Localization
The Mirador del Valle is on the road to Sancti Spiritus, about 2 km from the outskirts of the city of Trinidad.
Opening Hours
every day 08:00 - 18:00
The Farms In the Valley
In the valley, there are 73 sites of archaeological importance, including the 13 haciendas. A hacienda, a word derived from Spanish “hacer” (=to make from), is an estate of considerable size in Spanish-speaking countries or regions. Haciendas were plantations, including animals or orchards, mines, or factories, while many of these haciendas were combining these activities. All colonial haciendas were owned almost exclusively by Spaniards or the Creole people. The haciendas in Valle de los Ingenios typically consisted of a sugar mill, a dwelling house ornately built for the time, the barracks where slaves lived, and a watchtower built to watch over the slaves.
When you will visit some of the haciendas in the valley, besides the ornately built dwelling houses, you will see also boiler houses, purging houses, warehouses, water wells, cisterns, infirmaries, slave cemeteries, and all kind of industrial equipment that were used in the sugar production in the 18th to 19th centuries, among other facilities.
In fact, the Valle de los Ingenios was a center for sugar production from the late 18th century until the late 19th century with established 70 sugar mills, of which only 13 remained to day. Among these restored haciendas are Manaca-Iznaga, Buena Vista, Delicias, Guáimaro, Magua, San Isidro, Santa Elena, Guachinango, San Pedro, La Pastora, Guinía de Soto, Algaba and Abanico.
Currently, a conservation plan is developed in this territory. The Valle de los Ingenios can be considered an eco-cultural system where monuments, nature and society interact, which makes it an objective of high artistic value.
MIRADOR DEL VALLE
The Mirador del Valle is on the road to Sancti Spiritus, about 2 km from the outskirts of the city of Trinidad. Located on a hill called Loma del Puerto, this lookout is an excellent place from where you can have an unparalleled viewsof the Valle de los Ingenios and its natural properties.
There you can also taste delicious dishes and refreshing drinks.
In addition to some great views of the surroundings, here you can go on a canopy or zip-line circuit, which is also very cheap. There are four zip-line sections that allow you to complete a circuit of just over a kilometer.
In the valley, there are 73 sites of archaeological importance, including the 13 haciendas. A hacienda, a word derived from Spanish “hacer” (=to make from), is an estate of considerable size in Spanish-speaking countries or regions. Haciendas were plantations, including animals or orchards, mines, or factories, while many of these haciendas were combining these activities. All colonial haciendas were owned almost exclusively by Spaniards or the Creole people. The haciendas in Valle de los Ingenios typically consisted of a sugar mill, a dwelling house ornately built for the time, the barracks where slaves lived, and a watchtower built to watch over the slaves.
When you will visit some of the haciendas in the valley, besides the ornately built dwelling houses, you will see also boiler houses, purging houses, warehouses, water wells, cisterns, infirmaries, slave cemeteries, and all kind of industrial equipment that were used in the sugar production in the 18th to 19th centuries, among other facilities.
In fact, the Valle de los Ingenios was a center for sugar production from the late 18th century until the late 19th century with established 70 sugar mills, of which only 13 remained to day. Among these restored haciendas are Manaca-Iznaga, Buena Vista, Delicias, Guáimaro, Magua, San Isidro, Santa Elena, Guachinango, San Pedro, La Pastora, Guinía de Soto, Algaba and Abanico.
Currently, a conservation plan is developed in this territory. The Valle de los Ingenios can be considered an eco-cultural system where monuments, nature and society interact, which makes it an objective of high artistic value.
MIRADOR DEL VALLE
The Mirador del Valle is on the road to Sancti Spiritus, about 2 km from the outskirts of the city of Trinidad. Located on a hill called Loma del Puerto, this lookout is an excellent place from where you can have an unparalleled viewsof the Valle de los Ingenios and its natural properties.
There you can also taste delicious dishes and refreshing drinks.
In addition to some great views of the surroundings, here you can go on a canopy or zip-line circuit, which is also very cheap. There are four zip-line sections that allow you to complete a circuit of just over a kilometer.