I was very glad that Baracoa was my last stop in Cuba. Although it was Cuba's first Spanish settlement - some say in 1511, some 1512 - and even used to be the capital from 1518 to 1522, until today it's totally secluded and cut off from the rest of the island by a mountain range with only one road.
View of Baracoa and the Bahia de Miel, the Honey Bay, from the Hotel El Castillo. |
Wrapping me in its relaxed, homey atmosphere, Baracoa would have spoiled me for the rest of Cuba.
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