{"id":3591,"date":"2017-07-16T10:15:16","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T10:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=3591"},"modified":"2017-07-16T12:16:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T12:16:47","slug":"more-of-matanzas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=3591","title":{"rendered":"More of Matanzas."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cuevas de Bellamar.<\/p>\n<p>Cuba\u2019s oldest tourist attraction, according to local propaganda, lies 5km southeast of Matanzas and is 300,000 years old. There are 2500m of caves here, discovered in 1861 by a Chinese workman in the employ of Don Manuel Santos Parga. A 45-minute Cuevas de Bellamar visit leaves almost hourly starting at 9:30am. The caves on show include a vast 12m stalagmite and an underground stream; cave walls glitter eerily with crystals.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a you tube video about <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kK4fvCNqn54\">The Caves of Bellamar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Museo Farmace\u00fatico.<\/p>\n<p>Museo Farmace\u00fatico, on the park\u2019s south side, is one of the city\u2019s showcase sights. Founded in 1882 by the Triolett family, the antique pharmacy was the first of its type in Latin America. The fine displays include all the odd bottles, instruments and suchlike used in the trade.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Cuevas_de_Bellamar_5978412291.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3593\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Cuevas_de_Bellamar_5978412291.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"6039\" height=\"4000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Cuevas_de_Bellamar_5978412291.jpg 6039w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Cuevas_de_Bellamar_5978412291-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Cuevas_de_Bellamar_5978412291-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Cuevas_de_Bellamar_5978412291-1024x678.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6039px) 100vw, 6039px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/mapa-cuevas-de-bellamar.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3594\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/mapa-cuevas-de-bellamar.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/mapa-cuevas-de-bellamar.jpeg 1440w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/mapa-cuevas-de-bellamar-300x165.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/mapa-cuevas-de-bellamar-768x423.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/mapa-cuevas-de-bellamar-1024x565.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4253-e1499619070670.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3573\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4253-e1499619070670.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4253-e1499619070670.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4253-e1499619070670-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4253-e1499619070670-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4250-e1499618991215.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3572\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4250-e1499618991215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4250-e1499618991215.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4250-e1499618991215-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4250-e1499618991215-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4247.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3569\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4247.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4247.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4247-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4247-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4247-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4245-e1499618107925.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3567\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4245-e1499618107925.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4245-e1499618107925.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4245-e1499618107925-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4245-e1499618107925-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4240.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3562\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4240.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4240-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4240-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4240-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4238-e1499619034567.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3561\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4238-e1499619034567.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4238-e1499619034567.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4238-e1499619034567-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4238-e1499619034567-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4202-e1499617673251.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3530\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4202-e1499617673251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4202-e1499617673251.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4202-e1499617673251-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4202-e1499617673251-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4215.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3541\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4215.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4215-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4215-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4215-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4213-e1499617865119.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3539\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4213-e1499617865119.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4213-e1499617865119.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4213-e1499617865119-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4213-e1499617865119-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4212-e1499617805776.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3538\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4212-e1499617805776.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4212-e1499617805776.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4212-e1499617805776-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4212-e1499617805776-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4209.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3536\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4209.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4209-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4209-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4209-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4207-e1499618063793.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3534\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4207-e1499618063793.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4207-e1499618063793.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4207-e1499618063793-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4207-e1499618063793-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4205-e1499617748849.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3532\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4205-e1499617748849.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4205-e1499617748849.jpg 2448w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4205-e1499617748849-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_4205-e1499617748849-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next stage: Havana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuevas de Bellamar. Cuba\u2019s oldest tourist attraction, according to local propaganda, lies 5km southeast of Matanzas and is 300,000 years old. There are 2500m of caves here, discovered in 1861 by a Chinese workman in the employ of Don Manuel &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=3591\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[160],"class_list":["post-3591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cuba","tag-matanzas"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3591"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3598,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3591\/revisions\/3598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}