National Park Gran Piedra stretches northeast from the city of Santiago de Cuba. The unique beauty of the plains and the mountains and exotic lush tropical vegetation, the beautiful azure sea and blessed the mild climate attracts travelers and tourists from all corners of the earth.

The park - 3357 acres, and his name he is obliged to huge rock weighing about 65 tons. Rock Gran Piedra joined the country's highest mountain range in the Sierra Maestra. The debate about the origins of this giant boulder go so far. Geologists did not realize there was a rock from Gran Piedra, which means "big stone". Its parameters are the height of 25 m, 51 m length and 30 m width. According to the Guinness Book, which entered the rock, the world's third largest natural monolith.

The Gran Piedra can be climbing and perform amazing hiking. Among these visitors tour the most popular and tested them on a daily basis, but for the rise and taken a small fee. Climbing the rock also can not be called easy - it is 452 degrees, which are located around the mountain. But efforts are not in vain. From the top of the Gran Piedra offers an amazing, one of the most majestic species in Cuba. On a clear day you can see the islands of Haiti and Jamaica.

National Park Gran Piedra impress you not only for its majestic giant, but the exuberance of the tropics, the abundance of all living creatures. Here you can find exotic birds kartakubas, tokororo, Sparrowhawk. Flora Park has 222 species of ferns and 352 species of orchids. Cypress, pine, eucalyptus, fruit and peach trees, apple trees - all these trees grow everywhere, and fruitful seasons, you can taste the delicious fruit.

Nearby is the tourist center of the same name, an observatory, flower farm, and numerous abandoned coffee plantations.