Trinidad is a small city surrounded by green hills in the province of Sancti Spíritus, which like Old Havana, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was founded in 1514 by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar under the name Villa De la Santísima Trinidad and is one of the best preserved cities in the Caribbean from the time when the sugar trade was the main industry in the region. In the nearby Valle de los Ingenios (Valley of the Sugarmills) vast sugar cane plantations can be visited, which at one time produced one third of the country's sugar.
There is a laid-back feel to Trinidad. The pastel coloured colonial houses, cobbled streets and palm trees lend it a real Caribbean flavour.
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