Not many regions in Cuba have the natural beauty of Pinar del Río.

Blessed by nature, it treasures two of the six World Biosphere Reserves in the island. The charm of its flora and fauna is the main attraction of the province, so much so that it defines the characteristics of the tourism there: the land of the best tobacco in the world.

Pinar del Río is a very interesting destination, for those who find in the contact with nature a good reason to travel.

To get to know Pinar del Río there’s nothing better than an excursion and visits to its most beautiful sceneries: Viñales Valley, declared World Cultural Landscape by UNESCO; Las Terrazas tourist complex ; Soroa, with its orchid center and the lovely waterfall; the ruins of the French coffee plantations of the 19th century, the Laguna Grande dam, suit for fishing; the Santo Tomás Cave system, 45 km long; María La Gorda International diving center, in the World Reserve of Guanahacabibes, and the northern keys of Levisa, Paraíso and Jutía.

Pinar del Río is located at the west end of the country. Two of its multiple attributes would be enough to call the attention of visitors who have just arrived in the island: El Valle de Viñales (Valley of Viñales), Cultural Landscape of Mankind; and the fact that the lands of Vueltabajo produce the best tobacco of the world.

This mountainous region and Sierra de los Órganos constitute the extensive Cordillera de Guaniguanico, which concentrates the most notable landscape and biological richness of the region. Pan de Guajaibón (699 meters above sea level) is the highest mountain of all the western region of the largest of the Antilles.

The natural charms of Pinar del Río are also particularly notable in the Sierra del Rosario Reserve of the Biosphere, where you will see the orchid plantation of Soroa, the most important one in the country with 750 varieties; and the touristic resort of Las Terrazas, which constitutes with its high landscape value the first experience of sustainable tourism developed in rural areas of the country.

The Roncalli lighthouse in El Cabo de San Antonio, virtually located at the entrance of the Peninsula de Yucatán; fishing and hunting sites; and a renown beach resort with mineral-medicinal waters in San Diego de los Baños; represent more possibilities for enjoyment in Pinar del Río. In this province all visitors feel the urge to meet the extensive plantations of the best tobacco in the world and taste a unique liqueur produced here in an artistic way: Guayabita del Pinar.