Pinar del Rio
About 150 thousand people.
Pinar del Rio is the main city of Cuba's far west, a region famous for tobacco farms and dramatic green hills. It is the gateway to beautiful countryside.
You can visit nearby valleys with giant rounded hills, see how tobacco is grown on farms, and explore cool caves.
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Green hills
Nearby is the Vinales valley, where huge rounded hills called mogotes rise out of green fields. It looks like a picture from a storybook.
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Farms and caves
This region grows famous Cuban tobacco on quiet farms. There are also big caves you can walk and even boat through underground.