Cuba Events
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23.147581 -82.352571 | 1 Havana International Book Fair Publishers, writers and bookworms gather at the magnificent San Carlos de la Cabaña Fort for the Havana International Book Fair every year. Browse, buy and hear authors discuss their works.… |  |
21.8 -79.983333 | 2 Trinidad Way of the Cross Procession Catch the Trinidad Way of the Cross Procession from street level or high up on Good Friday. A traditional religious procession through the streets - originally designed to trick looting… |  |
23.135944 -82.358333 | 3 Inspired by the history, architecture and charm of the Cuban capital, national and international dancers and companies perform in the Old Havana: City in Movement dance festival. Watch the… |  |
23.149554 -82.356905 | 4 Cuba International Tourism Fair Tourism professionals converge on Havana's Morro-Cabaña Park for the Cuba International Tourism Fair, a hugely important event on the island. Cuba's remarkable heritage cities, like… | |
23.133301 -82.3666 | 5 The annual Cubadisco is an excuse to show off Cuba's musical flair. Local musicians perform in different theatres and venues throughout Havana, prizes are awarded to notable figures in the… | |
6 International Ernest Hemingway Needlefish Tournament Hundreds of sport fishing enthusiasts head to Havana's Marina Hemingway for the annual International Ernest Hemingway Needlefish Tournament. Hosted by The Hemingway International Nautical… |  | |
20.0166 -75.816597 | 7 The raunchy week-long street party known as the Festival del Caribe takes place in Santiago on Cuba's east coast. Celebrate Caribbean culture with all-night dancing, fuelled by a steady supply… |  |
8 Cuba is covered with communist banners, posters and official graffiti running up to the annual 26 July Celebrations. Fidel Castro's ill-fated 1953 assault on Santiago de Cuba's Moncada… |  | |
9 Music, dancing, conga lines, fanciful outfits, fireworks, beer, rum and lots of fun make up the fantastic Havana Carnival every August. Parades run the length of the Malécon and rich… |  | |
22.258596 -81.716308 | 10 Turnat - Cuba's Nature Tourism Convention Ciénaga de Zapata National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is the venue and focus of Turnat - Cuba's Nature Tourism Convention. Tourism officials and tourists discover the ecological… | |
23.136413 -82.359094 | 11 Havana International Ballet Festival Founded in 1960 by Cuban Prima Ballerina Assoluta, Alicia Alonso, the biennial Havana International Ballet Festival attracts top dancers and companies from around the world. The Gran Teatro de… |  |
23.133301 -82.3666 | 12 Havana's theatres and cultural spaces come alive with plays for adults and children and the fusion of theatre and dance at the annual Havana Theatre Festival. Catch performances from Cuban and… | |
23.133301 -82.3666 | 13 International Festival of New Latin American Cinema In cinemas across Havana, film fans get their fix of the latest regional productions at the annual International Festival of New Latin American Cinema. Explore the rich Caribbean and Latin… |  |
23.133301 -82.3666 | 14 The Havana Jazz Festival, organised by Chucho Valdés, is an internationally renowned event that consistently attracts an excellent line-up. Performances take place in the Casa de la Cultura… |  |
23.133301 -82.3666 | 15 Old Havana appears on UNESCO's World Heritage List due to its well-preserved examples of 17th-century Spanish colonial architecture, slowly being restored to their former glory. One of the… |  |
16 The Ernest Hemingway Museum is appropriately housed in Finca Vigia, the villa that the Nobel Prize-winning author bought in 1949. Preserved with care, the villa contains most of Hemingway's… |  | |
23.136413 -82.359094 | 17 Next door to the Capitolio, Havana's Grand Theatre is a striking architectural achievement. Built in 1915, the building houses many performances by the Cuban National Ballet Company and opera… |  |
18 Events leading up to the 1959 revolution are covered in exhaustive detail at Havana's Museo de la Revolución, housed in the former presidential palace. Look out for military vehicles used in… |  | |
19 Opened in 1577, the Castillo de la Real Fuerza fort guarded Havana and her Spanish fleets for hundreds of years. Expanded several times over the centuries, the Giraldilla statue on its top has… |  | |
20 El Capitolio was built as a House of Representatives and since the revolution the building has been home to three museums, the massive Statue of the Republic and the Cuban National Library. It… |  | |
21 Havana Bay's seven-kilometre sea wall, The Malecón, runs along one of the main streets in the capital. Locals relax, meet friends, fish, swim and generally let it all hang out at the Malecón. |  | |
23.133301 -82.3666 | 22 To walk around Havana is to see thousands of classic car models cruising by, and at times you could be forgiven for thinking you had stumbled into a curious automobile museum or a recreation… |  |
23 The Viñales Valley was added to UNESCO's World Heritage List due to the rarity and special beauty of its rock formations that resemble sleeping elephants (known as Los Mogotes Carsticos).… |  | |
24 Famous cigar brands like Cohiba and Bolívar are made and are on sale at Havana's Fábrica de Tabacos Partagás. One of Cuba's oldest and most productive cigar factories offers a fascinating… |  | |
25 Trinidad's Plaza Mayor (main square) is the focal point of this atmospheric and well-preserved 16th century colonial city, sandwiched between the mountains and the Caribbean on central Cuba's… |  | |
26 Cuba's fine contribution to alcohol culture can be seen at the Havana Club Foundation in Old Havana. The museum, bar-restaurant, art gallery and shop praise the Cuban tipple. Watch the entire… |  | |
27 Havana's Callejón de Hamel is a street of shrines, with crazy scupltures and colourful murals, a public temple to the Santería religion and a fascinating example of African influence on Cuban… |  | |
28 Floridita is another of Havana's bars made famous by Hemingway. Richly decorated in British Regency style, it holds a bust of the writer in the spot where he drank. This is consistently voted… |  | |
29 Havana's Jazz Café is an elegant spot inside the Galerías Paseo mall. Some of the best Cuban jazz musicians play here, including the world-famous Chucho Valdés. |  | |
30 A troupe of over 200 performers in flamboyant costumes and doused with the essence of Cuba take to The Tropicana's stage during Havana's world-famous Tropicana Cabaret. Josephine Baker is… |  | |
31 The tallest building in Havana at 138 feet, the José Martí Memorial, dominates the Plaza de la Revolución. The capital's largest square is also the site of many of Fidel Castro's speeches and… |  | |
32 A star-studded Havana landmark, the Hotel Nacional de Cuba has entertained guests including Buster Keaton, Winston Churchill, Lucky Luciano and Frank Sinatra. Built in 1930, its architecture… |  | |
33 Built in the 1920s in the centre of Old Havana, the impressive pink Ambos Mundos Hotel was made famous by Ernest Hemingway. His room, where he wrote the first part of For Whom the Bell Tolls… |  | |
34 Mercado de Arte y de Artesanía de la Catedral Known as the artisan's market, Havana's Mercado de Arte y de Artesanía de la Catedral in the Plaza de la Catedral is a great place to buy local art. Pick up a straw hat to keep off the sun or… |  | |
35 Fábrica de Tabacos Partagás Shop Even if you don't want to have a puff on these world famous cigars, suck in the sweet smell of of the world's most famous tobacco leaf and see the whole cigar making process at the Partagás… | ||
23.15 -81.25 | 36 Varadero is one of the largest resort areas in the Caribbean, stretched out along the Hicacos peninsula. It is 21km long but just 1.2km thick at its widest point and has exceptional white sand… |  |
37 The Canimar River joins the sea in Matanzas Bay, offering visitors the chance to enjoy a boat trip up the river and to snorkel on the coral reefs nearby. The area has a burgeoning eco-tourist… |  | |
38 The shops inside the Hotel Tryp Habana Libre include an official tobacconist, a liquour store, a sports store and the L and 23 Music Store. The latter stocks classical and contemporary Cuban… | ||
39 Havana's Artists' Market is held every Sunday on the Paseo del Prado, an elegant tree-lined boulevard with a pedestrian walkway down the middle. With work displayed among the bronze lamp… | ||
40 Local second-hand booksellers known as polilleros gather to sell texts ranging from the rare to the curious in the Plaza de Armas. Keep an eye out for first editions and pre-revolution literature. | ||
41 Full of character, patrons enjoy traditional Cuban cooking and knock back the renowned mojitos after the sun goes down at La Bodeguita de Medio. Dating back to 1942, the restaurant and bar was… |  | |
42 Paladar La Cocina de Lilliam is set in a beautiful, romantic garden. Try the traditional Cuban lamb dish Ropa Vieja, the fresh snapper, pork loin rolled and stuffed with dates, peanuts, ham… | ||
43 The hacienda-style Divina Pastora restaurant is great for seafood, especially fresh lobster. It overlooks the 16th-century Morro Fortress and sits just behind the cannons lined up below the… | ||
44 This paladar (a restaurant in someone's home) is frequented by lots of Cuban families. Try the Polle el Huerco - chicken, ham and cheese bake - fresh salad and almond ice cream for dessert.… | ||
45 Set in a 17th century mansion, El Patio is the former palace of a Spanish Marquis de Agua Claras. You can choose to dine in the inner courtyard or overlooking the lively plaza. Specialties… | ||
46 If you get tired of Cuban food, visit Al Medina. Start with felafel or hummus, then try the Tangier chicken with olives and mango, washed down with fresh fruit juice or aromatic Arabic coffee.… | ||
47 Casa de la Música in Miramar is the place to watch Cuba's dancing experts salsa their hearts out. The building dates back to the 1940s, when it was a gem in one of the most aristocratic… |  | |
48 Havana's only microbrewery, the Taberna de la Muralla, churns out home-brewed amber or dark beer. Order the dispensa, a tall clear tube filled with ice where the beer is poured from a tap at… | ||
49 El Polonesio is in the plush Habana Libre Hotel in Vedado and its décor is right out of a 1950s Tiki Bar (Hawaiian-style). If the charm is faded, the food is anything but, with a surprisingly… |
