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Cayo Santa María (Saint Mary Cay or "Key") is an island off Cuba's north central coast in the Jardines del Rey archipelago. [1] The island is linked by road and bridge to the town of Caibarién on the main island. Cayo Santa María is well known for its white sand beaches and luxury all-inclusive resorts.
The road currently has two parts and is under construction. The first section is commonly known as the Road to the Santa Clara Airport, which goes from the airport to the Road of Camajuaní. The second section starts from the Circuito Norte, and goes east on the part known as the Cayo Santa María Causeway and continues until the Cayo Santa María.
Source:Instituto de Aeronáutica Civil de Cuba, [1] DAFIF [2] Las Brujas Airport ( IATA : BWW , ICAO : MUBR ) is a Cuban airport serving Cayo Santa María , a resort island in the municipality of Caibarién , Villa Clara Province .
Cayo Guillermo is a cay of the Jardines del Rey archipelago. It is located on the northern coast of Cuba , between the Bay of Dogs ( Bahia de Perros ) and the Atlantic Ocean . It is part of the Ciego de Ávila Province , and lies in the Morón municipality.
Abel Santamaría Airport [2] [3] (Spanish: Aeropuerto "Abel Santamaría" [4]) (IATA: SNU, ICAO: MUSC) is an international airport serving Santa Clara, the capital city of the Villa Clara Province in Cuba. It was named after the Cuban revolutionary Abel Santamaría.
The first resort, Guitart Cayo Coco (now the Hotel Colonial Cayo Coco), opened in 1993. [4] The Cuban exile group Alpha 66 attacked the resort with machine guns in 1994 and 1995, but there were no injuries. [5] Cayo Coco and the neighboring Cayo Guillermo provided settings for Ernest Hemingway's Islands in the Stream [6] and The Old Man and the ...
To the east it is bordered by Cayo Coco and Cayo Guillermo of the Jardines del Rey archipelago and the Bay of Jiguey. Conservation. Caguanes National Park is established on the southern shore. The bay itself is a Biosphere reserve and a Ramsar Convention site. The strictly protected area extends for 313.5 km 2 (121.0 sq mi) into the bay.
Resorts in the Guardalavaca tourist area offer helicopter and boat tours to the cayo for safaris and its white sand beaches. The island used to be the private holiday home of Fidel Castro and family, until 1994 when they stopped coming. The grass plain is still visible on the island from where the family would arrive and depart by helicopter.