In his book En marcha con Fidel, Antonio Núñez Jiménez
describes Playa Girón's beauty like a shell open to the blue Caribbean Sea and
he also refers to the coral reef that breaks the waves in a white sea foam.
In those initial visits together with the Comandante
Fidel, appeared the idea of construct a tourist village there and a breakwater
made out of concrete to protect the artificial sandy grounds that would be
transferred to that coast, where the beach would have a freshwater space within
the salty one.
On July 27th, 1961, the Tourist Village Playa Girón was inaugurated,
presided by Fidel.
The jetty, illuminated with streetlamps and with benches
by its sides was suited the purposes of the community and the visitors. It
allowed them to have a good very near the waves.
But time, the climate and men sometimes conjure their
destructive forces to ravage the beautiful. On November 4, 2001 the hurricane
Michelle crossed Ciénaga de Zapata with rage.
Nevertheless, the colossal work shows its majesty.
Children and seagulls got together in the capture of fish and the old
breakwater, now fractured, keeps on doing facing the sea and snatching its
fury. / Arnaldo Mirabal - Girón.






