Hotels in Pinar del Rio, Viñales Valley.

Viñales Valley

	Introduction
	Hotels in this zone
	Sierra del Rosario
	Map
	Guanahacabibes
	Levisa Key

Introduction

The Viñales Valley, one of Cuba’s greatest natural attractions, was declared a National Natural Monument for its remarkable landscapes. The valley has a surface area of 132 km2 and is a part of Sierra de los Organos, in Pinar del Río province. It is the finest example of a karst valley in Cuba, where mogotes, knolls with rounded topsand steep slopes, contrast harmoniously with the flat surface of the valley where they stand.

Deep in the valley bottom you find cultivated lands-mainly tobacco, taro and bananas-and scattered peasant houses, all forming a rural landscape of great beauty. The surrounding sierras abound in caves, making it an area of speleological interest.

Outstanding among them are Cueva del Indio, a cave which San Vicente River runs through, and Cueva de José Miguel. Further west, the Santo Tomás cave system, criss-crossed by 45 km of galleries, is one of the largest in Hispanic America. The flora is an important element in Viñales. Cuban endemic plants found there include: the ceibón tree

(Bombax emarginatum), palmita de sierra (Thrinax microcarpa), cayman oak (Ekmanianthes actinophylla) and a kind of palm tree (Mycrocycas calocoma)-a living Jurassic fossil that c+an only be found in a small area of Pinar del Río. There are also many endemic animal species, especially birds like hummingbirds, the Cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus), tody (Todus multicolor), mockingbird (Cuban solitaire) and a small paserine bird that inhabits pinewoods.

Hotels in the Viñales Valley



Los Jazmines	La Ermita	Rancho Sanvicente

Pinar del Rio Map

Hotels in Pinar del Rio

Zone	Hotel
Guanahacabibes Peninsula	Maria La Gorda Diving Center

Viñales Valley	Los Jazmines
	La Ermita
	Rancho San Vicente

Sierra del Rosario	Villas Soroa
	Las Terrazas

Levisa Key	Cayo Levisa