Santiago de Cuba, a city of heroes and heroines, bohemians, the sweetest fruits of the country, cradle of bolero and son, poets, hills and streets that revolt for freedom, "the city of highest palm trees" the world's most coveted rum, the oldest house in Latin America, land of coffee, the most mentioned carnivals of the nation, the French Tomb, del Cobre Virgin of Charity and maroons .

Santiago de Cuba city is a place that is impossible not to love, where converges history and culture in a singular way.

Here was born the melodrama thanks to the local Felix B. Caignet, a nowadays so desired gender by the Latin American audience and makes broadcasters across the continent collect millions each year.
Likewise, the bolero and the son music came at onsite on its bars perhaps, or facing a window inspired by a santiaguera, the fact is that these musical genres transcended time and popularity.
José María Heredia, author of the Hymn of the Exile so studied by the Cubans it was born in this region also. José Martí said of him: “Heredia born where highest palm trees in Cuba are. In the Indefatigable Santiago"
Here born transcendental loves like Vilma Espin and Raul Castro, Frank Pais and América Dominitro, Elvira Cape and Emilio Bacardi, the one of Victor Constanstan and the mulatto Maria Isabel, love that gives its name to the coffee farm La Isabelica, heritage preserved until today.
These forged lands men and women of a unique courage , rebellious against injustice and tyranny. Names do not let me lie when I recall Mariana Grajales who urged his sons to battle, or the Maceo’s of courage that resonated in the enemy as Antonio, with "so strongly in mind as the arm or Jose” the lion of the East. “Or the brothers Frank and Josué País García, who exposed their lives in secrecy struggles and many more who gave their lives for their ideals and youth.
El Cobre was one of the first places where blacks revolted and for the first time in Cuba was assessed the freedom for the people from this region.
In every corner of Santiago de Cuba there is a story, a name that left its mark. This city, besides Havana, has a Morro Castle, built to defend the city from pirate attacks, thelong-standing house in Latin America and which preserves the historic atmosphere of the XIX century, the niche of the Apostle and of the father of the homeland in Santa Ifigenia Cemetery.
We also retain the Moncada and the Siboney Farm, where the generation of the centenary set a tone in the fight against Batista.
This was made one of the most famous rums in the world, Bacardi rum, a brand that has transcended centuries. According to experts, the secret recipe lies in the santiagueras waters.
The town of El Caney has the sweetest fruits of Cuba, including the famous bizcochuelo mango.
Reasons abound latching hard in this city of love, guitars, drums and history. There was a stone that was not thrown into the enemy or a window that was not open to the guitars. James is my Santiago, is the largest backwater of my loves.