Beaches in Cuba 2 - Santa Maria

The reason why we went to Remedios is mainly because of the famous 50km road which built directly on the sea and leading to the originally unreachable Santa Maria area.

In the North Coast of Cuba, there is the untamed coastline of wild nature. There are many birdlives, flora and different species of fish. In order to tap the tourism resources, the Cuban government built the 50km road to reach the beaches. With the access of road, it arrived the big resort hotels and wealthy tourists, who usually only stay inside the hotels for two weeks, without knowing any about the cities nearby or the Cuban people, then they will fly home.

It is said that the road is a disaster for the nature, but the 50km unbroken coastline along two side of the road is really impresive. And the beaches are really nice, though I still like the tranquility of Cayo Juitas much more.

The scenery of the 50km road is fantastic.

Plenty of wildlife.









A cuban man was fishing, but he said he didn't has much luck.

How amazing is the mixture of colours.



We first arrived the free entrance beach, Playa Blanca. It was so quiet that, there was only one fishing guy and we on the beach.


Leave only our footprints.

The water is super transparent.

Incredibly green and white.

The wildlife is so rich.

Then we went to see the big resort hotel Melia, it is just like a small community which has all the facilities. That's why the tourists don't need to leave the hotel.

Path with palm trees leading to the swimming pool.

Charming greenery and flowers.

All are European tourists.

A bar beside the beach.

The private beach belongs to the hotel. If you want to stay on the beach, you need to pay around 60Euro for a day.


Boats on the sea.

Though I don't like the idea of private beach, the hotel is really beautiful, comfortable and charming. But with such a high entrance fee, it is not a beach for me.

Then we went to see another hotel, though it is much cheap, you still need to spend at least around 16Euro, plus 4 Euro entrance fee.

There were much less tourists here. So I like this beach more.

Fabulous view.



As we all had got sunburn quite a lot from many days of sun and beaches already, so we didn't spend our days in any of these beaches. But it was really a pleasant day to see all the heaven-like scenery.