Hotels - Rancho San Vicente

About  Rancho San Vicente

A unique hotel set in a woodland haven & overlooked by picturesque mountains, Rancho San Vicente will provide a peaceful retreat for anyone who enjoys getting back to nature.

Hotel Rancho San Vicente is a short distance from the Vinales Valley & its historic springs, with a bus stop conveniently right outside. A range of excursions can be booked from the hotel, with the horse riding, Vinales tour & mineral baths not to be missed. Nature lovers will enjoy the woods & Sierra de los Órganos Mountains, while there is a fabulous free nightly display as bats fly out from the cave across the road.

Rancho San Vicente is all about peaceful relaxation in an area famed for holistic treatment of ailments such as arthritis, so probably won’t suit visitors expecting to party. Guest cabins are dotted through the lush, colourful woods around the central bar & restaurant, with an intimate pool area that is great for unwinding. 

Food & drink at Rancho San Vicente hotel is generally okay, though there are two outstanding private restaurants, known as paladars, across the road which are inexpensive & provide sumptuous dishes. The hotel also provides evening entertainment for guests, though the music generally doesn’t impinge on those preferring to enjoy the tranquillity of the area.
Rancho San Vicente is a relatively basic hotel located in a beautiful place that is ideal for exploring the Vinales Valley, particularly suitable for nature lovers & those seeking a peaceful, relaxing break.

Extremo norte de la calle Salvador Cisneros, Valle de Viñales, Pinar del Río

Jardín Botanico de las Hermanas Caridad y Carmen Miranda

This slightly oddball, 100-year-old garden surrounds a farmhouse on the northern edge of town. It was started by a man, whose daughters both lived here into their nineties and created an idiosyncratic world for themselves. Billows of bougainvillea blossoms, flowering shrubs, and fruit trees are populated by dolls and toys, mostly threadbare now and even a little macabre in places. It's not terribly tidy but it is interesting, with chickens clucking around and gardeners at work. After a stroll through the shady garden, you can sit on wicker chairs and sample some fruits. The house is full of antique furniture and photos, which a grand-niece of the sisters will happily show you. 

Valle de Viñales, Pinar del Río

Vinales National Park

Viñales National Park declared Cultural Landscape and World Heritage by UNESCO because of the way its natural features have been integrated with the activities that the valley’s farmers have engaged in over the centuries. Their impressive mogotes (tall, rounded, flat-topped heights with vertical sides) stand in sharp contrast to the red-soil plains at their bases. This area contains the oldest rocks in the country, and many fossils of marine reptiles, mollusks and fish from the Jurassic Period have been found here.

Valle de Viñales, Pinar del Río

Mural of Prehistory

Across the massive rock face of Mogote Dos Hermanas, Diego Rivera disciple Leovigildo González (or the 25 farmers he directed) painted this immense—200 x 300 meters (660 x 990 feet)—luridly colored mural of prehistoric men and creatures, between 1959 and 1962. In this Mural, Cuban artists have portrayed pre-historical moments of the territory, where archeologists and some other researchers have found evidences of the geological development along millions of years. As part of the comfortable environment amidst the countryside it boasts an assorted cafeteria and a restaurant, plus the charming camping Dos Hermanas. 

Camino a San Vicente, Valle de Viñales, Pinar del Río

Cueva del Indio (Cave of the Indian)

Cave of the Indian is crossed by the San Juan River (navigable). Visitors enter the cave through a narrow opening and follow a well-beaten, dimly lighted stone trail for 255 meters (842 feet), narrowing and widening until you reach a high-ceilinged grotto and an underground river. You board a boat here for a short cruise (300 meters [990 feet]) past illuminated stalagmites. The boat takes you out of the cave through a narrow, vine-draped opening in the rock. 

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