Cuba Guide
Trinidad and Sancti Spíritus
Trinidad
The vast majority of visitors to the province of Sancti Spíritus head directly for Trinidad, one of the island's foremost tourist attractions. While Trinidad draws more tourists than many of Cuba's larger cities, its status as a UNESCO-declared World Heritage Site has ensured that its marvellous architecture has remained unspoiled. Plenty of other Cuban towns evoke a similar sense of the past, but there is a completeness about central Trinidad's cobbled traffic-free streets, red-tiled rooftops and jumble of colonial mansions that sets it apart. Walking the streets of the colonial district in particular, there is something of a village feel about the place – albeit a large and prosperous village – where horses are as common a sight as cars. With tourism continuously on the rise in this town of 70,000, however, there is a stronger sense of being amongst visitors here than in most other provincial towns and cities. On walks around the colonial centre you are as likely to see a foreign face as a local one – though there are still plenty of streets seemingly unaffected by these changes. Beyond the cobbled-street centre, there are fewer specific sights, but a wander into the more recently constructed neighbourhoods is a good way of tapping into local life.
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