 The
province of Holguín is limited in the
north by the Atlantic Ocean, in the south
by the province of Santiago de Cuba, in the
southeast and east by Guantánamo, in
the northeast by Granma and in the west by
las Tunas. It has 14 municipalities, being
Holguín the capital of the province,
known as “the city of the parks”.
Near one of
its municipalities, Gibara, by the Puerto
de Bariay, landed for the first time in
Cuba, on the 27 th of October of 1492, the
Admiral Christopher Colombus, to initiate
the process of conquest and colonization
of these territories. Nowadays, in this
place there is a plaque that points out
this happening. Another of its villages,
Banes, has the most specialized museum of
the country related to our aboriginal cultures,
where interesting samples of rustic skulls,
working instruments, ornamental objects,
necklaces and idols, carefully carved, are
shown. Its most important piece of art is
the “Ídolo de Oro” (the
Gold Idol), 10 carats pure gold earring.
Among its tourist resorts
and of historical interest, there is el
Mirador de Mayabe, motel located at the
top of a hill, from where you can have beautiful
views; Calixto García´s birthplace,
which exhibits personal objects and documents
related to this outstanding mambí
leader; la Loma de la Cruz, wonderful mirador
from where you can have a view of the whole
city, climbing a stair with 450 steps; Calixto
García park, ancient Plaza de Armas
and center of the villa; and San José
park, which holds the Estatua del Ángel,
dedicated to the patriots shot in Holguín
during the wars of independence. We could
also mention other historical places; such
as, Calixto García Plaza (Calixto
García Square), la Iglesia San José
(San José Church), la Catedral de
San Isidro (San Isidro Cathedral), among
others. The road that takes you to Pinares
de Mayarí constitutes an interesting
tourist road for the beauty of the view
that can be admired from its numerous miradores.
In relation with its natural
resources, the province of Holguín
has extensive plain areas and hilly zones,
beautiful natural landscapes and the Nipe
bay, the biggest and deepest of the country.
In the north it has beautiful natural resources,
among them, several caves, narrow passes
and beautiful beaches as Guardalavaca and
Playa Blanca. La Silla de Gibara (The Chair
of Gibara), located in this group, is a
very peculiar elevation because it resembles
a saddle of gigantic proportions. The highest
elevation of the province is Pico Cristal,
located in the sierra of the same name.
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