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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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Hona hemen hiria ezagutzeko moduetako bat, erosoa eta nahikoa geldoa dena ondo ezagutzeko.This is is a very adecuate way to visit the town without getting to tired, time is not the problem in Cuba when you mean transportation.
If you take a tour to Cayo Largo Del Sul, You will probably fly with Aerogaviota. The Flight lasts 30 minuts from Havana or Varadero. If You see smoke in passenger cabins, dont be affraid, it is only air condition :)
.. as it costs the same as the Viazul bus. They both cost 25 USD but with the taxi you're certainly better off because you don't have to follow the bus schedule and move faster. Better still, you may save another 5 USD which is the amount you'll have to pay for a taxi to get downtown from the Viazul bus station. The bus station is far away from the city.
I bought a one-way ticket for Havana-Cancun from Cubana airlines which cost only USD 166 (I paid with peso convertible). The experience with the Cubana staff was very unpleasant although the ticket was cheap.
Instead of taking a 15 hr bumpy Viazul bus ride from Santiago de Cuba back to La Havana, I opted for a Cubana flight. There are at least 2 flights per day and I took the early one leaving at 9:35 am and arrive in Havana at around 11 am. It's a much shorter ride and only costs twice as much as the bus ride. (Viazul is around $50 and the flight was $108.) The best part is that on a clear day you get an ariel view of the island, coast and little cayos. Just don't forget to request for a window seat. Book the tickets early through Sol 'n' Sun travel agency. I did mine in Havana two weeks in advance.
In Vinales I rented a scooter. First of all I lost my way, since there are not to many road signs. The second bad luck was that I got into a tropical rain storm, the fuse became wet and the engine stopped running. Still 20 km to go, there was nothing else to do as to hide and wait til the fuse became more dry.Finaly the engine started again, I was glad I made it back before it became dark.
Public transportation in Cuba is highly unreliable.If you have a few dollars and some patience, hire a taxi cab. However, make sure to order it well in advance. Sometimes you might even need a whole day. Me and a friend split a taxi to Havana from Matanzas. It costs us $60 USD ($30 each), out taxi driver and tranlator took us to Havana early in the morning, took us wherever we wanted to go, gave us our personalized tours and took us back to our hotel late at night. Beats a group tour and its affordable.
Nothing is easy for the Cubans in Cuba, especially if it involves the use of money; So if filling your car deposit is sometimes painful for you, try to imagine how it would be with a 10$/month income... That, along with bad roads conditions, restriction in the movement of people between provinces and, of course the lack of cars in working condition, could explain why Cuban highways seems so deserted. Distances could be a relative measure if you hold a Cuban passport...
Definitely take a TOURING BUS to Havana and once in Havana you may either WALK ( which is what I suggest) or grab a MINI-CAB to take yu around the streets.Or if you want to go on an afternoon road trip to Varadero you may rent a scooter for a fee ~ and that sure did look like FUN, too!!All of the everyday vehicles on the roads of Cuba are of the 50's and 60's models as it is a very poor country and when you think about it they certainly NEVER have to worry about their vehicles rusting out from the salt and winter driving ~~DO THEY!!!!!
Outside the cities, Cuba has no street lights. Consequently it can be very dark. I strongly recommend that you avoid driving in these conditions as you will be sharing the road with lots of pedestrians, horses and buggies, bicyles, cars and a scooters - all of which have no lights or reflectors. By the time you see this slow traffic, it will be too late. Don't do it.
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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