Museo Girón

Isabelle (Fance)

We visited the Museo de Playa Girón, which explains the battle Playa Girón. The display signs and video clearly and simply explain this Cuban history episode An interesting small museum.

Informative if you know Spanish

We really lucked out and managed to tag along with another group who had an English speaking guide who really, really new his stuff. If he hadn't been there I think I would have struggled to get much...

An essential Cuban visit - but not much English translation!

This is must-see visit for any aficionados of Cuban history and the struggle of the Cuban revolutionaries to establish themselves after the fall of Batista. A CIA sponsored invasion of Cuban exiles, o...

Pigs-bay battle museum a historical must see

Very interesting place to visit, with a bit of knowledge of Spanish or French you can actually read and understand all texts. Nothing is in English. There is a small cinema which shows a really intere...

Brush up on your spanish beforehand

As such the museum is a good walkthrough the period before and during the invasion of Playa Giron. It is less propaganda then you'd think, so that was nice to not have a too one sided picture. But ...