The Mexican artist Leovigildo González Morillo liked the area so much that he created a huge painting in 1961 on a rock wall at the Valley of Vinales. Of course we can visit this place with our bikes!

The Las Terrazas National Park is the result of huge fires. All the forest got destroyed in 1971. Cuba invested a lot of money into afforestation and now they got a really great area for all kind of activities. It is a great place to visit and they have a nice restaurant as we can see. Please don't forget your swim gear, there are some places to take a swim!

The Bay of Pigs is an inlet on the southern coast of Cuba. It got well known in the beginning of April 1961, when a group of Exil-Cubans tried to invade Cuba in this bay. Even the CIA was involved into the whole story. Fidel Castro and his friends were lucky and they defended Cuba. This was the beginning of the US Embargo against the island and a lot of other countries followed. Let’s find out more about the invasion.

Topes de Collantes is a nature reserve park established in the south-eastern ranges of Escambray Mountains, which are unique because of their vegetation. Apart from pine trees you will see a lot of king palms. A lot of people come to this part of the country for hiking and climbing. Topes de Collantes are a UNESCO Worldheritage site, hence we will take our time to ride through.

The valley was a centre for sugar production from the late 18th century until the late 19th century. At the peak of the industry in Cuba there were over fifty cane sugar mills in operation in the valley with over 30,000 slaves working in the mills and the sugar cane plantations that surrounded them. The entire area covers 100 square miles and includes the sites of over 70 former sugar mills. Till today you can visit the Iznaga tower, a perfect lookout to control if the slaves are working or not.

The Mausoleum of Ernesto Che Guevara, guarded by a gigantic statue of himself, contains the remains of the marxist revolutionary and his 29 fellow guerrileros killed in combat during the attempt to encourage an uprising in Bolivia during the dictatorship. The monument was created in 1988, but only in 1997 Guevara's exhumed remains were transferred to Cuba. Santa Clara was chosen as it was the city that in 1958 saw the final battle between the Revolucionarios and the govern of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, fleeing into exile after Santa Clara battle.