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Cayo Coco. Eternal paradise
Nowadays, on the Cuban tourist map, this promising region is known as Jardines del Rey, the original name given (around 1514) by Diego Velázquez to this string of islets of remarkable unspoiled beauty that belong to the Sabana-Camagüey archipelago, the largest of the four that surround the island of Cuba.
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Cayo Coco, which has a solid hotel infrastructure, has 22 kilometres of beaches with fine sand and crystal clear turquoise waters, located in a practically virgin environment, where the forests and other vegetation cover around 90% of its territory. It also has several inland lagoons, the ideal habitat for different species of fauna, and two interesting interpretative walks: Loma del Puerto dune and Las Dolinas.
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Diving
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Along with its over 30 kilometres of virgin beaches and the unique charm offered to diving lovers by the marine beds, which are protected by the second largest coral reef in the world (only surpassed by the Australian reef), this young tourist destination also offers a high level of scenery and environmental factors and well-conserved tropical ecosystems, to become a proposal capable of seducing the most demanding holidaymakers
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At the moment only two of its best plots are being used: Cayo Coco and Cayo Guillermo. Bathed by the waters of the Old Bahama Channel, the first of these covers an area of 370 km2, making it the third largest by extension on Cuban insular territory, and it is linked with solid ground by a road over the sea (stone fill) that crosses the Bay of Perros covering 17 kilometres. An aerodrome capable of receiving small and medium-sized aircraft will operate until the end of this year, when an international airport will be opened in the area of Casasa, on the western end of the island.
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