FREQUENT ASKED QUESTIONS FROM WHOLE CUBA
| SWIMMING WITH DOLPHINES | FAQ SAFE, ENGLISH, CURRENCY | FAQ PASSPORT, VISA & TOURIST CARD | FAQ CASA PARTICULAR | LIST OF CASAS |
|
Avenida Paseo is a broad boulevard lined with mansions from a by-gone era. Where you will get a nostalgic sense of the glamour of Havana in the fifties and you will enjoy the view of the Atlantic Ocean from our balcony, walking distance to excellent restaurants.
THIS LIST OF TIPS IS INTENDED TO HELP THE FIRST TIME TRAVELLERS TO CUBA
This is the link for the exchange rate in CUC Cuban Convertible pesos and to know your correspondent bank at the world click here 2.-MONEY MATTERS, CREDIT CARDS & TRAVEL CHECKS 3.-EMERGENCY CASH FOR USA CITIZEN 4.-DO´S AND DONT´S ON THE ROAD 5.-WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU GO 6.-TEN DAYS HAVANA FORECAST 8.-CUBAN INTERNET ACCESS 9.-AIR LINE´S BEST DEAL 10.-NEW PHONE NUMBERS IN HAVANA 11.-TOURIST MEDICAL SERVICES We will reserve you the accommodations at Casa Particular (Cuban
families private homes) where you will be able to exchange with those
families and to know more deeply our more recent history and our solidary
spirit. Granma-Cuban International Newspaper Cuba Medical Events Havana University Spanish Language Courses Cuban Timetables for Buses,Trains & Airplanes Four days Havana Cuba Weather Forecast Bio-Energetic Massage WEB PAGES IN GERMAN, FRANCE AND ITALIAN LANGUAGES SPANISH LANGUAGE WEB PAGE BICYCLING ACCORDING TO SEVERAL TRAVELLERS, BIKING AROUND CUBA IS NOT ONLY A VERY VIABLE OPTION. INSTEAD IS THE MOST INTERESTING AND FASTER WAY FOR KNOWING CUBA The cyclists that have traveled Cuba from an end to others have had different motivations for their trips that go from political reasons to echo-tourism and they have made their journeys in a different way, beginning some from where the other has finish etc, but their reports are characterized to be the most objective, detailed and exact from most of the travelers that visit Cuba can make.THE READING OF THEIRS REPORT MAY HELP YOU TO PLAN YOUR TRIP. Go to story. ACTIVITIES Cuba, One of the finest Outdoors aventure destinations Fishing, downright cheap diving and snorkeling and extensive caving have been discovered and already are drawing world travelers, including Americans going through the backdoor. Cuba has excellent year round weather, and a population with a long history of friendship and solidarity. Cuba already may be the most fun outdoor adventure experience anywhere. - Home of the bee hummingbird, 63 mm long, called locally the zunzuncito, the Cuban green parrot and the ferminia or Zapata Wren. !!! Cuba is a true paradise for birdwatchers and two Horizontes Hotels provide access to the best birdwatching sites: | REPORTS ABOUT BIRDING IN CUBA| Go to photos & story. THE JOSÉ MARTÍ PLAZA AT MALECON AND HOW WE ARE: Wally and Bárbara Smith presents us the José Martí Plaza in the Havanan
Malecón , which has been lately the center of important and massive
manifestations, they describes it to us and show us excellent things that
explain HOW THE CUBANS ARE. |
WORD OF
MOUTH Some of our guests have written their chronicles from their trip to Cuba. Their objective is to share with family and friends its experiences, also to remember and enjoy the good time that they passed besides helping the future guests and travelers. These chronicles have surprised us for unexpected, but they have pleased us a lot for their content, for that reason we share them with you. Their reading will allow you to know our country and us as persons that we share this common world. JAMES & HELEN A couple from Oxford tell us about Maria La Gorda and Swimming with Dolphines. Go to story. Tony Cooke, a young American
from Austin, Texas, shows its impressions in his photo album with 97
pictures and slide show. Derrick Sturch, a young canadian reviewing the Restaurants and Cafeterias close to CASA PARTICULAR AVENIDA PASEO tells us its impressions. Go to story. Gonzalo Medina, A Cybernauta
Catalan in love with Cuba shows its impressions and its pictures in a wide
report. Two Austrians, Paul &
Daniel, tell us their impressions about Baracoa and the Cuban slang
there. Warwick Hull, tell us about
the use of the pool at local Hotel in Havana FROM Bob and Sharon Russel,
North Bay, Ontario Canada.!!! Chronicle of a trip to
Trinidad by Erwin Lindner What says a great world
traveller from America about us Our dear cousin, Silvia
Pedraza professor of Sociology of the University of Michigan has
recommended our Web Site to her colleagues sociologists. A good word from the Holy
Land. A young man from Israel gave us his impressions regardings his
hosts Michael Menke, A young german
fighting agaist the wind and diving with the sharks tells us its
impressions. Experiences from a young
german studing Spanish at Havana University by Jan
Kahlert ACCOMMODATION AT SHORT NOTICE If you are in a hurry or you are going to arrive very late at night , send a message with your airline flight number and the arrival date and time to: Casa Particular Avenida Paseo and all your problems will be solved, without paying any extra dime!!! Go to Accommodation at short notice. THIS IS A PHOTO TOUR AROUND CITIES AND SITES IN CUBA We are going to start by Havana City that is the cuban capital and Old Havana is a World Heritage Site
Go to story TOUR AROUND 9:00 O'CLOCK CANNON GUNSHOT Four blocks away from Casa Particular Avenida Paseo is the John Lennon Park.! TOUR AROUND JOHN LENNON PARK Santa Clara was the first major city to be liberate by Che Guevara from Batista´s army in December 1958. TOUR AROUND SANTA CLARA Cienfuegos sits on the lovely Bahia de Cienfuegos which opens into the Caribbean Sea It is a museum town declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO This floating hotel was a San Diego tanker built in 1920 and beached on this spot in 1933 TOUR AROUND SAN PASQUAL FLOATING HOTEL That mud are containing bromine, sodium, radium, and sulfur.!TOUR AROUND ELGUEA MUD HOTEL MAKE BUSINESS IN CUBA. The Cuban Electric Saving Program and the ICSA S.A. ICSA S.A. It is a Cuban nationality Company created to develop and to market products and services related with Efficiency Energy Projects. He has undersigned collaboration agreements with the CUBAN ELECTRIC SAVING PROGRAM and it also has a professional and technicians team with wide accumulated experience in energy savings, fundamentally with the Energetic Advisory Group belonging to the Electric Union Engineering and Projects Company (INEL). We consider that this offer will wake up yours attention for it,and for
that reason we present to you hereinafter the services that we offer, and
we don't doubt that they will be of yours interest... Go to
story. ACTIVITIES The Caribbean fishing destination. Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean. Over 775 miles long, with a total area of 42827 square miles. Cuba neughbours Florida (Key West - Havana 90 miles), Bahamas, Mexico, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic.The population numbers in excess of 11 million, of which over 2m. live in Havana. The climate is sub-tropical, with a mean annual temperature of 77F (25C). Humidity averages about 77% between November and May, rising up to 82% outside these periods. However, the climate seems to be rather more stable than in other Caribbean destinations. DIVING IN CUBA Last Paradise Keys (Jardines de la Reina) 50 miles south of the mainland of Cuba and 80 miles north of Cayman Brac is a 150 mile long mangrove and coral island system forming what some people say is the third longest barrier reef in the world. In the middle is a 90 mile long and at times 20 mile wide Natural Park. There is NO COMMERCIAL FISHING in the Park and the number of inhabitants is ZERO. Imagine a marine WILDERNESS with walls covered with brightly hued sponges and corals plunging well below the limits of safe diving to shallow reefs filled with both schooling and solitary fish and wrecks (even some Old Spanish galleons from the l7th century.) The mangroves provide an incredible nursery for the smaller fish which in turn provide the reef with huge schools of baitfish. This has provided a home to a prolific number of LARGE fish. We think more than anywhere else in the Caribbean. Shark rodeos & hand feeding 200-400 LB Jewfish are an everyday experience. Avalon Diving Center is the only operation allowed by law in this entire area and hosts no more than 300 divers a year. Certainly, it is one of the last virgin reefs known to man. HUNTING The hunting seasons start in August for dove and white crowned pigeon. Many of our best hunting areas were sold out last season. If you are serious about going to Cuba.....better reserve right now! Cuba offers a variety of hunting possibilities including duck, dove, quail, pheasant and the white-crowned pigeon. There are also a few places in Cuba that offer big-game hunting..... Cuba...a new and exciting hunting destination. Go to photos & story.
If you need to rent a car from abroad, this are the best Web Sites to do so: Or try this e-mails too: CIMEX
CUBA TRAVELLERS WANTED!!! |
New!!!24 hours Cuban Television Access!!! OTHER CASA PARTICULARS The best situated and most comfortable LEGAL CASAS PARTICULARES in Havana. ALL BEDROOMS WITH DOUBLEBED, AIR CONDITION AND PRIVATE BATHROOM. CLICK
ON THE TITLE TO SEE THE PICTURES OF EACH CASA PARTICULAR. ALL THE PRICE
ARE IN $ CUC (Cuban Convertible Pesos) The best located places at LA RAMPA to keep in touch with friends and
family. CASA
PARTICULAR TERCERA($30) CASA
PARTICULAR NUEVA GERONA ISLAND OF YOUTH CASA
PARTICULAR ESTELA TRINIDAD CASA PARTICULAR
LA BOCA TRINIDAD ($ 20 to $ 40 CUC) per bedroom per night
All what you must know about
cigars
ACTIVITIES CLIMBING Cuba's Viñales Valley now has over 30 routes and almost 60 pitches of climbing. The climbing is superlative. Overhanging, pocketed limestone faces on 1,000-foot freestanding crags called "mogotes" rise above a valley touted by guidebooks as "a miniature Yosemite, with the most spectacular scenery in all Cuba",it is so peaceful scenery that remains timeless... Suggestions? Problems with our site?, or have suggestions for future improvements, contact Raúl Sarmiento at |