La Gran Piedra: 1234 meters above sea level
Among the clouds, going to La Gran Piedra
Among the clouds, going to La Gran Piedra
Among the clouds, going to La Gran Piedra
Among the clouds, going to La Gran Piedra
In the lookout point. An uncommon landscape in Cuba
Uncommon landscape in Cuba
Uncommon landscape in Cuba
Ascending to La Gran Piedra
Last stairs
arriving to the summit
Trail
Trail
Meteorological radar, among the clouds
Meteorological radar, clear day
Flora of the area
Trail
The guardian of La Gran Piedra!
Fern in the wall of a cabin
Flora of the area
Yellow butterfly flower
Artisans of the area
Cabin for lodging
Cabins for lodging
Flowers of the area
Landscape view from La Gran Piedra
Landscape view from La Gran Piedra
Landscape view from La Gran Piedra
Landscape view from La Gran Piedra
Landscape view from La Gran Piedra
Landscape view from La Gran Piedra
Landscape view from La Gran Piedra
Trail to La Isabelica
Trail to La Isabelica
View of La Isabelica from La Gran Piedra
Arriving to La Isabelica
Archaeological landscape
Arriving to La Isabelica
La Isabelica and its coffee dryers
Mature coffee, in la Isabelica coffee plantation
Flora of the area
Ferns
Ferns
"Cordillera de la Gran Piedra", a branch of the Sierra Maestra, is a 30 Km-long barrier separating the Caribbean coast from the central valley. It ends in a gigantic rock 1234 m above sea level.
This place does not only have a refreshingly cool microclimate, it also boasts an incredibly unique historical heritage based on the legacy of some 60 or more coffee plantations set up by French farmers in the latter part of the XVIII century. On the run from a bloody slave rebellion in Haití in 1791, the enterprising Gallic immigrants overcame arduous living conditions and difficult terrain to turn Cuba into the world's number-one coffee producer by the early XIX century. Their workmanship and ingenuity has been preserved for posterity in a UNESCO World Heritage site that is centered on "Cafetal La Isabelica".
