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Living the real Cuba
Casas particulares are the only way to make your experience of Cuba 100% enriching. Contact the people at la Casa de Ana www.anahavana.com who provide 25dollar/night accommodation (sleeping 2 people): they are in Vedado which is the nicest area of Havana, extremely safe. The house is amazingly clean and the people more than welcoming. We toured Cuba with a friend of theirs who was taking us around the city and Cuba for about $50-80/day (sharing in 3 people). Do not hesitate to contact me for any question

Feel free to come and look at my trip story here
http://belogg.com/Gallery/TripView.aspx?albumId=493
Just click on each day to read the story and pictures of our tours; if you need further information please contact me

Ciao

Stefano

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  • Address: Havana, Cuba
  • Website: www.belogg.com

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    Wild Bill's Pub Crawl
    Bar Monserrate Havana - Havana
    Bar Monserrate Havana
    by AnjaV
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    An old friend, Wild Bill, passed away some time ago, he left us The Wild Bill Pub Crawl.
    I put his tour on video, its the visual explanation for his famous along bars in Old Havana

    Check it out in my videos, click the website link below, it's worth it!!!

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  • Website: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/vv/983/

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    Bacardi building
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  • This is an art decò building located in the heart of the city and built in 1920 when the Bacardi company, born in Santiago de Cuba in 1862, arrived also in the city of Havana.
    The building was designed by the architects Esteban Rodríguez Castells, Rafael Fernández Ruenes and José Menéndez.
    After Castro's revolution and the nationalizations the bacardi company moved to Puertorico and in Bahamas and since then the production of Cuban rom passed to havana club, the worldwile popular lable.

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  • Address: 261, Monserrate Street

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    Hotel Nacional
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  • hotel national garden - Havana
    hotel national garden
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    I do not put this tip into the accomodation file because I did not sleep there, I would not do that as it's expensive but I think it sure deserves a visit.
    It's in the Vedado area next to the malecon.
    The hotel started its activity the new years eve of 1930.
    We went there because it's one of the few places where you can change travelers cheques(banks do not, hotel nacional does) but we had to stop to drink something in the bar of the garden which practically is a balcon on the ocean, this is the only time that we did not complain of the slow service, not because the service was fast, but just because it was a great place where to spend the time.

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  • Address: Calle 21 y O, Vedado, Plaza
  • Phone: 53-7 835-389
  • Website: www.hotelnacionaldecuba.com

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    Jose Marti museum
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  • Jose Marti was a Cuban author who became a national hero when he died while he was fighting against the Spanish at Cuba's war of independence.
    With his activism during the years of his prominet celebrity he earned the adoration of his people.
    The museum is in Plaza de la revolucion.At the top of the building there is a mirador where you can have a great view of Havana.Try to go in the museum from the back side as, coming from Plaza de la revolucion, you will be asked first to pay 1 cuc to go up the stairs and then 5 more cuc to enter the museum and then 1 more if you want to use the camera.Coming from the back side you go straight to the tiket office and pay 5 to enter and 1 for the camera.

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  • Address: Plaza de la Revolucion

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    Plaza de Armas
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  • An excellent place to start a tour of Havana is old Havana and where better to begin than the place where the city is said to have been founded?
    Plaza de Armas, dominated by the museo de la Ciudad , which is set in the old Palacio de los Capitanes Generales that once was home of the highest colonial authority in Cuba and a former Presidential Palace. The oldest building in this square is the i Castillo de le Real Fuerza, a 16th century colonial fortress surrounded by a moat, today home to the Museo de la Ceramica Artistica. Nearby the square there is a market with some handicrafts and many many jineteros trying to sell cigars.

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  • Address: Plaza armas

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    Overnighting in Havana
    In all the big beach hotels the Cuban tourist board has a permanent rep on site. They have all sorts of tours on offer at very competitive prices. This includes overnight trips to Havana. You will love Havana - we were just sorry that we hadn't booked the overnight and just stayed for a day. I would strongly advise anyone to stay overnight if they can. Then you see this amazing city by day and by night. I would also advise you to book La Floridita for dinner. It's a fabulous place with quite an atmosphere.

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  • Directions: At your hotel's Cuba Tours desk.

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    National Museum of Fine Arts
    The National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana, (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana) in Havana, Cuba is a museum of Fine Arts that exhibits Cuban art collections from the colonial times up to contemporary generations. It was founded on February 23, 1913 due to the efforts of its first director, Emilio Heredia, a well-known architect. After frequent moves it was finally placed on the block once occupied by the old Colon Market. In 1954, a new Palacio of Bellas Artes was opened, designed by the architect Rodriguez Pichardo. The original 1954 Palacio was recently reconstructed by the architect Jose Linares and a second building was taken over for the Museum.

    There are now two impressive buildings belonging to the Museum, one dedicated to Cuban Arts in the Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts) and one dedicated to the Universal Arts, in the Palacio del Centro Asturiano (Palace of the Asturian Center).

  • Address: Trocadero Street e/Zulueta y Monserrate,Old Havana

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    Dining with Friends
    Having a good dinner with friends is a pleasure anywhere in the world, but in Cuba, it assumes extra significance. Recently there have been restaurants run by the state which are elegant and affordable, thus adding a normalcy to the dining experience. Paladars in havana still remain a kind of exotic adventure, with extremely high prices relatively speaking, also now a showcase for visiting dignitaries and moneyed businessmen.
    The places I invite my friends to or like being invited to are:
    La Roca in Vedado
    ArteChef in Vedado
    Los Nardos in Habana Vieja
    The icecream shop near Plaza de las Armas
    Balcony of Hotel Nacional for a drink

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    The four Plazas of Habana Vieja
    Plaza Vieja
    Plaza San Francisco
    Plaza de las armas
    Plaza de la catedral

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  • Directions: Habana Vieja each within walking distance of each other

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