| Something I often find myself getting asked from | | | | delight in the museums, while music aficionados will be |
| friends and relatives who know my expertise in the | | | | truly taken with the salsa clubs and live jazz that is |
| island is what the average Cuban holiday actually | | | | hard to miss in the city. The big city life gives the |
| involves. This is a question I simultaneously love and | | | | capital a real energy, and with a population of around |
| hate answering I love it because it gives me an | | | | 2,000,000 its hard not to get caught up in the |
| opportunity to chat at length about a topic I love, | | | | excitement of the place, which at times feels an |
| but I hate it because if theyve asked that question it | | | | uneasy mix between modern metropolis and 1950s |
| means Im going to be there for a while. You see, | | | | throwback part of the charm of the place is its |
| simply put, there is no average Cuban holiday, and | | | | seeming fixation of classic cars that you just dont |
| everyone goes to the island for different reasons | | | | find (still working) anywhere else in the world! And |
| and receives a unique experience in return. The | | | | escaping the big city life is easy the beautiful white |
| experience holiday makers get on their Cuba holidays | | | | sands of Havanas beach is just a 30 minute trip |
| can be relaxed, cultural, exhausting or breathtaking | | | | away from the town centre. |
| but never forgettable. | | | | But a Cuba holiday isnt just about Havana, and while |
| For a start theres the accommodation your average | | | | it would be very easy to spend your whole holiday |
| Cuba holiday maker will first have to decide whether | | | | there and feel youd taken in so much that you must |
| they want to stay in the lap of luxury in a five star | | | | have seen everything, the truth is that youd be |
| resort, or to opt for the basic but more authentic | | | | majorly missing out. |
| experience of staying in a private house with a local. | | | | Take Varadero for example as Cubas biggest beach |
| Whichever style accommodation you opt for, what | | | | resort with an impressive 12 mile long peninsula, this is |
| you choose to with your days is the next point at | | | | the ideal spot for those looking to experiment with |
| which the idea of a stereotypical Cuba holiday | | | | water sports or diving on their Cuba holidays. Then |
| shatters: You could choose to enjoy the breathtaking | | | | theres Trinidad, which history buffs will delight in: the |
| landscapes and charming caves at the stunning | | | | quant village feels virtually unchanged in 300 years |
| Vinales Valley, enjoy the open roads and unexplored | | | | and as a result is positively steeped in history. Or for |
| areas of the island with a hire car (the roads are | | | | more recent highlights in the islands history, who |
| virtually deserted, as evidenced by the dozens of | | | | could resist a trip to Santiago de Cuba cradle of the |
| hitch-hikers) or be that little more active with some | | | | Cuban revolution and nowadays a luxury spot for |
| horse-riding or diving to discover the wreckages of | | | | foreign visitors to the island? |
| sunken ships! | | | | There are hundreds of ways you could spend your |
| Havana is an area I have already written articles | | | | Cuban holidays and Im really only scratching the |
| about (and no doubt bored those who have asked | | | | surface. Spend your whole time on one activity, or |
| me to death with my desire to share my | | | | mix and match your hobbies to create a unique |
| enthusiasm) but it really does deserve a mention | | | | Cuban adventure, one things for sure: Theres no |
| here for the ample and varied opportunities it | | | | such thing as a typical Cuban holiday. |
| provides Cuba holiday makers. Culture vultures will | | | | |