by road, 4h 34m · $22–31
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