Walking Cuba: El Camino del Cimarron

Day 3: Remedios

Remedios has quite a reputation to uphold as I walk into town. I know that now, in 2016, after many years of presenting its case, the city is officially recognized to be among the eight oldest settlements on the island. That is a victory, of sorts, but many historians consider it to be the second or third settlement established by the Spaniards as they felt their way around the coast looking for adequate harbors.

There is sound evidence to suggest that by 1578 the town of San Juan de los Remedios already existed…