Trinidad, Cuba Travel Blogs

The third cuban instalment...
Jan 22, 2007 (37 photos)

... not only the food but the hospitality and unreserved friendliness of almost everyone associated with them. Lobster it up... Trinidad is beautiful. Purely aesthetically speaking, moreso than anywhere else we've visited in Cuba. In the centro historico, ...

Feliz in Cuba
Jan 27, 2007 (10 photos)

... to Jorge (the father of Odalis, our hostess) who says some jibes I can't translate but I'm pretty sure I get the gist of. Trinidad has a reputation for good, accessible music, so we have lots of choices. At Jorge's recommendation, we head up the to the ...

Mas Tranquilo
Jan 26, 2007 (6 photos)

... dates from the 1870s, and shares the high ceilings, tile roofs and elaborate plaster door arches of most casas in Trinidad. All these lovely places with their lush inner courtyards lie hidden behind mostly non-descript housefronts that hug the sidewalks. ...

Farewell, Trinidad
Jan 30, 2007 (5 photos)

... that entices. The music of the island might be a result of that movement, not its cause. The perfect ending to our time in Trinidad comes at the bus stop. Jorge helps lug our bags the 10-minute walk to the station. Even with me loaded up with bags, the ...

Rain
Jan 28, 2007 (7 photos)

... the two carry out with hand gestures) with one of the maids from the beach hotel, on her way home. We finally arrive in Trinidad, after stopping at various tiny communities, but where in town are we? Bici-taxis hover, locals offer opinions, but no one ...

Valle de los Ingenos & Peninsula de Ancon
May 5, 2008 (5 photos)

... valley and the peninsula which was totally worth the stop.  That took us half the day, and then we headed back to Trinidad. We ate lunch at one of the only good state restaurants in Trinidad, the Trinidad Colonial. The food was quite good and the ...

Slow train coming
Jan 29, 2007 (10 photos)

... it's really spanked into the next calle. We chat with some kids about Canadian and Cuban weather until the light recedes up the street, then march home for our last dinner in Trinidad. Our coolest night in Cuba, we actually put blankets on the bed.

To the south
Jan 25, 2007 (4 photos)

... ;-- concrete buildings without any walls, standing like dinosaurs along the way. The foothills of the mountains which effectively left Trinidad marooned for much of the last century roll their green lovely way up from the south. It's a dramatic final ...

Will I ever leave Trinidad?
Sep 1, 2006 (11 photos)

What a relief to leave Varadero far, far behind. Having roughly 2hrs sleep under my belt, I staggered to the bus station, jumped on, and then entered "silent tourist mode". You see, as soon as you speak on a bus filled with tourists.. someone's gonna want ...

Dancing in Trinidad
Jun 8, 2009 (96 photos)

... Trinidad, we shall continue. After arriving back, we took a drive up to Topes de Collantes which was in the mountains above Trinidad. There was a massive edifice which had been built by the former president Batista in two stages. He started it in 1937 and ...

Rossīs first long bus ride
May 3, 2008 (1 photos)

Today is Rossīs first long-ass bus-ride.  Itīs six hours from Havana to Trinidad!  We started our day with coffee at the Plaza Vieja after breakfast at our casa.  The plaza is undergoing a major renovation, and it looks like it might end ...

Trinidad
May 4, 2008 (6 photos)

We started our day off a bit later after our night out with Kara and Leigh.  We had breakfast at the casa which consisted of fresh mango juice, papaya and eggs.  We took a leisurely stroll through the plaza and ran into lots of touts who were ...

Tell me it's not true!
Sep 4, 2006 (2 photos)

The whole of Trinidad is in mourning. The world is now a different place, worse for the loss of a great man - our mate, Steve "The Crocodile Hunter" Irwin. It was hard to fight back the tears, but I somehow managed. Others weren't so reserved and just let ...

Trinidad
Oct 29, 2006 (2 photos)

hello, We moved on to Trinidad on the west side of Cuba to soak in the Carribean sea for a week. The buses in Cuba aren`t the best and the drivers do all sorts of personal stuff along the way, but it`s all good !. We stayed in an all inclusive resort ...

Colonial Trinidad & Cayo Coco
May 15, 2009 (8 photos)

Trinidad is another of UNESCO declared heritage sites in Cuba.  The whole town still carries the colonial feel, with brightly coloured buildings and cobbled streets.   ...

Salsa, Salsa, Spanish and more Salsa
Nov 19, 2006 (45 photos)

... Simon Spanish lessons msimon@ehttdad.co.cu Yudel Paredes Vazquez Professional dance teacher - Salsa & other cuban rhythms Contact at: Piro Guinart No 113 e/ Frank Pais y Clemente Pereira, 62600, Trinidad S.S. Cuba Tel: (01-419) 2323

Trinidad, Cuba
Jul 24, 2006

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Cuba Libre cont'd
Jul 19, 2009 (5 photos)

... chips as we couldn't stop ourselves once they were in front of us.  The breakfast was also great - mango juice!! Trinidad was a much better looking town.  The oldest section of it was cobblestoned streets and cars weren't allowed to drive up ...

A day in Cuba Trinidad
Mar 6, 2008

Ok here is a typical day in Trinidad, Cuba. - Woke up at 4am by a rooster outside my window. - Perfect Beach Weather  -Walked down the street to pay a different third price for the same amount of bread purchased over the same amount of days. ...

Trinidad
Sep 26, 2006

Salsa, Ciggars, Ron... what else do you need?!

carnival...or something like that
Jun 25, 2006

... .shutterfly.com After three days in Baracoa, I was back on the bus - this time for the 18 hour trip back to Trinidad - aah! I decided to return because the town was having their annual carnival that weekend which I was very excited to see. I ...

Trinidad
Dec 1, 2004 (5 photos)

... can simply "take over" a communist country. they have to adapt and slowly learn how to cope, and not just be overrun by new values and concerns. on a lighter note, cuba also has no americans--which makes for a very pleasant atmosphere for travels.

Trinidad and the casa culture
Aug 18, 2007

... 35C and just walking down the road made us feel we were about to melt. We were on our way to Trinidad, on the southern coast of Cuba and would return to Havana the following week to meet our friends Fahreen & Shafiq from England who were coming to Cuba ...

Horses, Horses
Jul 24, 2007 (197 photos)

... is where they make their cash!) we had to move around a bit but not too far and all nice.     The first day n trinidad we went to the beach and went out on a catamarange (ŋ?) to go snorkeling on the coral reef, it was small but there were a ...

Trinidad
Nov 20, 2006 (15 photos)

... the best place in Trinidad... Gustavo's gaff....  old colonial house, complete with rocking chairs n a lovely patio. Now... Trinidad is a lovely town, with lovely cobbled streets and old colonial buildings. However, and this is a big HOWEVER, ...

Scuba Libre
Apr 30, 2008 (5 photos)

And so to the town of Trinidad or more properly pronounced ( I think) Hrinida -  Hrinida is in Coowa according to our guide, Gloria, but then he is from Costa Rica... so who knows. Anyway, what a town, our favorite to date. Photo, Mojito and Salsa& ...

Cienfuegos & Trinadad
Aug 21, 2007 (10 photos)

... have so it can be difficult if the guests are going to other houses. Anyway we were very happy with everything and Trinidad is really picturesque. There's an excellent music hall, called the Casas de la Musica, where they have live samba music every night ...

Feliz Navidad
Dec 25, 2005

... particulars than in restaurants). For 9us we were eating a three course bonanza complete with huge grilled lobster tail each. Trinidad is actually quite touristy, but in some sense you dont really notice the tourists so much because they usually return ...

AA bade i Det Karibiske Hav!
Mar 28, 2006 (10 photos)

Trinidad er en kolonialsk by soer i Cuba... MM

Trinidad
Jun 12, 2006 (15 photos)

Anyway, after two ok-ish weeks (Havana was a bit disappointing really) I hopped on a bus to Trinidad, a very sweet little town about 6 hours away. I picked one of the casa owners who launched themselves upon us as we disembarked and found a room for the ...