Baracoa Getting there & around

Getting there & away

The closest train station is in Guantánamo, 150km southwest.

Land

Bus

The national bus station(4-3670; cnr Av Los Mártires & José Martí) has Astro (4-3670) buses to Santiago de Cuba and Habana on alternate days. For some odd reason, the bus to Guantánamo is only for people connecting there with trains. Tickets in Convertibles are sold from 8am to 4pm.

Víazul (www.viazul.com) buses leave for Guantánamo (CUC$10, three hours), continuing to Santiago de Cuba (CUC$16, five hours) daily at 2:15pm. Bus tickets can be reserved in advance through Cubatur(4-5306; Calle Martí No 181) for a CUC$5 commission.

The intermunicipal bus station(cnr Galano & Calixto García), has two or three trucks a day to Moa (90 minutes, 78km, departures from 6am) and Guantánamo (four hours, 150km, departures from 2am). Prices are a few Cuban pesos. If you can't find a truck right to Guantánamo, take anything as far as San Antonio del Sur, where you'll find onward trucks.

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Air

Cubana (4-5374; Calle Martí No 181; 8am-noon; 2-4pm Mon-Fri) has two weekly flights from Habana to Baracoa (CUC$135 one way, Thursday and Sunday). There is also a Sunday- only flight from Santiago (CUC$32, 30 minutes).

Be aware that the planes and buses out of Baracoa are sometimes fully booked, so don't come here on a tight schedule without outbound reservations.

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