| What can you expect when you travel to Cuba? | | | | Whether its the staff that will look after |
| Sun, white sand beaches, salsa music all | | | | you at the resorts, or the people you will |
| around? Well, yes, but fortunately, there is | | | | meet on the streets if you come to the city, |
| much more than that. Cuba is a paradox of | | | | the people is Cuba´s greatest jewel. Fun |
| experiences, where your senses collide with | | | | loving, open hearted, they will make you feel |
| one another in an explosion of significant | | | | right at home, often inviting you into their |
| magnitude. Here is a place where you can | | | | own houses for a traditional dish of rice, |
| truly find everything and anything, from the | | | | beans and pork, and of course, the ever |
| most demanding to the most basic and raw. It | | | | present Cuban rum. Experiences like these is |
| is up to the individual to discover what he | | | | what makes a trip to Cuba unforgettable, a |
| seeks, but in the meantime, we can try to | | | | trip to be remembered for a long time. |
| give you some insight and maybe make your | | | | |
| decision a little bit easier. | | | | But Cuba its not only Havana and the beaches. |
| | | | There are several in country places worth |
| For the Canadian traveler, Cuba must seem | | | | very much seeing. There is the beautiful |
| like another planet altogether. Things that | | | | Viñales Valley, a place with hills called |
| you have taken for granted all your life will | | | | "mogotes" found nowhere else in the world, |
| be nowhere in sight, and situations that you | | | | with captivating caves and underwater rivers |
| can´t even imagine appear as if by magic. | | | | which can be visited and enjoyed. There is |
| Whether you are a single traveler or a family | | | | also Trinidad, a quaint little village |
| of 10, a young child or a elderly person, the | | | | preserved much as it was 300 years ago, with |
| wonders of this country will seduce you and | | | | its sugarcane mills and history all around |
| will make want to come back again and again. | | | | it. Further east you have Santiago de Cuba, |
| | | | cradle of the Cuban revolution, but also |
| Here in Cuba, you will find all types of | | | | filled with every conceivable luxury expected |
| hotel accommodation, from the most luxurious | | | | by a foreign traveler. |
| 5 star resorts to the basic yet adequate | | | | |
| "casa particular", private houses whose | | | | If you decide to choose Cuba as the place you |
| owners pay monthly fees to be able to rent | | | | want to spend your holiday in, you should |
| rooms for tourists. These are better suited | | | | take into account the time of the year you |
| for single travelers spending a longer time | | | | want to travel. In the slow season, that is, |
| since it will be much cheaper. On the other | | | | from April to November, its absolutely too |
| hand, for a nice family vacation, you have | | | | hot, so unless you want to bake in 30 degree |
| all types of hotels and fancy resorts, from | | | | weather and 90 percent humidity, you should |
| the most luxurious city places to the very | | | | choose the other season, that is, from |
| comfortable and family-oriented all inclusive | | | | November to March, when its still warm enough |
| beach resorts. These cater to the entire | | | | without the smoldering heat and stifling |
| family, where children will be looked after | | | | humidity. In this case, you have to book |
| and will be absolutely safe, with activities | | | | well in advance, because people from all over |
| ranging anywhere from all types of water | | | | the world choose Cuba as its winter paradise, |
| sports to dancing lessons. Here you find | | | | especially Canadians. Everything from |
| different restaurants, from traditional Cuban | | | | all-inclusive to city hotels, car rentals, |
| fare to the most demanding of international | | | | anything that you want to have secured, |
| cuisine. Everyone will have something that | | | | should be reserved weeks in advance. This |
| they enjoy, so there will be no need to worry | | | | will ensure a happy and carefree holiday, |
| about what to eat. Cuba is a very senior | | | | without any problems related to shortages of |
| friendly society, and this transcends into | | | | anything. Reservation is the name of the game |
| its tourism industry. There will be | | | | when you travel to Cuba, thus making it |
| activities for everyone in the family, like | | | | possible to enjoy your stay without any |
| walks along beautiful paths with breathtaking | | | | worries. |
| views, leisurely strolls on the beach, in | | | | |
| short, something for everyone to do, even for | | | | If you are a person who likes to drive |
| the most elderly of visitors. Also everything | | | | through the countryside, there are several |
| has been organized so that handicapped people | | | | car rental agencies with many price ranges, |
| can enjoy their holiday to the most of their | | | | from the smallest compact car to the biggest |
| capabilities, and every effort is being made | | | | Mercedes or Audi. Roads are quite safe, |
| to improve on this most important part of our | | | | something you will rapidly discover by the |
| industry. Our country should be enjoyed | | | | amount of people hitchhiking at the side of |
| equally by everyone, no matter how young or | | | | the road. That´s another of Cuba´s |
| old they are, or no matter the handicap. We | | | | greatest assets, its safety. Like everywhere, |
| are truly doing our best in this respect. | | | | you have your petty thieves, pickpockets and |
| | | | what not, and even these are rare. Serious |
| Now let´s talk a bit about city tourism. | | | | crimes are almost unheard-of in the island, |
| Havana is a bustling city of around 2 million | | | | which makes it a haven for people who like to |
| people, with blacks and whites and every race | | | | mingle with the locals. Of course, you have |
| in between. Whether is music you are looking | | | | to be prudent, but as a rule, you can drive |
| for, museums of every sorts, any other type | | | | or walk through any Havana street at anytime |
| of cultural manifestation or just simply | | | | of day or night and you will be absolutely |
| relax watching the sunset on the Malecon ( | | | | safe. |
| the seaside avenue that goes from Old Havana | | | | |
| to Miramar), here you will find it. From Jazz | | | | In the Caribbean there might be more |
| music to live Salsa bands, from Ballet | | | | luxurious places To go, but as far as |
| performances to the most typical street | | | | friendliness and safety are concerned, none |
| conga, culture as a whole will leap at you | | | | can compare to Cuba, and all of this with |
| from every corner. If you are an antiques | | | | rapidly increasing levels of service all |
| enthusiast, you will fall in love with the | | | | around. As of now, we have one of the major |
| fleet of old cars that line Havana streets, | | | | hotel chains in the world with approximately |
| some being used as regular taxi cabs, a | | | | 15 resorts in Cuba, with plans to keep |
| testament to Cuban ingenuity, because it´s | | | | increasing its capacities in the future. This |
| truly a miracle to keep these cars rolling | | | | is mostly due to the reasons stated before, |
| after more than fifty years on the road. | | | | which makes Cuba a unique vacation |
| | | | destination, combining state of the art |
| If you like the beach, there´s a beautiful | | | | facilities with down to earth homeliness and |
| white sand beach 30 minutes from downtown | | | | safety, and every effort made to make this |
| Havana, so you could actually have the best | | | | vacation the best time of your life, without |
| of two worlds, sun and sand one day, museums | | | | distinction of age or physical ability. If |
| and tobacco factories the next. Havana is | | | | you give it a chance, you will not be |
| truly an amazing experience, and you will | | | | disappointed. This can truly be called an |
| need at least a week to appreciate all it has | | | | earthly paradise, but not only because of the |
| to offer, and you will still be short on | | | | beauty of the land, but also and probably |
| time. | | | | more important, the beauty of its people. We |
| | | | hope you come and share all of this with us. |
| But the best thing about Cuba is its people. | | | | You will not forget it. |