Introducing Northern Matanzas

Home to Cuba's largest resort area (Varadero) and one of its biggest ports (Matanzas), the northern coastline is also the province's main population center and a hub for industry and commerce. Despite this, however, the over-riding feel is distinctly green, and most of the region is undulating farmland – think a cross between the North American Prairie and the UK's Norfolk Broads – occasionally rupturing into lush, dramatic valleys like the Valle del Yumurí.