Guardalavaca

Guardalavaca is a city within the Holguin Province of Cuba. It is a traveller vicinity because of its white sandy beaches and warm waters."Guardalavaca" literally way "shield the cow" in Spanish. There are several accounts as to how this name may have originated; one model continues that Guardalavaca is a malapropism for its authentic name Guardalabarca, meaning "shield the deliver".

The place was as soon as heavily targeted through sea pirates, and Bahia de Naranjo1 near the town of Guardalavaca is a secluded shallow bay linked to the open sea by way of a slender inlet, which made it a proper secure haven to shield ships in opposition to pirates. On the other hand, the call may also have originated from pirates going after the farm animals grazing inside the place. As pirates had been spotted, the nearby farmers would therefore shout, "Guardalavaca" - protect the cow. The Cuban government has tried on several activities to exchange the name of the vicinity as they deem it not to be very attractive; they have got up to now been unsuccessful.