Casa del Campesino

Las Terrazas


Of the ranchónes (rustic, open-sided restaurants) dotted around, this one adjacent to the Hacienda Unión, about 3.5km west of the Hotel Moka access road, is a visitor favorite. The only proviso: you'd better like rice and beans.


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Nearby Las Terrazas attractions

1. Hacienda Unión

0.07 MILES

About 3.5km west of the Hotel Moka access road, the Hacienda Unión is a partially reconstructed coffee-estate ruin that features a country-style…

2. La Plaza

1.58 MILES

In the middle of Las Terrazas village at the top of a large knoll, this mini-mall encompasses a cinema, a cafe, a library and a small ecomuseum that gives…

3. Galería de Lester Campa

1.66 MILES

Several well-known Cuban artists are based at Las Terrazas, including Lester Campa, whose work has been exhibited internationally. Pop into his lakeside…

4. San Pedro & Santa Catalina

1.67 MILES

These ruins of a 19th-century coffee estate are down a branch road at La Cañada del Infierno (Trail to Hell), midway between the Hotel Moka access road…

5. Casa-Museo Polo Montañez

1.68 MILES

The former lakeside house of local musician Polo Montañez, regarded as one of Cuba’s finest-ever folk singers, is now a small museum containing various…

6. Cafetal Buenavista

3.03 MILES

The most moving ruins in Las Terrazas are about 1.5km up the hill from the Puerta las Delicias eastern gate, and accessible by road. Cafetal Buenavista is…

7. Finca Excelencia

3.8 MILES

Fitting right into the ecological rainbow of Soroa is this private farm where you can relax, learn about medicinal plants and even partake in a day of…

8. Orquideario Soroa

4.19 MILES

Tumbling down a landscaped hillside garden next door to Hotel & Villas Soroa is this labor of love built in the late 1940s by Spanish lawyer Tomás Felipe…