Our anticipation of Trinidad, the town with World Heritage status, was huge after everything we had seen and heard from friends. So we planned four nights to explore the town and the surrounding area at leisure. The colourful streets offered beautiful motifs with people and classic cars.
Plaza Mayor in the morning, Playa Ancón in the afternoon
At sunrise we were out in the streets around the Plaza Mayor, at the Palacio de Cantero, the Plaza Carrillo and the Plaza de Santa Ana. After just a few hours, though, our joy was dampened: the tourist crowds flooded the centre. Luckily we had the rental car and in the afternoon drove to the beautiful beaches of Playa Ancón and Playa María Aguilar. In the evening we had a super tasty meal at the restaurant 1514 on the Plaza Mayor – a tip for every visit to Trinidad.
The night Fidel died
That night Fidel Castro died, and nine days of national mourning followed: no music, no alcohol. That evening Trinidad’s streets were still full of life; afterwards they seemed deserted. More on that in the next posts.
A green door numbered 138 and a blue arched door – Trinidad in colour.A dark double door and a stone cross on a yellow façade.A church in the morning light and blue barred windows near the Plaza Mayor.A turquoise door between two barred windows in a yellow wall.Rubble stone set into a yellow wall.A man with a bicycle in front of the tower and a classic car with a dog.A palm garden with a white statue on the Plaza Mayor, the yellow tower behind.A truck and a horse cart in the cobbled lane.The church on the Plaza Mayor in side light, a bicycle by the steps.Schoolchildren on the left, a horse cart on the right – in front of the church on the Plaza Mayor.A red classic car by the white fence in front of a yellow house.Bel Air by the mirror and a green classic car in the lane.A tail fin in white and turquoise.A blue pickup in the lane, a woman in red walking past.Colourful houses and people on the steps at the street corner.A weathered yellow house, a man on the cobblestones.A narrow lane with blue and pink walls, a classic car at the end.A man with his white horse in the cobbled lane.Three wooden crosses on stone plinths between the houses.A blue door with a white grille and the house number 778.The grille of a silver classic car, a red one right behind.A red window grille with a red curtain on a pale wall.A vegetable stall behind the blue door and a woman in the lane.A red car and a horse cart in front of the ruined church on the Plaza de Santa Ana.The bell tower with its cross on the ruin of Santa Ana.Chrysler in chrome above the number plate.A peeling red wall with faded lettering and a barred window.People on a colourful street and a painted corner house with a bicycle.Two women at the window of a green shop, bread and an umbrella.A man in a straw hat and white suit on the green bench.Four men at a yellow door, one laughing in a Chicago shirt.A red-and-white classic car in front of a yellow house.A guitarist in a white hat and checked shirt.A blue classic car at the kerb, two men behind the bumper.Cuba – a mural on a blue wall.Bead necklaces, wooden beads and a cigar.Postcards with portraits of Che Guevara on a stand.Across tiled roofs and palms of Trinidad to the sea.Through an archway of the Palacio de Cantero over the town.Four people in aprons taking a break on the steps.A courtyard with laundry, tiled roofs and a woman at a pot.The door of a blue Bel Air and turquoise water at Playa Ancón.Evening light over fields, palms and mountains near Trinidad.A lane at night, someone beneath the lantern – the night Fidel Castro died.A church tower glows at the end of the dark lane.
