Cuba Celia Sánchez Ride

Enjoy a walking tour in the mountains where coffee, fruit and cocoa are grown. See the City of Santiago de Cuba and ride the coastal road where the Sierra Maestra falls to the sea. The breathtaking vistas will stay with you forever. Walk to La Plata, Fidel’s hideaway camp, high up in the mountains and see where the Granma boat disembarked the rebels to start the armed struggle. You will be amazed that those young men made ashore to rid Cuba of Batista.

Celia Sánchez for whom this tour is named, was the heroine of the revolution. She was a girl from the Sierra Maestra and knew the area well and she was acquainted with the mountain people because she assisted her father in his medical practice serving the poor people who lived up in those high mountains. Not only did the locals know Celia well, they loved her for her kind work helping the people as she worked with her father, who had his practice in the small town of Pilón at the western end of these famous mountains.

In the City of Las Tunas, we will be hosted by a youth cycling team and donate bicycle equipment. Our involvement with this club has produced a number of regional and national champions. These achievements would not be possible without your help. Your support for this group keeps their high school cycling program alive and well.

A visit to eastern Cuba will benefit from learning the history, you will be passing so much of the revolutionary culture on this tour. We suggest reading the book: Nancy Stout, One Day in December: Celia Sánchez and the Cuban Revolution.

Quiet back roads, for the most part, a little city cycling. There are hills and rolling countryside. A reasonable level of fitness is recommended. As through most of Cuba, roads can be rough in places so wider tires (28-35 mm) are recommended.