The former residence of Independence War general Máximo Gómez, this stately "country house" sits in a lush, wooded park that has been managed as botanical gardens since 1839. The main house, called the Casa del Verano, opened as a museum in 2022 focusing mainly on Gómez’s deeds in the Independence War of 1895-98.
The grounds are equally sumptuous with 40 bird species, 160 types of tree, and the tiny, colorful polymita snails that are endemic to Cuba. There's also a butterfly enclosure: the first of its type in the country.
