Ciego de Avila province is an agricultural paradise with its rich soil and plentiful water yielding enviable crops of citrus fruits, bananas and pineapples. Its traditions and culture are influenced by Spanish, Haitian and Jamaican immigrants.

Offshore, the tiny islands and keys of Jardines del Rey (the King's Gardens) constitute a tourist treasure. They are immortalized in Ernest Hemingway's novel, Islands in the Stream.

Cayo Guillermo and Cayo Coco (named after the white ibis, coco) ar covered by thickets of mangroves, palms, other forestation and gorgeous beaches.