"Royal Hideaway Ensenachos is the only hotel on
this island and it has it's own beaches that can be used
by hotel guests only. It is very secluded and private.
There's no room to build another resort since it is protected
by UNESCO as "Biosphere Reserve".
Call it "Paradise"
or "Heaven on Earth", come see it for yourself
and you won't be disappointed. We are going back again
and again..."
Rafal & Danielle

Jardines
del Rey or the “Cuban Keys” consists
of several tiny islands off Cuba’s Atlantic coast,
about 250 miles (450 km) from Havana. The islands include
Cayo Coco, Cayo Guillermo, Cayo Paredón Grande,
Cayo Romano, Cayo Guajaba, Cayo Sabinal, Cayo Santa
Maria Cayo Ensenachos, and Cayo Cruz.
Mangroves
and everglades, flamingos, sun-bleached sand and turquoise
waters make this little corner of paradise the perfect retreat.
The
islands got their name (”King’s Gardens”)
in 1513 by Spanish conquistadors to honour king Ferdinand
II of Aragon. In the 16th century, they were refuges
for corsairs and pirates. Jacques de Sores is supposed
to have used it as a base of operations for his attacks
of Santiago de Cuba in 1554. In the 19th century, they
were used as a point of entry for illegal slave ships
after the slave trade was officially abolished.
The
beaches are the greatest attraction of this area,
but as the islands are part of Cuba’s northern
coral reef, snorkelling and diving are spectacular.
The islands are immortalized in Ernest Hemingway’s
novel, “Islands in the Stream”. Hemingway
spent a great deal of time camping, fishing and boating
on Cayo Guillermo during World War II. He
is remembered for his double daiquiris, his boat (the
Pilar) and his vivid fishing tales.
These
islands off Cuba’s north coast that are
jointly marketed as Jardines del Rey have gone from
not even registering on the tourist map in the early
1990s to being a major tourism centre.

Distances
from Cayo Ensenachos to other places:
· Las
Brujas 10 Km
· Caibarien 49 Km
· Remedios 61 Km
· Santa Clara: 114 Km
· Cienfuegos: 176 Km
· Trinidad: 197 Km
· Cayo Coco: 217 Km
· Playa Girón: 257 Km
· Camaguey: 267 Km
· Varadero: 291 Km
· La Habana: 385 Km
· Holguín: 476 Km
· Pinar del Río: 547 Km
· Viñales: 574 Km
· Santiago de Cuba: 629 Km
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