Cuba Guide
Cienfuegos and Villa Clara
City transport
Finding your way around Cienfuegos couldn't be easier as the entire city is mapped out on a spacious grid system. Roads running north– south are known as calles and have odd numbers, while those running east– west are even-numbered avenidas. Almost everything of interest is located not far from the city's main road, the Prado (officially known as the Paseo del Prado or Calle 37), either in Pueblo Nuevo, the northern main town area, or in Punta Gorda, the city's southern section, jutting out towards the coast. If you stick to the area between the Prado and Parque José Martí, then you can conceivably get around exclusively on foot.
If you do decide to venture beyond this area, there are buses and horse-drawn carriages operating up and down the Prado all day. You shouldn't have to wait long for the latter which are supposed to take you anywhere along the line for a peso, but are as likely to ask for a convertible peso. Apart from the occasional bus from the station down to the beach at Playa Rancho Luna, travelling further afield, even within the city, means calling for a taxi – Turistaxi ( 
43/55-1172 & 55-1700) have cars hanging around the Jagua hotel car park. At the foot of Calle 25 in Pueblo Nuevo is the waiting area for the ferry across the bay to the Castillo de Jagua.