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Camagüey (Spanish pronunciation: [kamaˈ(ɣ)wej]) is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third-largest city with more than 333,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province.
- Get lost in the labyrinth. The historic center of Camagüey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2008. The city was built in a medina style to keep away and confuse pirates, and try as you might to navigate a map, you will get hopelessly lost there.
- Visit the churches and squares. Camagüey is the perfect place for people’s watching. The many squares are perfect to sit and enjoy the world go by. You will see that it is a favorite local thing to do!
- Enjoy all the food. Many will tell you that food in Cuba isn’t that great, but I dissent. I ate nothing but delicious food during my trip, and it was the same in Camagüey.
- Then have a drink. Speaking of food, as an Italian I generally associate it with wine. This is why I can’t avoid mentioning La Cava, a super cool restaurant that actually has a wine cellar with a great wine selection for more than reasonable prices.
Discover the historic center, World Cultural Heritage, the beaches of Camagüey - Santa Lucía and Cayo Cruz - and the main natural attractions. Find the most complete free travel guide of hotels, restaurants, excursions, museums and art galleries in Camagüey.
- Plaza del Carmen. Around 600m west of the frenzy of República sits another sublimely beautiful square, one less visited than the central plazas.
- Casa de Arte Jover. Camagüey is home to two of Cuba's most creative and prodigious contemporary painters, Joel Jover and his wife Ileana Sánchez.
- Museo Provincial Ignacio Agramonte. Named (like half of Camagüey) after the exalted local War of Independence hero, this cavernous museum, just north of the train station, is in a Spanish…
- Martha Jiménez Pérez. In Cuba's ceramics capital, the studio-gallery of Martha Jiménez Pérez shows the work of one of Cuba's greatest living artists.
- Stay in a Casa Particular in Camaguey. Casa Particulars are an awesome way to expand your knowledge of Cuban culture and a great accommodation option in Cuba.
- Explore Camaguey’s Centre. The Historic Center of Camagüey World Heritage Site is an exceptional example of Latin American urban architecture. Its irregular urban plan has resulted in a unique system of squares, minor squares, twisting streets, lanes, urban blocks, and plots.
- Visit the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Sacred Heart of Jesus Church is the most unique structure in Camaguey because of its architecture, monumentality, and importance to the religious heritage.
- Visit Camaguey’s other churches. Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Merced – This is undoubtedly Camagüey’s most magnificent colonial church, dating from 1748.
One of the first seven villages founded by the Spaniards in Cuba, Camagüey played a prominent role as the urban centre of an inland territory dedicated to cattle breeding and the sugar industry.
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Camagüey, city, capital of Camagüey provincia (province), east-central Cuba. It is situated on the San Pedro River, about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Florida.
