With some awesome day trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes good sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to explore everything that Guardalavaca, 18 miles away, has to offer. See the best sights beginning with Guardalavaca Beach, Playa Esmeralda and Dolphinarium of Bahía de Naranjo. Locals will also probably point you in the direction of Gibara, 30 miles away. If you can only find time for one attraction here, make sure it’s Los Bajos Beach. (But we’d also highly recommend Parque Calixto García and Caverna de Panaderos.)