Baracoa, oldest colonial city in the Americas. Long isolated from the rest of Cuba by the mountains surrounding it Baracoa still resists the frenzy of many touristic towns. Although you'd never know that if arriving by bus. The throng of card waving casa particular boosters at the bus depot can be un-nerving. However we soon found ourselves enamoured of the little town with its quiet hum of bicycle wheels, lush palm forests and friendly inhabitants.