Top Things to do in Santa Clara
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The 7 Best Things to do Good for Big Groups in Santa Clara, Villa Clara Province
Discover the best top things to do in Santa Clara, Cuba including Mausoleo del Che Guevara, Club Mejunje, Teatro La Caridad, Statue of Che Guevara Holding a Child, NaturArte, Parque Leoncio Vidal, Monumento a la Toma del Tren Blindado.
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1. Mausoleo del Che Guevara
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3,132 reviews
Reviewed By caitrionaonatrip
Set a little bit outside Santa Clara, the Ché monument is very striking. There is a garden a little behind it honouring fallen revolutionary comrades. The mausoleum underneath the statue is very peaceful, and the small museum about Ché has some really interesting photos of him, and his upbringing.
2. Club Mejunje
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 139 reviews
Reviewed By Clachangirl - Skipton, United Kingdom
Our tour guide Dianaleis recommended we come to El Mejunje after our dinner to enjoy this vibrant place. I said to her - are you sure? We are a fifty/sixty something straight couple- won’t we look out of place? She said ‘not at all’ and she was right. We didn’t want to wait for the show at 10pm so came round to the bar area. Pulled up 2 chairs and drank great Cuba Libre’s at the bar. The club was opened I believe in 1984 and it’s the LGBT place in Santa Clara. Staff made us so welcome. It was a great place to sit and people watch with great music playing in the background. There’s an entrance fee to go see the nightly show (which is understandable) and it’s free to go in the other side where there is a bar and seating. If you are in Santa Clara just go! It’s not far from the main square and it’s a great atmosphere.
3. Teatro La Caridad
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 237 reviews
Reviewed By Jasmine38Chichester - Chichester, United Kingdom
This was an excellent 30 min visit for 1 CUC each. What a bargain as included a guide! Worth a visit as beautiful inside with lots of history.
4. Statue of Che Guevara Holding a Child
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 354 reviews
Reviewed By Coastal04032532652 - Ilchester, United Kingdom
And, values that are still held in Cuba today. The intricate details to be found all over the statue mirror the life-story of this very clever man who was killed fighting for his beliefs. Far more moving and iconic than the very large statue at the mausoleum.
5. NaturArte
6. Parque Leoncio Vidal
7. Monumento a la Toma del Tren Blindado
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1,043 reviews
This boxcar museum, east on Independencia just over the river, marks the spot where 18 men under the command of Che Guevara, equipped with rifles and grenades, captured a 22-car armored train containing 350 heavily armed Batista troops. Amazingly, this battle, which took place on December 29, 1958, only lasted 90 minutes. The bulldozer that the guerrillas used to cut the railway line is on a pedestal nearby.
Reviewed By dianedinky
Maybe it depends what tour company you are with but I had no experience of being stopped from entering any of the carriage museums. We arrived, our guide showed the group coupon, and we were free to enter and stroll around as we liked. The sculpture is certainly unusual and worth a picture. They also have the bulldozer and crowbar from the attack (masterminded by Guevara). Each carriage is a mini-museum with old photos and artefacts and one of the few places I visited in Cuba that had English as well as the Spanish text so was easy to go around on your own. A couple of nice souvenir shops across the road too.
