• Cienfuegos – Cuba

    Known as the “Pearl of the South,” Cienfuegos is a vibrant city located on the island of Cuba’s southern coast. A jewel of French neoclassical architecture, this city of half a million people shines brightly against the azure backdrop of the Caribbean Sea. Its European influence is impossible to miss, but Cienfuegos is distinctively Cuban in its heart. Founded by French settlers in 1819, Cienfuegos boasts an orderly and well-planned layout, diverging from the chaotic charm of Havana and other older Cuban cities. It is a city of wide, straight boulevards and spacious plazas, with architectural flourishes inspired by Parisian elegance and grandeur. The cityscape is punctuated with magnificent palaces,…