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- Havana
- Capital
- Cuban Peso (CUP)
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- 11,184,023
- Population
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Havana Slideshow
Havana
Travel Blogs from Havana, Cuba
Day 1 - Havana
After breakfast in the hotel restaurant, i went for a stroll around Habana Vieja (the old town) where I saw lots of colourful and grand buildings. I went up to the top of an eight story building where you could look out over the square and the rest of ...
Revolution
Today i was planning on going on a walking tour, but it started pouring out of no where so I headed to the Museum of the Revolution. It was in the former presidential palace, three stories tall with white marble interior, large rooms, and lots of ...
The Final Cuban Days
... (you’ve got to remember we were 30,000ft up. It all looked stunning and raised the expectations. First impressions of Havana are that this country is an extra-ordinary island of austerity, beauty and decay. Thankfully the roads are not that busy ...
Cigars, music & rum
... to see which ones we like the best.. Off to bed now, cigar factory tour and sampling tomorrow. Well it's out last day in Havana, what a crazy, amazing place. Friday was a little cloudy but still hot so we decided to do the hotel tour. The Nacional is a ...
De biquíni no Museu da Revolução
... sufocante -- e olha que é "inverno"-- e não me sinto mais capaz de sobreviver sem um mergulhinho no mar do Caribe. Havana, como Santiago, não é louvada por suas praias, incapazes de competir com Varadero, Cayo Coco e outros balneários famosos. Mas ...
Nov 10, 2003
Cuba
... we travelled through. On our first night we were introduced to insainity of a duel currency and the extremities of value and expence in Cuba. A cab ride cost from the airport 35 CUC (Cuba convertible Pesos), for 1 CUC you can buy 24 Pesos Cubano, for 10 ...
BUS TOUR AND LONG WALK
Take a double-decker bus tour of Centro Havana and walk the 5 kms of the seaside Malecon road. Have a fantastic seafood paella dinner.......almost as good as mine. ...
Arriving in Havana
We went from Tokyo to Havana via Toronto, Canada, and my mother flew there from Sao Paulo via ...
Cuba
... -42), because when you fly them it feels like you´re on a roller coaster and you want to YAK! I am spending 6 days here --- 3 in Havana and 3 in the beach resort of Varadero. So far it is exactly what I expected --- a country that is very much stuck in ...
De charrete em Habana Vieja
... 'a eu olho através das janelas e vejo o movimento de uma vida normal num conjunto arquitetônico deslumbrante. O sol está quase caindo e Havana já é um dos meus lugares preferidos no planeta. Endereço: Hotel Saint John's, Calle O e/ 23 y 25, Vedado- ...
Cuba
Cuba was great, the weather was perfect and the water was amazing. This is certainly one place that I will go again, and next time will be with Levent - he will love to go diving ...
26 de Julio: victoria de las ideas 01
... considered as the kick off of the revolution). Outside the hotel, on the next corner is the nicest place in Havana, the place of the cathedral: a large paved area with completely renovated colonial buildings made of stone, blue ...
26 de Julio: victoria de las ideas 02
... here. A beer / fresh orange juice and a special Cuban burger later (no more choice on the menu), we felt a bit better and ready for more walk in the streets of old havana, and may be a little escape to central havana (more living part of the ...
Eggs on the blackmarket...
... the Cuban’s don’t have a problem with the American’s, the US has a problem with Cuba! Back to the story… we land in Havana (pronounced Habana) with no bed to sleep in! Sean searches the arrivals lounge for a tourist information ...
Where else
... lounge with two balconies and a three piece suite, all for 20 pounds a night. Sitting in Hotel Inglaterra appropriately enough sipping Cuba Libres and jotting down these thoughts. Where else in the world: Can you travel for 3 weeks and not see a Coke ...
Fun in Havana
... 's nephew when requested in the morning. And the view included the old section of town, the fort and the entrance to the Havana harbour. We decided to take in the Museo de la Revolucion since it was highlighted in the Lonely Planet and we were ...
From the Air
On a Buenos Aires bookstore the previous year I had gotten a great travel guide to Havana, written by a Cuban historian and wonderfully illustrated. I devoured the guide prior to the trip and learned that the 19th century extension of Havana had been ...
WHEN YOU PARTY WITH CASTRO MAKE SURE YOU BRING THE
... if they or it change your life forever. In my case it was slamming rum pool-side at Fidel Castro’s house in Havana Cuba with 600 new friends during Semester at Sea in 2002.” We had just endured/experienced an eight hour dissertation on ...
Ah Vinales
... , mango, pineapple (yes, pineapple), omelette, coffee and fresh juice. Finished off with bread and local honey. Just arrived back in Havana for last three nights and had some barbeque chicken and a beer. the chicken was served with all sorts of salad and, ...
La Habana
... La Bodeguita del Medio. Unfortunately most of the museums were closed on 1 & 2 Jan!!..so we didnt get to visit the Havana Club factory. We did however consume our fair share of mojitos, daiquiris and cubatas. We also managed to fit in a trip ...
Hjemme hos Fidel
... at vi fikk se og oppleve denne byen mens Castro fremdeles puster). Vi fikk oppleve alt det vi forbinder med Havana - amerikanske biler, manana manana steminingen som en godt innarbeidet leveregel, musikanter på hver cafe og restaurant, salsadansing ...