Geography
It limits to the west with Pinar del Río, to the north with the Strait of La Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, to the south with the Gulf of Batabanó and to the east with the province of Havana and the Mayabeque Province.
The territory of the province comprises mostly flat areas belonging to the southern karst plain. From east to west, the province is crossed by the Sierra del Rosario, the most important western mountain range in the country with the maximum elevation of the Pan de Guajaibón (699 m) at its western end.
It has three excellent bag bays on the north coast (Bahía Honda, Cabañas and Mariel), all with port facilities. The north coast is fundamentally rocky while the south is low with wide mangrove extensions and swampy areas. The relief of plains predominates, standing out the Plain of Havana-Matanzas. Read more...
Its hydrography is characterized by short rivers and low flow, highlighting the Los Colorados and San Juan rivers. The largest river is San Cristóbal, 62 km long.
The Sierra del Rosario
Most of this mountainous massif is located in the central-western end of the province, it is, without a doubt, the most important tourist destination in Artemis and a nature destination par excellence, although historical and cultural values of great interest are also present, mainly in coffee plantation ruins from the 18th and 19th centuries.
It has a total extension of 250.70 km2 of mountainous geography and exuberant nature, it was the first Biosphere Reserve in Cuba, declared this way by UNESCO in 1985. It occupies the eastern half of the Cordillera de Guaniguanico and has the main elevations throughout the western part of the island (maximum 692 m above sea level), as well as beautiful valleys and crystalline rivers that invite you to bathe in them and where a rare species in Cuba lives, the water lizard.Its beautiful landscapes are the scene of two tourist destinations of national importance: Soroa and Las Terrazas, separated from each other by around 20 km and linked by a paved road, passable all year.
There the natural and cultural attractions are harmoniously combined, being the town of Las Terrazas the place where you can best see a sustainable interaction between man and nature in Cuba.