Cuban Beaches, Keys, Marinas & Diving

The first data obtained about Punta del Este, located at south-eastern of Isla de la Juventud were taken in 1903 by Charles Berchona French geographer, but until 1922 first real archaeological information aren’t obtained with Fernando Ortiz’s visit to the cave, confirming it was the rests of a pre-Columbian temple

Playa Tortugas is an extension, like Playa Los Cocos, of Playa Blanca. Playa Tortuga has as its chief attraction the fact of being a place chosen by hundreds of chelonians to spawn within its peaceful sands.

Playa Blanca is seven-kilometres-long so is the largest beach in the islet , with big crags bordering the sea creating retired coves, which give the illusion of being in a totally uninhabited island

Lindamar is another gift for sea lovers: small, friendly and private. It has the peculiarity of being located in a zone where the shore is shaped like a shell and is surrounded by white boulders.

Playa Los Cocos is, like Playa Tortuga, an extension of Playa Blanca. Los Cocos is the longest one and has many tiny coves.

The road south from Cayo Piedra leads directly to Playa Larga, a real stunner of a beach.

Is at 1 Km. further east, a turn off opposite Presidio Modelo

This beach is at 5 KM. east of Nueva Gerona

This beach is farther west from the lighthouse of Punta Rincón del Guanal, midway to Cocodrilo.

Bibijagua beach, 6 km from Nueva Gerona, is famous for its black sands. These owe their color to the eroding effects of the sea on the marble rocks which are plentiful on the island.