'Havana was founded in 1519 by the Spanish. By the 17th century, it had become one of the Caribbean's main centres for ship-building. Although it is today a sprawling metropolis of 2 million inhabitants, its old centre retains an interesting mix of Baroque and neoclassical monuments, and a homogeneous ensemble of private houses with arcades, balconies, wrought-iron gates and internal courtyards.'
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‘Music cast into stone’ is the description most accurately applied to Havana’s inviting, lovely 18th Century Baroque cathedral, as written by Alejo...
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Finca Vigía, Hemingway’s white pillared Cuban mansion pokes out of the greenery surrounding it looking old, mildewed and of another great era....
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'Located on the Industria street No. 520, in Old Havana, always had that beautiful colonial building as venue. It is the oldest cigar factory of Cuba...
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This museum building, originally decked out by Tiffany’s Fifth Avenue, was the Cuban Presidential Palace between its construction in 1920 and the...
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'Tropicana the world famous night club, is to Havana as the Moulin Rouge is to Paris.
Cabaret Tropicana is the place to visit, show offers an...
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Whether delicious, smooth Cohibas or iconic Montecristos are your thing, a cigar tour in Cuba will allow you to try as many different Cuban cigars as...
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'Built in the 1950s as part of Jean Forestier's grand city expansion, the complex hosts landmark concerts, foreign theater troupes, La Colmenita...
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The Floridita was Hemingway's favourite Havana venue for eating and drinking. The daiquiri was its speciality, but Hemingway insisted on a stronger...
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