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Cuba Vacations: Havana Checklist

The Caribbean's largest and most lively city has a dreamy atmosphere. Habaneros love their home and it is not hard to see why. Over 500 years of roller-coaster history have created one of Latin America's most unique cities. The warm blue ocean is juxtaposed with sparkling colonial palaces, a wild nightlife, and small ration shops. A large part of Havana's appeal lies in the abstract, rather than the conventional. Habana has given the world steaks made from grapefruit skin, salsa and mambo, Club rum and Cohiba cigars, mural painting and Che Guevara iconography. Habana has mesmerizing powers that will quickly draw you in. Make sure you check all of these boxes off on your Cuba vacation.

See the Capitolio Nacional, the former seat of the Cuban government and one of the highlights of Havana's rich architectural heritage

Listen to the hundreds of singers and musicians performing in Plaza de la Catedral

Watch a movie at Cine La Rampa, even if you can't understand much of what is going on, the passionate audience will break out in raucous laughter, booing, and hissing

Eat ice cream at the famous Coppelia Ice Cream parlor

Drink delicious mojitos, daiquiris, and Cuba Libre cocktails at the fabulous neoclassical Inglaterra Hotel in Parque Central (if you really love rum go to the Museum of Havana Club Rum)

Meet the locals who are joyful and entertaining and can provide really interesting company

Enjoy beautiful art at the Cuban National Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Ceramics, Museum of Natural History, or Museum of colonial Art

Learn about the history of Cuba after you drop your preconceived notions and come away a little more knowledgeable than you arrived

Don't forget there is more to Havana than the old town, explore the outskirts and don't miss the Playas del Este

Buy an endless array of books and posters to take home at one of the many unofficial stands on Plaza Vieja

Dance the night away at one of Cuba's famous nightlife locales or go to a cabaret club in La Habana Vieja

About the Author

This checklist for your vacation in Havana, Cuba was written by a Cuba travel expert at Cuba For Less available to help you custom design your exciting Cuba vacations.

should i go to study to cuba?

so ok people this is the dilemma, i am about to graduate from college on my political science major which i found very boring but is the one that i have to take if i wanna jump to law school later on....on the other side a very good family friend gave me the opportunity to go to study art in Cuba for a year in order to become an actress ...later on if i like it i can still studying in new york city ....but i don't know what to do ...should i go to cuba ? on the other hand my husband is going to have to stay here since he is a doctor and he is gonna start his residency by then .....i don't know what to do im very confused and exited about this .....my courses in cuba will start september 2010 and this family member is a very good friend of the director of many plays in a very well known Spanish THEATRE called el repertorio espanol in
NYC...what should i do ?
thank you guys

please help me here
i am not an american

If you are an American, there may be restrictions on you traveling to Cuba. I'd check that out before making any commitments.

Callejon de Hamel (Cuba): Afro Cuban Traditions - Indianapolis Museum of Art

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