比尼亚莱斯山谷

主要农作物是菸草, 生产的雪茄品质很不错, 家家户户门口都放著摇椅, 我和团员们有试着在一户人家门口排排坐坐, 尤其在夜晚吹着凉风摇著摇椅, 好舒服好悠闲, 我喜欢这小镇的另一原因是当地的小朋友很善良可爱，我们连续二天一大早在饭店附近小学拍摄小朋友上学的模样, 虽然已事隔一年还是很想念那些小朋友!

这里和繁忙的哈瓦那很不一样。我们本来只打算在这里住一晚,结果却住了三个晚上。我们住的是一个叫Miguel y Anita的特别的旅馆,那是由原来的工厂改建而成的。他们有许多值得推荐的去看的东西以及去做的事。在山谷骑马和参观那里的那些洞穴是来这里一定要做的两件事。我们就去了那里的一个洞穴, 里面有一个自然形成的游泳池,那是在炎炎夏日里获得清凉的好去处。爬到酒店的顶楼,可以看到整个比尼亚莱斯山谷的风景。在那里也同样有个游泳池,不过如果你想使用的话,必须付额外的费用才行。另外Cayo Jutias也是个一日游的好去处,那里荒凉的海滩别有一番风情。

从哈瓦那坐巴士或轿车去比尼亚莱斯只需要几个小时的时间,也是一个逃离喧闹的哈瓦那的很受欢迎的休闲旅行之所(很有意思)。我们在比尼亚莱斯住了2个晚上,也在那里渡过了很放松的时光。我们住在Casa Particulare(那里酒店不多),非常不错。实际上整个古巴我能够推荐的就是卡萨了。你是和一家人住在一起,所以有机会体验"真正的古巴"-跟在瓦拉德罗的那种虚假的感觉完全不一样。卡萨的饭菜量很足,而且很美味。我们租了一辆脚踏车,参观了这个地方的洞穴。有些地方还可以坐船旅行,然而其它人都已经钻进酒吧和夜总会里去了!我可以很认真的向你推荐一天的旅行,或者甚至可以在Cayo Levisa呆上几天,它离比尼亚莱斯城有几个小时的路程。关于比尼亚莱斯和比纳尔德里奥地区的一个忠告-那里有很多蚊子,所以用了很多驱虫剂!

Probably the most beautiful landscape in all of Cuba. Impressive rocky landscape, red soil and tobacco plants wherever you look. Do a trip by bike or horse to see more of the valley!

It is a nice place with beautiful views. Couple of attractions are nearby so it is worth to spent here at least 2 days. I have seen more picturous places in my life, but it is still worth visiting if you are traveling around Cuba.

The valley of Vinales is a "must have seen" for your Cuba-Visit. You can discover the valley by horse or walking.There is a wonderful cave in which you go by boat. A big wall-painting on the rocks and spectacular views from diferent points.

This was one of the most beautiful views I saw during my months in Cuba. The landscape is incredible. It's an absolute must-see and is entirely unforgettable!

Valley terrific but the best was staying with families in the village of Vinales. They were so friendly and nice. Twelve of us traveled with In Touch with Cuba and they arranged for us to have diinner at the home of one of the families. They call the houses where tourists can stay "casas particular". Very nice, very clean houses and all with private bathrooms. The way to go.

As they say the best attempt to make a plan... We choose to hire a taxi for the 2 hour drive to Vinales. $150... we are not tour bus people. Our plan to take a bus to Cienfuegos on the back end of 10 days for 3 days fell apart so thought trip to Vinales and caves would be a substitute. After enduring the 2 hour taxi, a 4-5 hour bus to Cienfuegos would have been torture for us, so fate saved us. This was not our first rodeo to Cuba. We met our driver, Luis on a short transfer in Havana. What a joy to find a very nice guy, good driver, good English and great tour guide. Oh and a vehicle in great condition, fairly new Kia Sorrento that is licensed by a company that he drives for. Actually a "Yellow Cab" with all the markings just like NYC. We did the usual route the tour buses take and much less stressful. Luis knows a lovely off the beaten path Paladar restaurant that served an abundance of food family style for $10 with your choice of entree. Even had a resident parrot, Cody who had the run of the place and visited tables for treats. Life is at a much slower pace outside Havana with method of transportation ranging from Ox drawn and Horse drawn carts to bicycles. Lots less vehicle traffic. Short boat ride through the cave for $5 was interesting. A bit precarious on the walking path to get to the 12 passenger boats, but after all it was a cave. You could take a spin on the resident Water Buffalo at the end of the cave tour. Even though the stop for the view down into the valley was not made by a volcano, reminded us of a volcano creator we visited in Quito, Ecuador with it's lush green valley. We did notice there are many Casa Particulars to rent rooms in Vinales as well as several hotels so spending an overnight would be relaxing. Hotel would be our choice as the Casa route was our downfall on arrival and we had to find a hotel which in high season wasn't easy. This day was one of the highlights of our visit.

We had a day trip to Vinales by private taxi for the four of us.The scenery was breathtaking and different to the rest of Cuba.As it was a weekend the cigar factory was closed,but we went to a tobacco growing farm where we saw young plants growing which had been transplanted by hand!There was a drying shed where the leave is left to dry and mature,about 40 foot high and covered with drying leaves in various different stages. We then went to the caves and a trip on a boat through the underwater cavern.This was very interesting seeing the different rock formations etc. On exiting the boat we walked across to a restaurant some 300/400yards away.It was called Paladar La Pimienta (email:lapimienta@nauta.cu ).Here we had the most amazing lunch ,various starters,tuna fillets with salad,white rice brown rice black beans in sauce.There really was far too much to eat,but it was delicious.The drinks were cheap and I would recommendthis restaurant without hesitation.If taking this trip by taxi ensure you get a large one with plenty of room in the back otherwise you will be very cramped.

Wonderful time visiting the valley. Wander around the ancient landscape, watch cigars being rolled, learn about the life style. Visit the little market in Vinales. Watch the farmers go about their business in horse and trap, or ploughing fields with oxen.

Firstly its only fair that you know that the 4 of us had this tour in a private taxi the day after the tour bus left us behind sonit was more personal. The journey is admittedly long and quite boring, however the views when you arrive are amazing and in my opinion worth the trip. Our driver took us to a different restaurant which was a local house pretty much near the caves where we had lamb (or thats what we told my wife as she wouldnt have eaten goat) The food was fantastic one of our best meals in Cuba so again I guess we were spoilt as a tour bus couldnt park where we did. The caves and boat ride were admittedly short but we saw hummingbirds in the valley which was nice and it was interesting to learn how the tobacco is grown and made into cigars

If you're travelling to Cuba, you really can't miss a tour of the countryside of Vinales. It hosts one of the most worldwide appreciated tobacco plantation. So even if you're not a smoker - I'm not - you will probably appreciate the best cigars of your life, hand made just in front of you with only natural ingredients: awesome!The valley is amazing with spectacular view. We choose to visit the countryside by horse and it was funny and safe. Carlos, our guide, was nice and helpful, speaking about Cuba and his region. I think 2 days of relax are a must here!

This trip was included in our itinerary to Havana so we really didn't know what to expect, we had a two hour journey from Havana that was very boring nothing much to see on the way.We arrived early and visited the Indian cave first, we were not very impressed, nothing to give you a WOW, we expected a bit more. We then visited the mural....everyone has their own opinion again not really impressed, lunch at the restaurant was passable...only just though. We then had the journey back to Havana, all in all a bit of a waste of a day, I personally wouldn't recommend it.

I was 5 times on Cuba. First time cause Cuba, other four times cause Valle de Vinales. Beatiful landscape and more beautiful people.