Playas del Este Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus & taxi

Private blue buses (five pesos) from Gloria and Agramonte, near Habana's Estacíon Central de Férrocarriles (Central Station), will bring you to Guanabo, though they don't pass through Santa María del Mar.

Bus 400 to Guanabo leaves every hour or so from Taya Piedra, a park two blocks east of Cristina Station in Habana. Going the other way, it stops all along Av 5, but it's best to catch it as far east as possible. Bus 405 runs between Guanabacoa and Guanabo.

A tourist taxi from Playas del Este to Habana will cost around CUC$20.

Train

One of the best ways to get to Guanabo is on the Hershey Train which leaves five times a day from either Casablanca train station in Habana or from Matanzas. The train will drop you at Guanabo station (little more than a hut in a field) approximately 2km from the far east end of Guanabo. It's a pleasant walk along a quiet road to the beaches.

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