| - To get into the tropical atmosphere of Cuba at its | | | | Dedicated to the enthusiasts of North American |
| fiftieth. Among the American automobiles, the smoky | | | | writer who lived in this building from 1939 to 1961. It |
| bars of Havana, the effect is assured. | | | | was here where Hemingway wrote Whom sound the |
| - For its fantastic sea. Cuba offers about six | | | | bells for and the Old man and the sea. |
| thousand kilometers of splendid Caribbean coast, with | | | | Music National Museum |
| beaches and cliffs for all likes. | | | | Address: Calle Crcel, Havana |
| - For the people's hospitality, not always interested | | | | Schedule: 9-17; Sundays 8-12; Closed on Mondays |
| as it is wanted to make you believe. The Cubans are | | | | Entrance is paid |
| people full of happiness and eager to leave, people | | | | There are exposed numerous Afro-Cuban musical |
| who love to find the foreigner, just to exchange | | | | instruments, besides the Fernando Ortiz |
| ideas. | | | | anthropologist's private collection. Disks, scores and |
| - To smoke the best tobaccos in the world, made by | | | | instruments are sold, also some concerts are |
| hand with the leaves of Vuelta Abajo. You can also | | | | presented in the museum saloon. |
| attend to the making of the tobacco in a factory or | | | | CUBAN CUISINE |
| maybe inside of a big hotel, where there are | | | | The traditional cuisine in Cuba is excellente and it |
| exhibited in parties, authenticate preparations for the | | | | would be a sin to get lost looking for other |
| tobaccos artists. | | | | inetrnational plates, proposed in other local. The |
| - To travel through out the town of Hemingway, a | | | | Cuban culinary art is born from the encounter of the |
| North American writer that lived in the island from | | | | precolumbian cuisine with the African, French, Spanish, |
| the 1939 to the 1961 and where he wrote some of | | | | English, and the Hindu and indonesa. The result of this |
| his romances. | | | | is a miracle of the balance. There are fruits very |
| GEOGRAPHICAL DATA | | | | often so as (mango, papaya, avocado,) mainly to |
| Located in the Caribbean Sea, Cuba, with a longitude | | | | accompany salted plates and to form part of the |
| of about 1.200 kms and a surface of 110.860 Km., is | | | | base of cocktails and drinks.It is used a lot the pig |
| the biggest island in the biggest Antilla. It is at about | | | | meat, lots of chicken, mainly in the inside of the |
| 200 Km. from the island of Keys and it is close to | | | | country, while in the coastal restaurants are intend |
| The Mexican peninsula of Yucatan in and the island of | | | | exquisite sea plates: fish, crustaceans cooked in |
| Hispaniola. More than the main island, The Cuban | | | | several ways. The national plate is the "ajiaco" a soup |
| Republic gathers all the isles and islands that surround | | | | with the help of potato, banana, corn, calf meat, |
| it. Great part of the Cuban coast is low and sandy, | | | | Chicken, and dry meat. Another typical food is the |
| with numerous bays and areas of lagoons and | | | | "congri", made with black beans and rice cooked all |
| paludose. Its interior is of plains, interrupted by the | | | | together , accompanied by "pig pork cracklings". The |
| Sierra de los Organos to the west, the Sierra del | | | | "fuf" is on the other hand a banana puree seasoned |
| Escambray to the center and the Sierra Maestra to | | | | with "mojo", a fried lightly of oil garlic and cumin. Do |
| the east. Its population is of about 11 million | | | | not loose teh oportunity to taste the "Creole lobster" |
| inhabitants. | | | | that is nothing else but a fried lobster with tomato, |
| Time Zone: -6.0 (summer); -6.0 (winter) | | | | onions, peppers, spicy pepper and sour orange juice. |
| Duration of the days 13.5 hours (June); minimum 11.0 | | | | Among the candies the "boniatillo", made of sweet |
| hours (December) | | | | potato and sugar and the "coquito acaramelado" also |
| WHEN TO GO | | | | "la mala rabia" also made of sweet potato sugra cane |
| Period better: February, March | | | | sirope, cinnamon and sweet orange shell. The |
| Good period: January, April, December | | | | diffused drink is the coffee, served to the American |
| Worse Period: September, October | | | | way, that is to say not few, and the rum is pure |
| WEATHER | | | | that serve as base to any prepared swig or the |
| The dry station which is naturally the best period to | | | | numerous cocktails so as Cuba Libre, the Rum punk |
| go, begins at the end of October and finishes in April. | | | | or Pia Colada. Cuba also produces an excellent beer. |
| The rains station is from April to October, but in | | | | The diffused national marks are the Mayabe and The |
| these months precipitations, although are abundant | | | | Lagarto. |
| always occurs in the half-day and for a short period. | | | | FUN/SHOPPING |
| What to take | | | | Who doesn't know the Cuban rum and tobacco, |
| Without doubts the bathing suit. And then summer | | | | known for everyone as best in the world? In the |
| clothes, shirts and cotton pullouvers, short and long | | | | island there are lots of opportunities to return home |
| pants. And do not forget besides, the shoes for | | | | with some good music, revolutionary souvenir and |
| walking in the afternoons, to take also a pair of | | | | why not an automobile of the fifty years. |
| sandals. | | | | Tobaccos |
| CULTURE/MUSEUMS | | | | The tobaccos or cigarettes are of different sizes, |
| City Museum | | | | they are sold loose or in elegant wooden boxes. Just |
| Address: Plaza de Armas, Havana | | | | to see them makes yoy buy them although you are |
| Schedule: 9.30-18.30 | | | | not a smoker, maybe for a beautiful gift. The prices |
| Entrance is paid | | | | are almost half of the prices in Italy. For example a |
| One of the main museums of histoty and culture of | | | | box with three Montecristo Sigars N.4 costs at about |
| the isle. It offers a rich exposition ofartistic | | | | 10 American dollars. They can be bought in the |
| testimonies bengining from the colonial period up to | | | | stores. At Havana in the House of 5a and 16 (5a Ave |
| firts years of the republic. | | | | y 16). In Santiago in Casa del Tabaco (Ave. Jesus |
| Revolution Museum | | | | Menndez 730). Pay attention to the conservation of |
| Address: Palacio Presidencial, Calle Refugio, Havana | | | | the tobacco. An adequate humidity is needed for |
| Schedule: 10-17; Saturday up to 18 | | | | them. |
| Entrance is paid | | | | Craft |
| All that is wanted to know about the myth of the | | | | Cuban craft reflex the influence of diverse cultures, |
| Cuban revolution is exposed in this place, in the | | | | mainly the African. Many objects are related with the |
| ex-presidential building that housed as last tenant, the | | | | santera, the Afro-Cuban religion diffused per |
| dictator Batista up to 1959,documents, registrations | | | | excellency in the island. There can be dolls of pieces |
| and movies on the revolutionary epic poem. | | | | and ceramic, masks made of paper mach and |
| National Museum | | | | wooden sculptures. Puppets of tamarind seeds are |
| Address: Calle Trocadero, Havana | | | | also made. Pretty hats palm feathers fibers or of |
| Schedule: 10-17; closed Tuesday and Wednesday | | | | knitted coconut. Baskets and bags are also made. In |
| Entrance is paid | | | | old Havana there is the Craft Palace (Calle Cuba 64). |
| The exhibition is divided in several sections. The | | | | In Santiago in the Craft House (Cathedral Plaza). |
| pinacoteca, with linens from Spanish, Englishmen, | | | | Foods |
| Danish teachers, among them stand out Velsquez, | | | | The rum is bought obligatorily and the most famous |
| Murillo, Goya and Turner; the Egyptian old art | | | | mark is The Havana Club in several versions: Liquor, |
| collection, grecian and Roman, considered the most | | | | the most economic; Carta Blanca 3 years and |
| important in Latin America, the gallery dedicated to | | | | particularly used for the cocktails. Carta Oro, 5 years, |
| the Cuban painting from the XVII century to our | | | | and the most refined matured during 7 years. The |
| days, the ceramic collection, and a space for the | | | | precise goes from 4 to 7 American dollars each |
| contemporary exhibitions. | | | | bottle. For adventurers the most valuable rum in |
| Hemingway Museum | | | | Cuba is the retained Matusalem, product from |
| Address: San Francisco de Paula, San Miguel del Padrn, | | | | Santiago de Cuba matured during 25 years, it can be |
| 12 km from Havana | | | | around the 15 dollars the bottle in Casa del Ron de |
| Schedule: 9-16; Sundays 9-12.30 | | | | Obispo y Bernaza in Old Havana. |
| Entrance is paid | | | | |