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Valle de la Prehistoria

TIME : 2016/2/18 9:34:04

One of the oddest in a plethora of odd attractions in Parque Bacanao is this Cuban Jurassic Park cast in stone that serendipitously materializes beside the meandering coastal road. Giant Apatosauruses mix with concrete cavemen and women, seemingly oblivious to the fact that 57 million years separated the two species' colonization of planet Earth.

You can take in the full 11 hectares of this surreal kitsch park with its 200 life-size concrete dinosaurs built by inmates from a nearby prison. The Museo de Historia Natural is also here, but something of an anticlimax after the surrealism of the prehistoric beasts.

There's a basic Freddie Flinstone–style cafe onsite.