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Guardalavaca beach is protected by a large coral reef and is visited by both local Cubans and tourists. Most Cuban workers in the all-inclusive hotels are transported daily in buses from neighbouring cities like Holguin , Banes , and Rafael Freyre , as only a few Cubans live in Guardalavaca due to the small size of the resort.
Formerly Cayo Blanco del Sur, this 15 km-long (9.3 mi), 500-metre-wide (1,600 ft) island is named after Ernst Thälmann, a German Communist politician and activist. Isla de la Juventud: Canarreos Archipelago: 2,200 850 Cuba's second-largest island, and the largest among Canarreos Archipelago's 350 islands.
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.
Isla de la Juventud (2nd largest island in Cuba at 2,200 km 2 (850 sq mi)), Ernst Thälmann Island (formerly Cayo Blancos del Sur, also called Cayo Ernesto Thaelmann), 22°02′00″N 81°24′00″W / 22.033333°N 81.4°W / 22.033333; -81.4 ( Cayo Ernesto Thaelmann
The company started working in Cuba in 2015, during a period of improved relations with the island. The U.S. Treasury Department imposed a fine on the company in January 2022 for apparent ...
Cuba tourism struggles as blackouts and shortages deter visitors As blackouts, food, fuel and labor shortages in Cuba grow more acute by the day, a trip to the Caribbean island has become a hard sell.
Club Med SAS, commonly known as Club Med and previously known as Club Méditerranée SA, is a French travel and tourism operator headquartered in Paris, specializing in all-inclusive holidays. Founded in 1950, the company has been primarily owned by the Chinese conglomerate Fosun Group since 2013. Club Med either wholly owns or operates nearly ...
Oscar is currently located about 115 miles (185.07 km) east-northeast of Guantanamo, Cuba, with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h), the Miami-based forecaster said. Cuba's government on ...