So we are well done with 2016 now, and starting 2017 with full speed. I’m really looking forward to what this year has in store for me/us! Here is my short overview of my travels in 2016. I did explore tons of places so I’m happy about last year and can’t wait to do first […]
Cuba
Casas in Cuba
If you want real Cuban experience, then forget about hotels and resorts, stay with locals in one of many casas particulares across Cuba! Casa particular is house or apartment owned by Cubans and they rent out their extra rooms to travelers. We didn’t reserve any of our casas before, but as soon as you stay […]
Our travel itinerary for Cuba – 16 days
As soon as I find new destination I start googling for places to visit and things to do. Next I start writing them down and trying to put them in best order, so I get direction of my travel and approximately dates for each place. It was the same for Cuba and yes Cuba was always […]
Varadero – White sand for miles
Varadero was first mentioned in 1555, but the city itself was founded in December 1887, after 10 families from Cardenas built their vacation homes here. Nowadays it’s most know as one of the biggest resort cities in whole Caribbean. White sandy beach stretches for more then 20 kilometres. First tourists started arriving already in the late […]
Santa Clara – Che Guevara’s resting place
“If you want an interesting history of how the city was founded, Santa Clara is perfect example. While I was reading about it I was amazed. As I read on Wikipedia it was founded by 175 people on 15th of July, 1689. Most of those people were from two big families that were already living […]
Trinidad or should I say Villa de la Santisima Trinidad?
City was founded in early 16th century under the name Villa de la Santisima Trinidad by Spanish conquistador Diego Velazquez de Cuellar. No doubt Trinidad is one of the best preserved colonial cities in the world. You get amazed by all villas, plazas and churches, tiny cobbled streets with local musicians playing traditional Cuban music. […]
Day trip – El Nicho Waterfalls & Guanaroca Lagoon
We could call it perfect day trip from Cienfuegos as a starting point. It is one of nature highlights in Cuba for sure. Two hours bumpy ride to Sierra del Escambray mountain range pays off as soon as you get to El Nicho waterfalls. Once you park the car or get dropped off you pay […]
Cienfuegos – La Perla del Sur
Cienfuegos, so called La Perla del Sur which means Pearl of the South was our next stop. The city is situated around one of the most beautiful bays in Cuba – Bahia de Cienfuegos. City is listed on World Heritage List by UNESCO, because of it’s Neoclassical architecture. Centre of sugar, coffee and tobacco trade is […]
Playa Larga and National park Ciénaga de Zapata
It was time to say bye to Viñales valley, but we went to a coastal village next so we were excited. Again we took Taxi colectivo and that was one interesting ride. It was 9 of us in one car, some suitcases were on the roof, then we drive for a little bit on highway […]
Let’s smoke some cigars in Viñales!
Our next stop in Cuba was Viñales. It’s beautiful landscape and it’s best known for tobacco farms. We got ride with taxi collectivo from Havana to Viñales. It was us plus two ladies from Spain we met in our casa in Havana. It took us about 4hours to get there with car and it costed […]
