Ancon Beach, Trinidad. Cuba
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Playa AncĂ³n is a beautiful beach located near Trinidad, Cuba. Approximately 12 kilometers from Trinidad, on the southern coast of Cuba. Known for its stunning white sandy beaches and clear turquoise waters. Activities, Swimming and unbathing. Ideal for relaxing under the sun. Water Sports: Opportunities for snorkeling, diving, and sailing. Excursions: Boat trips to nearby cays and coral reefs.
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Ancon Beach is located in Trinidad
As if it were stagnant in time, Trinidad gives the visitor the extraordinary charms of a vivacious museum-city embedded between the sea and the mountain. Trinidad comprises an area of 1 165Km2 and it is located to the center-south of Cuba, facing the Caribbean Sea, in the mountainous skirts of Guamuahaya or Escambray Mountains, belonging to the province of Sancti Spíritus. You can get there by roads that connect it with the rest of the country, and it has an airport for small and medium size airplanes.
Proclaimed World Heritage by UNESCO in 1988, the old Villa de la Santísima Trinidad founded in the 16th century shows togeher with its multiple architectural values, a wealth of traditions and cultures where Hispanic and African traits are combined. A culture of craftsmanship and ceramics has been transmitted notably from generation to generation. In this area the gentle atmosphere of small cities reigns, where the creative capacity and their residents' wisdom have contributed to preserve from the past their most important values.
Together with historical and cultural values of the territory, the attractiveness of the mountainous Escambray area, its beaches and the beauties of its sea bottoms, as well as its people's hospitality, are the particular features of this city. Trinidad is one of those cities that invites you to travel all around them. Its museums, squares and stone-paved streets make it possible to go back in time. Once in the territory you are invited to know the symbolic Manaca- Iznaga Tower, from where you can see the Valley of the Sugar Mills; Ancón and María Aguilar beaches, Caburní Waterfall, the Cave of the Skulls and Zaza Lake, host of periodic trout fishing tournaments. To visit its nearby keys among which Key Blanco of Casilda stands out are of great interest for those who are keen in the art of deep diving.
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Ancon Beach
Playa Ancon is one of the contenders for best beach in Cuba, and its powdery white sand beaches and pristine aquamarine waters make it a very popular tourist destination. Playa Ancon has plenty of isolated stretches of beach area as most of the locals and tourists go to Varadero and Cayo Largo. This beach resort is also popular because it is very close to Trinidad, which makes it possible to explore Trinidad while staying at a beautiful beach resort.
Playa Ancon is especially popular among divers, and boasts a large number of dive operators and diving schools set up in the region. Most hotels in Playa Ancon will be able to arrange a diving or snorkelling expedition to one of the thirty dive sites located offshore of Playa Ancon. The best dive spot is reputed to be the Cayo Blanco, which is considered to be one of the best dive locations in the world. It is also possible to go on a seafari exhibition, where visitors can get Playa Ancon culturea glimpse of the underwater life with a boat trip that includes lunch and snorkelling. Getting to Playa Ancon is relatively simple as the area is accessible by road and by sea. Interested visitors can choose to drive down in their own automobile or take a taxi into town. Some people choose to cycle to Playa Ancon, if they are staying in one of the nearby beach resorts
Playa Ancon
The beautiful white-sand beaches along the Ancon Peninsula are one of Trinidad's major tourist draws, with Ancon Beach (the Playa Ancon) probably the best known, boasting newly built resorts and water sports facilities. Beaches near the less touristy and more traditional La Boca fishing village are just a short trip from town and much quieter.
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