Ambrosio Cave

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Ambrosio Cave

Perhaps the area's most important archaeological site, the Ambrosio Cave contains drawings that date back two millennia, and is a curious attraction for those not threatened by its murky insides (inhabited by dozens of bats and various eerie cavernous creatures).

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address1.5 km East Of Camino de Las Antillas, Varadero

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