A shopping complex, Cuban-style, with all its engaging foibles and interpretations of commerce. Hit this pink colonial building, spruced up for the city's 500th anniversary, to buy rum or cigars or sit down for an atmospheric coffee.
Galería El Colonial
Camagüey
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