Cayo Paredon, Camaguey | The most complete tourist guide!

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Cayo Paredon Grande (a.k.a. Cayo Paredon) is a tiny island of only 8.7 km2. The islands nearby are Cayo Romano (770 km2), Cayo Coco (370 km2) and Cayo Guillermo (13 km2). These islands are located in the King's Gardens archipelago (Jardines del Rey in Spanish), which itself belong to a larger archipelago called Sabana-Camaguey. This little paradise is located north of the largest island of the archipelago, Cayo Romano, in the province of Camagüey in Cuba. Cayo Romano is not one island, but a group a many small islands gathered under the same name.

Playa Los Pinos, Playa del Norte and Playa Los Lirios are the names of the beautiful beaches of fine white sand with turquoise waters in the Atlantic Ocean. The beaches are located on the North side of the island. The south and west sector are composed of mangroves and lagoons.

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On CAYO COCO :
Location of all Hotels
Location of Attractions, Activities and Services
On CAYO GUILLERMO :
Location of all Hotels
Location of Attractions, Activities and Services
On CAYO PAREDON :
Location of all Hotels
Location of Attractions, Activities and Services
On CAYO CRUZ :
Location of all Hotels
Location of Attractions, Activities and Services

Aerial video tour of the cayos of Jardines del Rey (The location of everything!)
See here where all Plazas Gaviota (shopping & enternaiment centers) can be found in the Jardines del Rey tourist hub.

In the summer of 2021, massive beach restoration works were carried out in Playa del Norte, where the majority of the new hotels are located. Tens of thousands of cubic meters of offshore sand have been pumped onto the beach creating a beautiful, more stable and much wider beach.

Faro Paredon is the name of the lighthouse located in the north sector of the island. It also named Faro Diego Velazquez, the first to explore these islands off Cuba's north coast in 1514. At a height of 40 meters (130 feet), its construction began in 1857 and ended in 1859, the year of the inauguration is exactly 100 years before the victory of the modern Cuban revolution. This lighthouse is still in use.

There is a small commercial center named Plaza Faro Paredon located near the lighthouse.

We were fortunate to visit the lighthouse in spring 2014 and the local guide, William, explained to us its history and its operation. We made a YouTube video of the Faro Paredon. The view on the top floor is just beautiful. Do not forget your mosquito repellent, because they are very greedy in the trail from the parking lot to the lighthouse.

Cayo Paredon is well known for fly fishing. We dedicated a section about fishing in Cayo Paredon. Click HERE to access this page in our website.

To reach Cayo Paredon, there is only one road from the neighboring island of Cayo Coco. You must first take a bridge that divides Ciego de Avila and Camaguey, then two smaller bridges to finally arrive on the island of Cayo Paredon, about 30 km away from Cayo Coco (CCC) International airport. These bridges have been fully renovated.

Lighthouse in Cayo Paredon The tourism development in this archipelago of Cuba has been expanding for many years now. It started in the early 90's with the opening of the first hotel in Cayo Guillermo. These islands in the King's Gardens are very beautiful with shallow water and calm seas.

The island of Cayo Coco is connected to the mainland by a causeway « pedraplen » in the sea inaugurated on July 26th, 1988. The airport of Cayo Coco welcomed its first tourists on December 26th, 2002. Before the construction of the airport on the island of Cayo Coco, travelers arrived at the international airport of Ciego de Avila (AVI). From there, they had to take the bus for an hour and half drive to the hotels of Cayo Coco and two hours for Cayo Guillermo.

Cayo Paredon is the new destination in the King's Gardens. The transfer time by bus for the hotels in Cayo Paredon is shorter than for Cayo Guillermo, about 20 minutes. A lot of travellers will be happy to read this!

Our cayoparedon.net website has been online since 2010. It contains thousands of pictures and hundreds of webpages. It’s updated regularly, and we humbly believe that it's the most complete and detailed source of information about this Cuban destination. Having no business relationship (or otherwise) with any hotel chain or the Cuban government, our websites are created simply and solely for the purpose of keeping you informed about this beautiful Caribbean island that we had the chance to visit dozens of times. Enjoy you visit!