Havana is probably the most exciting city in Latin America managing to be both seedy and stylish. In the heart of the legendary and historical centre of Havana, surrounded of numerous famous monuments, shopping areas, night clubs, museums, cafes, the luxurious Hotel NH Parque Central is located. Hotel Parque Central is a luxury five star hotel situated close to famous buildings such as the Asturian Center, the National Museum of Fine Arts, The Capitol and the Garcia Lorca Theater, known by their excellent ballet presentations.

The hotel has meeting rooms that can accommodates 200 people, a terrace with a tropical bar located in the roof and offers splendid views of Havana, a cigar lounge, a tropical garden, restaurants able to satisfy to the most demanding in the palates, fitness centre and a classic swimming pool to the Greek style, with a panoramic view of the Caribbean and Old Havana.  Hotel Parque Central Torre has a Reception which provides care 24hrs a day, such as bellboy and storage room.

Havana’s Hotel Saratoga is an eclectic building with neoclassical features, situated on one of the main streets in the Cuban capital.

The Hotel Saratoga is in Havanas Historical Center.It provides 96 rooms, of which: 49 are Junior Suite Saratoga, 40 Deluxe Patio and 7 Suites.

The Junior Suites Saratoga have amazing vistas of the National Capitol and Fraternity Park, and those ontop floor offers the guests with a scenic city view.The Habana Suites are spacious and elegant corner apartments, with double height and spacious bedroom, floor to ceiling windows and balconies with wrought iron railing.Nice roomy sitting area with a dining table, comfortable and cosy furniture, and the works of Cuban contemporary painters.The Habana Suites have connections to Junior Suite bedroom,so it is a perfect family suite.

Blue Bay Cayo Coco is a 4 star resort, recently built on the island of Cayo Coco, Cuba. This resort lies a 15-minute drive from the Parador ‘La Silla’ and 2 hours’ drive from the Cayo Guillermo Marina. You’ll experience endless beach, turquoise waters, lush vegetation and the comfort of the BlueBay Cayo Coco. Tourists can combine nautical sports with horseback riding.

This Hotel has 342 double rooms, all with bathroom, hairdryer, TV-SAT, individual air-conditioning, safe deposit box (free of charge), 220 V, telephone, fridge with bottle water and towel for swimming pool.

Sports and Activities: Tennis, Daily activities, Gym, Disco, Hairdresser, Massages, Kids Club, Non-motorized watersports including kayaks, windsurfing, sailing, water bicycles and snorkeling. Evening entertainment and shows.

Offers top-class speciality cuisine where regional specialities are fused with a contemporary international flavour to produce dishes to suit every taste.

Founded by Diego Velazquez in the early 16th century Trinidad had its days of prosperity in 18th and 19th centuries thanks to the sugar trade. Marvellous buildings, palaces and churches … The city has been declared by the UNESCO Humanitarian Culture, thanks to its colonial architectural and its historic heritage.

Trinidad contains beautiful churches and public squares, the most important of which is Main Square-surrounded by buildings of great historic architectural interest that is considered the second most important square in the country, after Havana’s Cathedral Square.

Located on the Ancon peninsula, Trinidad also is known as the Museum city of the Caribbean Sea. In fact this is one of the few places in Cuba where you can access a great beach without staying at a resort hotel. To walk on its stone streets, admire its churches and parks, or to be received with a warm cup of coffee by any neighbor, are just some of the experiences you have to live in this magical corner of Cuba.

Defying all logic, the world’s 105th-largest country is also one of its most instantly recognizable. Think psychedelic Che Guevara murals and antediluvian American Buicks, dudes with bongos and old men slapping down dominoes, queues outside ration shops and communist cadres smoking chunky Montecristos. Cuba has a way of going against the grain. It’s all part of its historical make-up, part of its dynamism, part of its intrinsic beauty.

Travel here not only requires a passport, money and a good sturdy rucksack; it also requires flexibility, creativity, good humor, patience and a healthy sense of adventure. Speaking Spanish, though not a prerequisite, is undoubtedly a huge advantage, and will allow you to travel further and dig deeper than the average tourist.

Linguistic dexterity aside, Cuba remains an easy country to travel in and there are few barriers stopping you from wandering around pretty much how and as you choose. A slight loosening of the screws since Raúl Castro took office in February 2008 has allowed Cubans access to cell phones and entry into tourist hotels, meaning interaction with the locals is now simpler and often surprisingly candid.

For about 100 years it kept Columbus body in Cuban mahogany wood tomb, then it was off to Sevilla with the mahogany wood tomb and all. It has been special for all Cubans ever since the day it was built, even today it a beacon of hope and a time that it was grand. A must see for any visitor to Havana.

A bit of history
The order of Jesuits had been trying to establish themselves in Cuba since 1645 when the town council discussed the matter and the possibility of finding a home for the order. Their entry in the Island was formally requested in 1656, and in 1682, approx 37 thousand pesos in alms had been collected for the construction of their church. In 1727, a plot was granted for the school and the church, whose building works began in from 1748 to 1750. in addition, the Bishop Brother Gerónimo Valdés explained to the King of Spain that Havana’s Parroquial Mayor (main parish church), located on a corner of Obispo Street of Plaza de Armas, was ‘completely in ruins and its walls were crumbling’, and insisted on the need of another building ‘worthy of this city’. In the middle of the construction works, by royal decree, the Jesuits were expelled from every Spanish possession; consequently, they had to leave Cuba and their property as confiscated by the colonial Government. The works of the church were interrupted, as it was decided that the edifice would be dedicated to the main parish, which was completed in 1777. In 1782, the church was consecrated as the Cathedral of Havana, being officially confirmed in 1793. Two towers, different in size, one on each side of the building, emphasize its unique Baroque style, which, perhaps due to the rustic materials that were used, it is devoid of the profuse sculpted ornamentation so frequent in other cathedrals of the continent. Its square openings have been many times repeated on other Cuban buildings, this too being an element that departs from the classical edifices of those days. Early in the 19th century, the baroque altars were replaced by neoclassical ones, urged by Bishop Espada, a fervent admirer of Neoclassicism

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If Hemingway loved it, there’s gotta be something about Havana – and there’s plenty. This delightful, wicked, cosmopolitan city is a cultural powerhouse, renowned for its musicality, mojitos and proud intellectualism. Get behind the wheel and cruise through Havana Vieja, puffing on a Cohiba and marvelling at a city on the verge of international stardom.

Contemporary Havana can essentially be described as three cities in one: Old Havana, Vedado, and the newer suburban districts. Old Havana, with its narrow streets and overhanging balconies, is the traditional centre of part of Havana’s commerce, industry, and entertainment, as well as being a residential area. To the north and west a newer section, centred on the uptown area known as Vedado, has become the rival of Old Havana for commercial activity and nightlife. Centro Habana, sometimes described as part of Vedado, is mainly a shopping district that lies between Vedado and Old Havana. The Capitolio Nacional marks the beginning of Centro Habana, a working class neighborhood. Chinatown and the Real Fabrica de Tabacos Partagás, one of Cuba’s oldest cigar factories is located in the area.

A third Havana is that of the more affluent residential and industrial districts that spread out mostly to the west. Among these is Marianao, one of the newer parts of the city, dating mainly from the 1920s. Some of the suburban exclusivity was lost after the revolution, many of the suburban homes having been nationalized by the Cuban government to serve as schools, hospitals, and government offices. Several private country clubs were converted to public recreational centres. Miramar located west of Vedado along the coast, remains Havana’s exclusive area; mansions, foreign embassies, diplomatic residences, upscale shops, and facilities for wealthy foreigners are common in the area. The International School of Havana is located in the Miramar neighborhood.

In the 1980s many parts of Old Havana, including the Plaza de Armas, became part of a projected 35-year multimillion-dollar restoration project. The government sought to instil in Cubans an appreciation of their past and also to make Havana more enticing to tourists in accordance with the government’s effort to boost tourism and thus increase foreign exchange. In the past ten years, with the assistance of foreign aid and under the support of local city historian Eusebio Leal Spengler, large parts of Habana Vieja have been renovated. The city is moving forward with their renovations, with most of the major plazas (Plaza Vieja, Plaza de la Catedral, Plaza de San Francisco and Plaza de Armas) and major tourist streets (Obispo and Mercaderes) near completion.

Just on two-hour drive from Havana, gets you to Palma Rubia, a central point for the Archipelago de los Colorados, a cluster of small islands facing Florida, covered by lush greenery of tropical mangroves and bordered by sugar-white, soft-sand beaches. The most impressive retreat among these is Cayo Levisa. There is nowhere to stay except your own tent or twenty little bungalows, dotted among the pine trees and right on the beach. Photo by: Kristin Lyseggen

An outdoor bar is a central point, when the sun goes down and the friendly barmen keep the cocktails and Cuban music flowing. Other than the bar and grill, there is one restaurant and that is it. The only thing could disturb you are the day-trippers who arrive mid-morning and leave late afternoon. There is abundance of marine life and with snorkeling and scuba diving on tap – this area is hoe to one of the largest coral reefs in the world. Photo by: suavekeith

The great happiness of Cayo Levisa is that it is different from other Cuban resorts, which are crowded and block-booked by cheap vacations. This, by contrast, is practically your own private island. The island is just several hundred yards wide with sand washed by a warm clear aquamarine sea.The archipelago includes Cayo Paraiso, an even smaller little island reputed to be  a favorite fishing haunt of Ernest Hemingway. Photo by: radiotelescopio

If you want to see a valley so magnificent that it gets you thinking about what the Garden of Eden might have looked like, travel to Cuba. Richly, fertile, with endless tobacco, sugarcane, and coffee plantations, the western province of Pinar del Rio is a blessed with a lush greenness, beautiful rivers, and natural springs. The pretty village of Vinales is nestled into the breathtaking Sierra de los Organos mountains, and the Vinales Valley is UNESCO-protected. Photo by: rikun1401

A glance from the road down to the town will tell you why: nothing can prepare you for your first view of the mogotes -tree-covered limestone knolls, molded by underground rivers, rising dramatically out of green landscape. Photo by: Paddockmuir

The beautiful countryside can be explored on foot, bike, or horse. The sleepy village of Vinales itself is a classic small Cuban country town, with a strip of colonial-style bungalows painted in various pastel shades overlooked by pines. Most of the houses are good deal smarter and the owners more house proud than the average Cuban campesino. This is the best place to sample rural Cuban hospitality, too: the people are friendly, sweet, courteous, and helpful. The valley is an outstanding example of natural beauty. Photo by: bno20