Cienfuegos province, located in the southern - central region of Cuba on the entrance to Cienfuegos Bay on the Caribbean Sea, with its capital city also named Cienfuegos, known as “The Pearl of the South”, highlighted by its port and urban core showing refined French architectural influences, designated as UNESCO World Heritage Site, a centre serving as a vital trade centre for southern Cuba, in a land which boasts a vibrant cultural scene, as well as beautiful bay views from the Punta Gorda Peninsula, and natural attractions like the stunning El Nicho waterfalls, is making significant tourism strides in tourism development.
The province is actively working in developing new infrastructure like the renovated Cabaret Costa Sur and Hotel La Punta under construction, alongside promoting ecotourism, diving, and recreational boating, building on its UNESCO listed French - influenced centre in its capital and its natural attractions like the Bay of Cienfuegos and Guanaroca Lagooon, famous for a large presence of flamingos.
Key Tourism Developments:
• Infrastructure Projects: Focus on enhancing visitor experience with new constructions like Hotel La Punta (set for 2026) and refurbishment at Hotel Jagua, and Cabaret Costa Sur, notes CubaPlus Magazine.
• Renewable Energy: Installation of solar lighting is part of the modernization efforts.
• Ecotourism and Aventure: Active promotion of diving (Guajimico area), recreational boating, and nature reserve like Guanaroca Lagoon, home to flamingos, highlights CubaPlus Magazine.
These advancements aim to solidify Cienfuegos as a key destination, attracting both domestic and international visitors with its unique blend of culture, history and natural beauty, despite broader challenges facing Cuban tourism.
A report published in the newspaper Granma points out to this scenario of the Cuban province highlighting the enormous efforts of the travel industry’s employees to elevate the destination as a tourist hub of relevance.
The publication indicates that these are considerable advances of the program planned for the tourism sector in the territory as reported by the delegate of the Ministry of Tourism (Mintur) in the province, Yuri Quevedo Pupo.
The executive highlighted the assembly of solar lamps and several completed works concerning the rehabilitation of local infrastructure, among which he cited that of the Cabaret Costa Sur, a relevant recreational plaza rebuilt which reopened its doors on January 1. 2026.
The delegate of the Ministry of Tourism also gave prominence to the repair of the Hotel Jagua (in progress) and the construction of the Hotel La Punta, scheduled to be completed in 2026, all plans focused on the objective of adding motivation to the national and international visitors who wish to travel to the Cuban province.
The official highlighted the implementation of a charging station for electric cars at the points of the Hotel La Unión, located in the historic centre of the capital of the province, Cienfuegos, and in another at the Ranchón de Aguada de Pasajeros, a well - known stopping point on Cuba’s National Highway, famous for being a place to buy clothes, watches and other exclusive items, as well as offering a respite to travellers, often functioning as a tourist destination of interest on that Cuban route.
The delegate of the Ministry of Tourism also recalled that, as of Last December, flights between Cienfuegos and Toronto, Canada, were reactived, from where many Canadian tourists come every high season to their favourite facility in the territory, the Rancho Luna Hotel, located in Playa Rancho Luna, 18 kilometres from the city of Cienfuegos, a renowned eco hotel surrounded by nature at wild beach offering a beautiful view of the Caribbean Sea.
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