Havana Travel Blogs

On my last day I experienced Cuba at its most frustrating.  After eating a delicious Cuban breakfast at our casa and saying our sad goodbyes to Sergio, Miriam, and their daughter, we departed for the airport.  We checked in with the airline and got through customs with no problem.&nbs…

Wicked cars, music, dancing the heat and Fidel, unsurprisingly focused on the Revolution, the centre of gravity. I started in Havana, a booming city, rich with history. The tourist trail is well marked and due to heavy regulation is difficult to avoid. I kicked around the city for a few…

Temprano me llevó Noel a la Plaza de la Revolución...tomé unas fotos, caminé un rato y tomé un cocotaxi hacia la Catedral de La Habana. Pasé a despedirme de Enrique y Marissa, caminé por Prado un rato por el Parque Central y tomé un taxi colectivo hacia Miramar ya que tenía que salir al ae…

We got up late, went down to the town again and wandered about getting lost because we looked at the map. Had great craic trying to find where we were. The best craic though was when we were in one particular shop and we were getting hounded for the 7 millionth time so I started speaking to Rab i…

          Oslo - Havana, this will be a long day.       I have had a dream; se Cuba before Castro dies.  Last autumn I realised I had to hurry when Fidel got health troubles.     I got the opportunity to be part of a group bic…

I was in Havana for about a week. had a great time! Havana was so much more than I imagined. Can't wait to visit Cuba again. I miss riding around in a coco taxi!

Landing in Havana was like visiting a movie set where everything is meant to look old. You could tell it was a police state. From inside the parked plane I watch out the window and airport employees had to be checked with a security wand to simply approach the plane and unload luggage. Another man …

this winter 21 of december i went to cuba on car trip.The trip begging to havana and end to Las bujas...the city i wnet is havana,vinales,las terrazas,guama playa larga, cienfuegos,trinidad,topes de collantes,and cayo las bujas and i forgot santa clara (for the che)

just greeeeeeeeat

I flew to Jamaica for my cousins wedding for a week, but the tourist-ridden streets of Ochio Rios left me desiring for adventure. So I hopped aboard a flight bound for Havana alone with no plan or knowledge of possible punishment by the American government. It turned out to be one of the best trips of my life!

To start, a few things that will be useful for those planning trips to Cuba: [a] make sure you take a GOOD guidebook with you (we used the Lonely Planet guide which had just been published).  While older guidebooks will be somewhat helpful, things seem to change very fast in Cuba and a n…

We decided to take a trip from Varadero to Havana..after all, you simply can't come this far and not see the real Cuba in it's famous capital. So, we boarded a bus that took us via another little area I had looked at in the brochure, which is ridiculously desolate and leafy, so I am glad I chose Va…

Es Cuba...that's all I have to say about that.

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The land of Fidel Castro and cigars