Cuba by region

Cubans divide the island into three: Occidente (the west), Centro and Oriente (the east). Start with a region, drop into a province, then a place — each one opens on the interactive map. Every count below is live from the atlas.

Western Cuba · Occidente Central Cuba · Centro Eastern Cuba · Oriente

Western Cuba · Occidente

6 provinces · 565 destinations · 14,681 mapped places

The capital region and the island's most-visited coast: Havana, the Viñales tobacco valleys, Varadero's beaches and the Zapata wetlands.

Pinar del Río

143 destinations · 1,871 mapped places

Artemisa

77 destinations · 1,165 mapped places

La Habana

120 destinations · 8,920 mapped places

Mayabeque

51 destinations · 659 mapped places

Matanzas

115 destinations · 1,704 mapped places

Isla de la Juventud

59 destinations · 362 mapped places

Central Cuba · Centro

5 provinces · 612 destinations · 9,989 mapped places

Cuba's colonial and sugar heartland: UNESCO Trinidad, the city of Che in Santa Clara, the northern cays of Jardines del Rey and Camagüey's maze of plazas.

Cienfuegos

97 destinations · 1,845 mapped places

Villa Clara

212 destinations · 2,377 mapped places

Sancti Spíritus

81 destinations · 2,077 mapped places

Ciego de Ávila

95 destinations · 1,008 mapped places

Camagüey

127 destinations · 2,682 mapped places

Eastern Cuba · Oriente

5 provinces · 485 destinations · 7,807 mapped places

The mountainous, musical east: Santiago de Cuba, the Sierra Maestra, Holguín's beaches and the far-eastern outpost of Baracoa.

Las Tunas

40 destinations · 1,491 mapped places

Holguín

100 destinations · 2,304 mapped places

Granma

112 destinations · 1,307 mapped places

Santiago de Cuba

71 destinations · 1,593 mapped places

Guantánamo

162 destinations · 1,112 mapped places

Regions are the traditional Occidente / Centro / Oriente grouping; provinces are Cuba’s official administrative divisions. Place counts are live from OpenStreetMap (ODbL) and the atlas record.