Las Terrazas

Las Terrazas is in Pinar del Rio, Western Cuba.

Understand
The rural village is located in a mountain range build around a creek. As such the few roads are on separate levels and are therefore probably the origin of the name. At the bottom of a village is a beautiful lake, surrounded by forest, reed and meadow, while the upper part of the village is dominated by Plattenbauten erected by the government to improve availability of housing.

The village is in easy day-trip distance from Havana, that’s why esp. on weekends and public holidays the village gets crowded with Cubans enjoying the lake and the booze. On these days the calm spirit gets lost and loud and drunk people may dominate the impression.

Get in


A collectivo from Havana is likely US$15 per person (the taxi will continue with other passengers to Viñales) unless there’s at least four people going to Las Terrazas in which case it may be cheaper.

Get around
The town is easy to walk on foot. It's a good 1km to the bus station though.

Budget
There’s two restaurants catering mainly to Cubans:

Sleep
Las Terrazas is a small village only and as such accommodation options are extremely limited, i.e. there’s only one hotel in the village. There is not one official casa particular and while very a few people do rent out their house to foreigners, don't count on the availability of this and note that staying in non-official accommodation is illegal in Cuba.

There may be camping with bungalow options at the northern lake, but these probably also only cater to Cubans.



Connect
There’s no ETECSA office and in general no internet available.

Go next

 * Soroa
 * Viñales