Introducing Nueva Gerona

Flanked by the Sierra de las Casas to the west and the Sierra de Caballos to the east, Nueva Gerona is a small, unhurried town that hugs the left bank of the Río las Casas, the island's only large river. It's a little-visited, cheap and incredibly friendly place with a cracking entertainment scene, and you could easily find that you're the only foreign face around.