la isabelica museum

According to my information, even though there have been many coffee plantations around this area, only Villa Isabelica remains , even though it has been hit by the hurricane Sandy pretty badly and now is in the process of renovation. One more house remains, but that has been turned into the Botanic Garden. As for the plantation, it's worth paying 2 CUC per person to enter and we have not been charged for taking pictures. A museum worker accompanied us for our visit and gave us a lovely tour in Spanish, during which we learned the history of the house, the process of growing and preparing coffee, life of slaves on plantations as well as some info on the family that lived in the house. It was finished by a lovely cup of fresh roast down the gravel road at the visitors centre. Really worth the visit, we enjoyed ourselves.

Museo La Isabelica, Carretera de la Gran Piedra Km 14, an early 19th century coffee plantation that once was the property of french immigrants from Haiti. House is a stone mansion and is recognized by UNESCO as a master work of cultural heritage in 2003.Entrance fee is 2 pesos, 5 pesos for taking pictures ( quite steep) and the road that takes you there from La Gran Piedra base to the Museo if pretty rough but worth the trip.Beautifully layed out where you can see where the beans are grown, then dried, roasted and grounded. Highly recommended.

Es un museo con guias espectaculares que nos dejan inmersos en su historia. Localizado en la Sierra Maestra nos brinda un paisaje de la Historia y costumbres cubanas que no acercan las vivencias de las personas que alli vivieron