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May

17

CASA DE LAS AMERICAS

Tour Cuba’s most prestigious cultural institution with a rotating calendar of lectures, concerts, exhibitions, and performances.



May

17

ARTECORTE

Visit a city street overtaken by odes to a community icon, Papito Valladares, who’s barbershop has gained international notoriety.

Entrance to Artecorte


May

17

BAY OF PIGS MUSEUM

We’ll visit the historic site of America’s failed Bay of Pigs invasion, along with a small museum dedicated to the conflict.


Sign just outside of Playa Giron on the southern coast of Cuba


May

16

PLAZA DE LA REVOLUCIÓN

Cuba’s most important plaza, featuring the José Martí Memorial and huge images of revolutionaries, Ché Guevara, and Camilo Cienfuegos.


Apr

10

2019 Marabana: Go For It!

Its 5 o'clock in the morning, I wake up excited. Today is the big day. Today, I push my body and transcend the doubts and jitters of my mind to run the Marabana - Havana’s annual marathon. I do my routine without changing a thing; it always brings me luck. I continue to prepare myself and there is only one thought on my mind, I’m already a winner, I’m in Havana!


Apr

10

Castro's Limo - A Ride in History

On previous visits to Cuba I have seen enormous limousines parked in front of Hotel Capri in Vedado. I had never gave them much thought until I learned from a Cuban friend that they were once part of Fidel Castro’s private fleet. His real “in-character” ride of choice however was the military grade jeep. As well as El Comandante's transportation, it is these exact limos that were used to escort world leaders and dignitaries while in Cuba. After asking around I learned that you could in fact hire one of these limos and its driver.


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