Petrolero San Pascual Oil Tanker
After 70 years it run aground, this ship is considered by inhabitants to be just another one of the islets
Petrolero San Pascual Oil Tanker
© Wildel Mendez
The Petrolero San Pascual Oil Tanker has has spent almost 90 years aground next to Cayo Francés, Cuba, since it was shipwrecked in 1933. It was made with reinforced concrete in San Francisco, 1920, and has become one of the oldest and most curious objects in the area.
It is also well-known by natives as El Pontón. It was used as storage for brushwood, later opening as a surreal hotel-restaurant. Many people consider it to be another of the islets, offering tourists accommodation in its 10 cabins and an enviable location to enjoy the attractions in the area.
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Location:
Northern Cay Group, Villa Clara, Cuba.
Interactive map:
Villa Clara
What to see:
- Hanabanilla Lake
- Santa Clara
- Leoncio Vidal Park
- Loma del Capiro
- Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen Church
- Toma del Tren Blindado Monument
- Ernesto Che Guevara Monument
- Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Buen Viaje Church
- Santa Clara Cathedral
- El Bosque Zoological Garden (Camilo Cienfuegos)
- La Caridad Theater
- Provincial Palace and José Martí Provincial Library
- Iglesia de San Juan Bautista Church and Iglesia del Buen Viaje Church
- Remedios
- Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista Church and Nuestra Señora del Buen Viaje Church
- Rubén M. Villena Theater
- Caibarién
- Northern Cay Group
- El Pedraplén
- Cayo Las Brujas
- Petrolero San Pascual Oil Tanker
- Cayo Santa María
- Delfinario de Cayo Santa María
- Cayo Ensenachos
- Cayo Conuco
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Other nearby destinations:
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