Best places: Tourist attractions in Matanzas, Cuba

Unique destination allowing visitors to swim, scuba dive & snorkel in a stalagmite-filled cave.

Highway crossing over a tree-filled gorge with a viewing platform & restaurant at one end.

👍👍 Beautiful great look...such a nice place to view and chill.

Tours are offered of these spacious caves featuring stalactites & stalagmites, plus a small museum.

😠 Massacre The Canimar River Massacre 56 assassinated by the Cuban government on July 6, 1980 for attempting to flee Cuba The Canimar is a scenic Cuban river that flows into Matanzas Bay, near Varadero beach. In 1980, a tourist excursion service was inaugurated using the "XX Aniversario," a large boat...

😐 I dove here and there was alot to see and alot of live coral... but its not something that would not be very accessible to snorkelers. Most of the coral close to the beach is in very bad condition... so you can believe the dead coral reviews.. you have to get far out into deeper water.. not reccomme...

Central plaza & site of the town's foundation in 1693, surrounded by elegant 19th-century buildings.

👍 Make sure to bring some bread with you to feed fishes.

👍 There's a tour by a guide (Spanish only) who will provide a history of this old pharmacy, as well as the historical context of the surrounding area. At the end of the tour, you'll be led into a room that sells glass crafts made by artists.

😐 El parque Machado antes de 1959, luego Rene Fraga, algun dia tendra otro nombre porque no podra sostener el de 2 terroristas, fue de las obras publicas de Machado en Matanzas, hermoso lugar, hoy famoso ademas por el free wifi. Un poco abandonado pero sigue siendo hermoso

Hilltop destination offering a Spanish-style church & beautiful views of the city & Yumurí Valley.

Traditional Cuban fare offered in a relaxed, open-air setting on a former coffee plantation.

👍👍 Excellent historical place that is located in the historical center of the city.

Ruins of an ancient castle built by enslaved Africans, with an on-site historical museum.