The city of a 100 fires

A hundred fires is the literal translation of Cienfuegos and I was looking forward to the story behind the name.   But it is just the name of a governor of Cuba back when the Spanish were in charge.

This was our first Casa Particulare  (homestay/B&B) and I was a little nervous about what it would be like.   Better than any of our hotels.  Our room had its own private terrace on the roof, and views of the ocean which was on our front door step.   We spent the afternoon seeing the sights of La Punta which consited of an old Moroccan looking house with 2 CUC entry and a free cocktail on the roof and a park at the very end of the point where we watched fishermen from the rotunda,  had a sandwich, and then a cocktail (well I did - a Pina Colada ) and watched the sunset. Dinner was at the Casa where the food was okay and the band was great.

Cienfuegos is famous for its old city so we flagged a bicitaxi in the morning and wandered around through the sights.   An interesting theatre, a cathedral, a museum and the outside of dome nice and slightly delapidated old buildings.  The market street was quite nice and we got a horse and cart taxi home.  The horses can't go on the main roads so we had quite a nice detour through the suburbs.

With some time to spare before our taxi to Trinidad, we stopped in at Villa Largarta.  They had no free tables for lunch, so we sat at the bar with the biggest daiquiri you've ever seen and the ubiquitous complimentary banana chips.  The setting right on the ocean is fabulous and the meals looked very nice.

We enjoyed Cienfuegos but and afternoon and a morning was enough time to see the highlights of the city itself.