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Plaza La Estrella, Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba, 2017[open in full screen]  

 
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Plaza La Estrella, is located in Pueblo La Estrella on Cayo Santa Maria island, between two large resorts and on the walking distance to few more. Developed just few years ago plaza is quite well designed having in mind local architectural tradition.

It is also reachable with double decker bus, connecting pueblo with rest of the 17 resorts in the area.

  It has gravitational pool of some 10.000 people, more than some very important and much more well known towns.

“Pueblo" means village, but in this case it's more like a large shopping and entertainment centre where visitors will find an outdoor handicrafts market, a few boutiques, several restaurants and bars, a discotheque, a bowling house, a spa, a post office, conference rooms, a kids playground and a central plaza with a large gazebo.

  During the hot Cuban days, that is all year round, nearby beach is much more attractive, but after dark it becomes quite busy and alive. Notice on the photo bellow left something very unique to Cuba. Someone is sweeping plaza very carefully, whole square is without any garbage anywhere at any time.

Once a week there is so called “festival’ with live music and dancing on the square.

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