To get to Jibacoa resorts, you fly into the same airport, Juan Gomez International Airport, as you would do to get to Varadero. But when you leave the airport and get to the Via Blanca, the road connecting Varadero and Havana, you turn west instead of east.
Times from Juan Gomez Airport to Jibacoa and to Varadero
Matanzas
To get to Jibacoa you will pass through the city of Mantanzas. The map below is zoomed in to the area around the mouth of the Yumuri River. The Matanzas photos below were all taken in this area. If you zoom out you can see where the mouth of the Yumuri River is relative to the rest of Matanzas.
Bridge - Calle 272 - Yumuri River
Bridge - Calle 272 - Rio Yumuri
Boat docked along Rio Yumuri
Bridge - Rio Yumuri
Bacunayagua Bridge
You will also go over the Puente de Bacunayagua, Cuba's longest(314m) and highest(103m) bridge. The bridge connects the Cuban provinces of Mayabeque and Matanzas. It is considered one of the seven wonders of Cuban civil engineering.
Built between 1956 and 1959, it is 18 km west of the city of Matanzas, on the Vía Blanca. It is on the boundary between the provinces of Mayabeque and Matanzas.
Bacunayagua Bridge
Mirador de Bacunayagua
