Lonely Planet Cuba - Havana (PDF Chapter)
Cuba - Havana
No one could have invented Havana. It’s too audacious, too contradictory, and – despite 50 years of withering neglect – too damned beautiful. Just arrive with an open mind and prepare for a long, slow seduction.
- let your imagination spill over on the evocative cobbled streets of ‘Old Havana’
- hang out with the habaneros amid crashing waves and wandering troubadours in Malecón
- see the sturdy colonial forts that once protected Havana from its cutthroat enemies
Coverage includes: History, Downtown Havana, Sights, Festivals & Events, Tours, Courses, Sleeping, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Outer Havana, Playa, Marianao, Regla, Guanabacoa, Parque Lenin & Around, Habana del Este.
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Cuba - Havana
No one could have invented Havana. It’s too audacious, too contradictory, and – despite 50 years of withering neglect – too damned beautiful. Just arrive with an open mind and prepare for a long, slow seduction.
- let your imagination spill over on the evocative cobbled streets of ‘Old Havana’
- hang out with the habaneros amid crashing waves and wandering troubadours in Malecón
- see the sturdy colonial forts that once protected Havana from its cutthroat enemies
Coverage includes: History, Downtown Havana, Sights, Festivals & Events, Tours, Courses, Sleeping, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Outer Havana, Playa, Marianao, Regla, Guanabacoa, Parque Lenin & Around, Habana del Este.
Click here to visit the Lonely Planet shop for more ebooks and print versions.
Click here to find the best hotels
Join the Raven brothers on four epic overland adventures across the USA, Russia, Black Sea and South America!
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