Insight Guides Pocket Cuba (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

Description

Insight Pocket Guides: ideal itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package.
Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering what to do and see in Cuba, from top attractions like Havana and Trinidad, to hidden gems.
· Compact, concise, and packed with essential information about Where to Go and What to Do, this is an ideal on-the-move companion when you're exploring Cuba
· Covers Top Ten Attractions, including El Morro (Santiago), Baracoa and Plaza de la Catedral (Havana) and Perfect Day itinerary suggestions
· Offers an insightful overview of landscape, history and culturek
· Inspirational colour photography throughout
· Sharp design and colour-coded sections make for an engaging reading experience
About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• West Indies
• Travel
• Cuba
• Caribbean

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 décembre 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9781789192957
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Cuba, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Cuba, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Cuba are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Cuba. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
© 2018 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd





Table of Contents
Cuba’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Day In Havana
Introduction
Legacy of the Revolution
Cuban Reality
Paradise Island
A Brief History
Piracy and trade
The road to independence
False independence
The road to revolution
Fidel’s Cuba
The Special Period
A new era
Historical landmarks
Where To Go
Havana (La Habana)
Old Havana (La Habana Vieja)
Plaza de la Catedral
Plaza de Armas
Calle Obispo
Plaza Vieja
Capitolio
The Prado
Havana’s forts
New Havana
Centro
Vedado
Plaza de la Revolución
Miramar
Havana’s outskirts
Pinar del Río Province
Pinar del Río
Viñales
Islands north & south
Matanzas Province
Varadero
Matanzas and Cárdenas
Zapata Peninsula
Central Cuba
Cienfuegos
Trinidad
Around Trinidad
Sierra del Escambray
Sancti Spíritus
Santa Clara
Cayo Coco and Cayo Guillermo
Camagüey
Playa Santa Lucía
Oriente: The East
Holguín Province
Santiago de Cuba
Old Santiago
Around Santiago
Guantánamo Province
Baracoa
What To Do
Entertainment
Live music performances
Cabaret
Dance
Discos
Bars and cafés
Classical repertoire
Shopping
Souvenirs to buy
Sports
Watersports
Spectator sports
Cuba for children
Calendar of events
Eating Out
Where to eat
What to eat
What to drink
Reading the Menu
To help you order…
…And read the menu
Restaurants
Old Havana
Centro, Vedado and Miramar
Viñales
Varadero
Cienfuegos
Trinidad
Camagüey
Guardalavaca
Santiago de Cuba
Baracoa
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodation
Airports (see Getting there)
B
Bicycle hire
Budgeting for your trip
C
Camping
Car hire
Climate
Clothing
Crime and safety (see also Emergencies and Police)
D
Driving
E
Electricity
Embassies
Emergencies (see also Health and medical care and Police)
G
Getting there (see also Airports)
Guides and tours
H
Health and medical care (see also Emergencies)
Hitch-hiking
L
Language
LGBTQ travellers
M
Maps
Media
Money
O
Opening hours
P
Police
Post offices
Public holidays
R
Religion
T
Telephones
Time zones
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist information
Transport
V
Visas and entry requirements
W
Websites
Recommended Hotels
Havana
Old Havana
Vedado
Pinar del Río Province
Isla de la Juventud
Cayo Largo
Matanzas Province
Varadero
Zapata Peninsula
Central Cuba
Cienfuegos
Trinidad
Cayo Coco
Cayo Guillermo
Camagüey
Playa Santa Lucía
Oriente: The East
Guardalavaca
Santiago de Cuba
Baracoa
Casas Particulares (Private Lodgings)
Havana
Trinidad
Santiago de Cuba
Viñales
Santa Clara
Baracoa


Cuba’s Top 10 Attractions




Top Attraction #1
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Music
In various traditional styles, live music can be heard all over the island. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #2
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Baracoa
A picturesque coastal town in the far east of Cuba. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #3
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Plaza de la Catedral
An impressive stage set at the heart of the Old City of Havana. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #4
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Beaches
Beautiful white-sand beaches abound, from Varadero to Playa Esmeralda, Playa Ancón to Cayo Largo.



Top Attraction #5
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Casa Museo de Ernest Hemingway
Where things remain just as the author left them. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #6
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El Morro
Santiago’s well-preserved fort. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #7
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Camagüey
The streets and squares of Cuba’s third city have been restored to their former glory. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #8
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The Prado
Grand old buildings flank the loveliest avenue in Old Havana. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #9
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Trinidad
Frozen in time, this city is an enchanting colonial gem and a World Heritage Site. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #10
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Viñales Valley
Visit tobacco fields and mogotes. For more information, click here .


A Perfect Day In Havana



8.00am

Breakfast
Fortify yourself for the day ahead with a good breakfast at your hotel or casa particular . Tuck into tropical fruits, such as mango, papaya or guava, sliced or juiced, followed by eggs, bread and local honey or jam.


9.00am

Parque Central and Capitolio
Start your day at the centre around the Parque. Admire the magnificent Gran Teatro, the Hotel Inglaterra and the imposing Capitolio. Pop into the Museo Nacional Palacio de Bellas Artes to see Latin America’s largest collection of antiquities, as well as works by Goya, Rubens and Turner.


11.00am

Cathedral
Visit the Cathedral where Columbus’ bones once resided and have coffee at El Patio restaurant in the Plaza, a magnificent colonial square with street entertainers.


11.30am

Plaza de Armas to Plaza Vieja
Walk to the Plaza de Armas, stroll round the second-hand book market and visit the Museo de la Ciudad. Head down Calle Oficios, taking in the car museum, to Plaza San Francisco and on to the beautifully restored Plaza Vieja.


1.00pm

Lunch
On the southwestern corner of Plaza Vieja is a restaurant and bar, Cervecería Taberna de la Muralla, which has its own organic microbrewery. A cold beer here is very refreshing and you can sit outsid