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Coco Taxi Varadero
9 Reviews I had seen pics of these cute yellow vehicles in magazines and guide books, and so I was determined to have a ride in one while in Cuba. Like hollowed out little yellow coconuts, they squat cutely at...
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Local Transportation Holguín
4 Reviews Bici Taxis are to Holguin what tuk-tuks are to Bangkok. You will see hundreds of these bicycle powered people carriers zipping around the streets of Holguin. Each bici taxi differs slightly in...
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Airplane and Helicopter Santiago de Cuba
3 Reviews By air as it is the quickest. We flew by helicopter from outside our hotel in Guardalavaca. The journey took 45 minutes as opposed to a bus journey lasting about 4 hours. For more information please...
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(Viazul) Bus Trinidad
4 Reviews We booked all our Viazul bus trips on the viazul.com website before leaving Europe. My daughter is 11 and therefore entitled to a child fare. It seems the website incorrectly calculates the child fare...
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Car Rental Cienfuegos
4 Reviews To travel to Cienfuegos and probably also around maybe you can speak with the owner of an old american car and after rent his/her car for a while. Of course, that's a original way to see this city and...
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Taxi Legal and Illegal Varadero
6 Reviews There are taxis just outside the arrivals area that can take you into Varadero. Be sure to change some money into Pesos from the bank in the arrivals area to pay. I have never taken one but I suspect...
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Airplane / Flights Holguín
2 Reviews Frank Pais Airport serves the city of Holguin and the beach resorts around Guardalavaca, some 65km north east of Holguin. The airport is located around 12km south of Holguin city centre. Our coach...
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Train Santiago de Cuba
2 Reviews www.cuba-individual.com/ s_horario.htm. to check timetable Some trains are really nice, clean and fast (but not always, don't expect Thalys or TGV). Santiago is connected with Guantanamo, Camaguey,...
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Car (Rental) Trinidad
5 Reviews When you want to head out from Trinidad to either Havana or Cienfuegos, one thing I have done is go on Maceo (near Las Ruinas bar) and there are usually the hustlers trying to take tourists to...
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(Viazul) Bus Cienfuegos
3 Reviews From L'Havana we came to Cienfuegos by viazul bus. There are two main bus companies in Cuba Viazul and astro, the second one is the cheaper and mainly used by locals, Viazul is more expensive and...
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Viazulbus or touring car Varadero
5 Reviews If you need to keep the costs low, you can take the bus to other parts of the country. The Viazul bus is very safe, on time and has air conditioning. You can buy your tickets on the day of travel but...
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Car Rental Santiago de Cuba
2 Reviews Due to knowing a Santiago resident I became familiar with the common Santiago way of transport, the motorcycle. For the more daring under you, try it. It's a quick and very cheap way of...
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Coco Taxi Trinidad
4 Reviews The best way to go around Trinidad is just walking, so in the twon you absolutely do not need any transport. You need one if you want to go to Playa Ancon which is about 15 kilometers from the...
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Horse Chart Cienfuegos
3 Reviews In my opinion the best way to go around Cienfuegos is walking as in this way you enjoy every corner and every street scene. Anyway places like Punta Gorda can be a very long walk, so you may try to...
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Moped Varadero
3 Reviews The moped seems like a good mode of transportation. Few of the bikes i saw in front of the hotel seemed well maintained. Would not have wanted to be stuck in the countryside in a foreign...
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Horse Trinidad
6 Reviews In central Trinidad - no cars allowed - so walk around - or take a horse ! The main and central place is the "Plaza Mayor" - you will find here some marvelous restaured house - musea and the...
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Travelling by local bus in the city can be kind of adventure. They never on time and absolutely packed by people.There are no route maps at the bus stops. Always ask who is a last in the line.There is always a queue, even if you not really aware of it. Cost of te ticket is very low, less than peso, but heat and crowd is hard to stand. Well, from other side its ind of fun!
Viazul bus was a great way to travel to some places. For return trip to Havana from Varadero you pay 20 peso. Trinidad 40 peso return. Buses are most of the times on time, they have air conditioning and sometimes tv. Quite a pleasant way of discovering Cuba
We rented a car in Santiago De Cuba and drove it all the way to Havana. Driving offered us all the flexibilities that we enjoyed. As transportation is one of Cuba's pains, you'd see a lot of hitchhikers out of each town, or anywhere on the road. It was our please to help some people out, though, for safety, we always tried to stop the car in front of single women or women with kids. Another fun is they also volunteered to give us free Spanish lessons and guidance of the road and local places. A road map is a must while driving in Cuba, as you don't see a lot of road signs for cities, or distances or speed limits. The one I had was bought in a bookstore in Havana. It was in English, surprisingly. After driving on the road for 2 days, I realized how lucky I was to have such a map --- it marks all the gas stations that you can find on the road; and of course you should be wise enough to get...
The Camel, as it is called, because of the two "humps" that are on the front and back, is Cubans'most popular public transport. It can carries up to 200?300 people standing. I never tried it because we rented a car, but I guess it is a real Cuban experience.
Don't forget to check out the pics on this tip, there are usefull road maps to help U understand better this tip.Cienfuegos-Trinidad: 1:30 hours maximum. This is a small road, U can find here tractors, small cars pulled by horses or even bulls so be carefull.Trinidad-Sancti Spiritus: U can go through the mountains until Cabaiguan and then to Sancti Spiritus, it is the longest way but as is it through the mountains the views are amazing. The other option is take from Trinidad bording the mountains head south to La Guira, Elanao and Sancti Spiritus. Always remember to drive carefully because the roads are in bad shape.Havana-Cienfuegos: Take right to "8 vias", U'll see some signs where U can read Santa Clara, Cienfuegos and some other cities. "8 vias" is the longest highway in cuba starting from Havana it goes almost until Ciego de Avila for around 450km. My advice is to go until Aguada de...
Hello...first of all let me give U an advice about cuban roads. There are almost no signs, no fences so U can see cows, cows or even horses wondering around in the highway on the countryside. Also the roads are usually in bad conditions, lot of pot holes everywhere and U can see pieces of anything just lying in the floor. Drive carefully, many accidents ocurs because tourist drive too fast without knowing that. There are people of course that drive at 150km/h but that's is your choice. Havana-Vinales: Take the Pinar del Rio highway from Havana and after around 2 hours U'll see the signs of Vinales at the 140km point, then turn right some 15 more km. It will not be so hard to drive until Vi?ales. It?s true there are some mountains but not so much. Santa Clara-Varadero: Here are some 3-4 hours drive. Take the 8 vias highway until Jaguey Grande, the turn right to Jovellanos and from here...
Don't forget to check out the pictures for a detailed road map of each province...Las Tunas - Holguin: 80km, will take around 1:30h. Can stop in Buenaventura to strech legs.Holguin - Granma: 73km, will take up to 2h. Can be more as the road can be in bad conditions. It goes until Bayamo, a city worth visiting. Also Granma, as Santiago de Cuna and Guantamo is where Sierra Maestra mountains are located. And here U can find the Pico Turquino, with 1972m high, the highest peak in Cuba.Granma - Santiago de Cuba: 127km, be carefull, the last 40km is between the mountains so the road can be dangerous, drive carefully and don't go too fast.Santiago de Cuba - Guantanamo: 86km. All the road is through the mountains and ir can be annoying. So take a rest before doing this last kilometers to reach the eastern point of Cuba.Guantanamo - Bayamo: 177km of hard drive through mountains and bad shape...
U can check out the pics to see the detailed road maps of each province...Sancti Spiritus - Santa Clara: Easy, maximum 2hours. Drive until Cabaiguan and then take the "8 vias" until Santa Clara.Sancti Spiritus - Ciego de Avila: Easy, maximum 1:30h. Only 78km of easy driving but be carefull because the "8 vias" only goes until Taguasco and from here U must take the "Carretera Central" an old road that used to be the main road in Cuba that goes through every small town everywhere. Here U can find lot of animals, bicycles and even people walking so be carefull.Ciego de Avila - Camaguey: 100km, about 2 hours drive. Take the "Carretera Central" until Camaguey. Can stop in Florida, the 2nd most important town in Camaguey province together with VertientesCamaguey - Las Tunas: 125km, around 2-3 hours drive. Can stop in Guaimaro or Sibanicu to strech the legs and have some fresh drink.Camaguey -...
Trasnportation in Cuba is a hell so my advice, use taxis whenever U can. There are particular taxis, in old american cars. But they cannot transport tourists so if U catch one of them arrange the price before departure, it cannot be more than 5 cuc and this is only the case if U are going from one extreme of the city to the other and they usually don´t do that. They have a route, they go from one point to another so is usual to take maybe 2 of them to go from one place to the other. If U plan to go outside havana, U can rent a car, it can be really expensive in high season. Better, take Via Azul. This is a specialized bus agency that takes U everywhere on the island and is not too expensive.
Coco taxi are probably the funniest trasportation in Cuba even if they can be found only in the cities of Habana and Varadero. Comfortable and speedy can take you from one part of the city to the other among the city traffic especially if you find the smart guy driving it. Cheaper than the ordinary car taxi can take up to two passengers.
Villa Las Brujas Cuba
2 Reviews and 51 Opinions I could have chosen Okay but some problems, but I still think it falls too short to express how...
NH Parque Central Havana
8 Reviews and 1269 Opinions This is a jewel of a hotel, located just a block or two away from Old Havana, and the shops of Calle...
Iberostar Varadero Varadero
5 Reviews and 1871 Opinions great food gained 5 lbs on the french sauces whatch out for the car rental guy Frank , he takes the...
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Q: We're hoping to do Eastern Cuba in December, we've already done the west. I'm trying to book flights, ideally from Manchester. I...
A: flights domestically it is, aerocaribbean do it, as you are in Manchester check the Cuban tourist office http://www.travel2cuba.co.uk/ hope it helps cheers
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