Santa Clara
Where Che Guevara derailed an armoured train and effectively ended the war, and he is buried under the monument on the edge of town. A university city, so the nightlife is real.
Santa Clara in eight slides
Wikipedia · 3 Sep 2026
Things to do in Santa Clara
Where to stay in Santa Clara
Santa Clara in a day, two days, three
- Day 14 stops
- Catedral de Santa Clara de Asís
- Che Guevara Mausoleum
- El Mejunje
- Loma del Capiro
- Day 24 stops
- Parque Vidal
- Teatro La Caridad
- Tren Blindado
- Villa Clara Provincial Museum
Landmarks in Santa Clara
The Che Guevara Mausoleum is a memorial in Santa Clara, Cuba, located in "Plaza Che Guevara". It houses the remains of the revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and 29 fellow combatants killed in 1967 during Guevara's attempt to spur an armed uprising in Bolivia. The full area, which contains a bronze 22-foot statue of Guevara, is referred to as the Ernesto Guevara Sculptural Complex.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 9 Jul 2026
Man-ucommons · CC BY-SA 3.0
El Mejunje, also known as El Mejunje de Silverio after the surname of its founder and director, Ramón Silverio, is a Cuban LGBT cultural center and space located in the city of Santa Clara. It lies on the central Calle Marta Abreu, near the corner with Calle Juan Bruno Zayas, close to the Parque Vidal and La Caridad Theatre, next to the Saint Claire of Assisi Cathedral.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 4 Mar 2026
Dэя-Бøяg · CC BY-SA 4.0
Loma del Capiro is a group of three small peaks located in the city of Santa Clara, Cuba.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 3 Mar 2026
Lezumbalaberenjena at English Wikipedia · Public domain
Parque Vidal is a park located in the center of Santa Clara, Cuba, covering an entire square block of the city. Due to its surrounding architecture, combining eclectic neo-classical and colonial-style buildings, as well as the large number of historic monuments dating from different historical periods, the park was designated as a National Monument in a ceremony in 1998.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 15 Feb 2025
User:Lezumbalaberenjena · Public domain
Teatro de La Caridad or Teatro La Caridad, located in Santa Clara, is one of the few remaining colonial theatres in Cuba. It is a National Monument of Cuba.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 31 Aug 2026
Lezumbalaberenjena at en.wikipedia · Public domain
The Tren Blindado is a national monument, memorial park, and museum of the Cuban Revolution, located in the city of Santa Clara, Cuba. It was created by the Cuban sculptor José Delarra on the site of and in memory of the capture of an armoured train on 29 December 1958, during the Battle of Santa Clara.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 13 Aug 2026
Dэя-Бøяg · CC BY-SA 4.0
Villa Clara is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is located in the central region of the island bordering on the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Matanzas Province to the west, Sancti Spiritus Province to the east, and Cienfuegos Province to the South. Villa Clara shares with Cienfuegos and Sancti Spiritus on the south the Escambray Mountain Range.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 18 Aug 2026
CubanoBoi · CC0
The Che Guevara Mausoleum is a memorial in Santa Clara, Cuba, located in "Plaza Che Guevara". It houses the remains of the revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and 29 fellow combatants killed in 1967 during Guevara's attempt to spur an armed uprising in Bolivia. The full area, which contains a bronze 22-foot statue of Guevara, is referred to as the Ernesto Guevara Sculptural Complex.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 9 Jul 2026
Man-ucommons · CC BY-SA 3.0
El Mejunje, also known as El Mejunje de Silverio after the surname of its founder and director, Ramón Silverio, is a Cuban LGBT cultural center and space located in the city of Santa Clara. It lies on the central Calle Marta Abreu, near the corner with Calle Juan Bruno Zayas, close to the Parque Vidal and La Caridad Theatre, next to the Saint Claire of Assisi Cathedral.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 4 Mar 2026
Dэя-Бøяg · CC BY-SA 4.0
Loma del Capiro is a group of three small peaks located in the city of Santa Clara, Cuba.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 3 Mar 2026
Lezumbalaberenjena at English Wikipedia · Public domain
Parque Vidal is a park located in the center of Santa Clara, Cuba, covering an entire square block of the city. Due to its surrounding architecture, combining eclectic neo-classical and colonial-style buildings, as well as the large number of historic monuments dating from different historical periods, the park was designated as a National Monument in a ceremony in 1998.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 15 Feb 2025
User:Lezumbalaberenjena · Public domain
Teatro de La Caridad or Teatro La Caridad, located in Santa Clara, is one of the few remaining colonial theatres in Cuba. It is a National Monument of Cuba.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 31 Aug 2026
Lezumbalaberenjena at en.wikipedia · Public domain