Greater Antilles Countries

Havana Cathedral (Catedral de San Cristobal) (Photo: tropicalcubanholiday.com)
Havana Cathedral (Catedral de San Cristobal) (Photo: tropicalcubanholiday.com)
El Capitolio, Havana (Photo: vickyflipfloptravels.com)
El Capitolio, Havana (Photo: vickyflipfloptravels.com)
El Malecón (Photo: americanstraveltocuba.com)
El Malecón (Photo: americanstraveltocuba.com)

Cuba

Regions:

1. Havana

      • Havana (national capital)
        1. Habana Vieja/Old Havana (a World Heritage Site): (1) El Capitolio, (2) Catedral de San Cristobal, (3) Paseo del Prado, (4) Museo de la Revolución, and (5) Gran Teatro de La Habana
        2. El Malecón seafront boulevard
        3. Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro
        4. Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabana
        5. Plaza de la Revolución/José Martí Memorial
        6. Playas del Este

2. Western Cuba

      • Viñales Valley (a World Heritage Site)

3. Central Cuba

      • Valle de los Ingenios/Valley of the Sugar Mills (a World Heritage Site)
      • Trinidad (a World Heritage Site)
      • Cienfuegos (a World Heritage Site)
      • Camagüey (a World Heritage Site)

4. Eastern Cuba

      • First Coffee Plantations in the Southeast of Cuba (a World Heritage Site)
      • Alejandro de Humboldt National Park (a World Heritage Site)
      • Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca (a World Heritage Site) – near Santiago de Cuba
      • Desembarco del Granma National Park (a World Heritage Site)

Devon House, Kingston - former home of the Caribbean's first black millionaire, George Stiebel (Photo: tourofjamaica.com)
Devon House, Kingston – former home of the Caribbean’s first black millionaire, George Stiebel (Photo: tourofjamaica.com)
Irie Blue Hole, Island Gully Falls, Ocho Rios
Irie Blue Hole, Island Gully Falls, Ocho Rios (Photo: islandroutes.com)
Negril (Photo: trasformativa.com)
Negril (Photo: trasformativa.com)

Jamaica

      • Kingston (national capital)
      • Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (a World Heritage Site)
      • Irie Blue Hole, Island Gully Falls, Ocho Rios
      • Negril
      • Montego Bay

Bahamas

Note: The Bahamas are part of the Lucayan Archipelago, not part of the Greater Antilles, but they are included here for organizational convenience.

1. Little Bahama Bank Islands

      • Grand Bahama – Freeport and Lucayan National Park
      • Abacos – Abaco National Park, Fowl Cays National Park, and Walker’s Cay National Park

2. Great Bahama Bank Islands

      • New Providence Island – Nassau (national capital) and Bonefish Pond National Park
      • Bimini Islands – Bimini Biological Field Station Shark Lab and Bimini Road/Bimini Wall
      • Andros – Blue Holes National Park and West Side National Park

3. Exuma Sound Islands

      • Exumas – Pig Beach and Moriah Harbour Cay National Park
      • Cat Island – Arthur’s Town and New Bight
      • San Salvador – Possible first landing site of Christopher Columbus in the New World
      • Conception Island – Conception Island National Park

 4. Crooked Island Passage Islands

      • Long Island – Dean’s Blue Hole
      • Crooked Island – Hope Great House
      • Acklins Island – Ancient Lucayan people sites

 5. Mayaguana Passage Islands

      • Great Inagua – Inagua National Park
      • Little Inagua – Little Inagua National Park
      • Mayaguana – Abraham’s Bay

Zona Colonial of Santo Domingo
Zona Colonial of Santo Domingo (Photo: http://wyattsailing.blogspot.com)

Dominican Republic

      • Santo Domingo (national capital) – Zona Colonial (a World Heritage Site)
      • Eastern National Park
      • Samaná Peninsula
      • Punta Cana

Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince (Photo: travelreadings.org)

Haiti

      • Port-au-Prince (national capital)
      • Citadelle Laferrière (a World Heritage Site)

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