Cuba Bucket List

Visit Havana, the vibrant capital of Cuba. Explore Old Havana (a UNESCO World Heritage Site with colonial architecture and cobblestone streets), see the iconic Malecón (a 8 km seawall promenade popular for sunset views and social gatherings), visit the Museum of the Revolution (housed in the former Presidential Palace, detailing Cuba's history), and try classic Cuban dishes like ropa vieja at a local paladar.

Cruise classic cars, salsa nights, and tobacco valleys of Cuba

Light up a cigar in Cuba, the country renowned for its premium tobacco and cigars

Visit Varadero, a resort town on Cuba's Hicacos Peninsula known for its pristine beaches and all-inclusive resorts. Stroll along Playa Varadero (a 20 km stretch of white sand with turquoise waters), explore the Cueva de Ambrosio (a limestone cave with pre-Columbian pictographs), and visit the Parque Josone (a lush garden park with a lake, paddle boats, and historic mansion).

Spot the classic Polaquito car, a vintage American automobile commonly seen on the streets of Cuba.

Visit Santiago de Cuba, Cuba's second-largest city and cultural hub. Explore the historic Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca (a 17th-century fortress and UNESCO World Heritage site), experience the vibrant Carnaval de Santiago (one of Cuba's most famous festivals with parades and music), and see the Moncada Barracks (site of Fidel Castro's 1953 attack, now a museum).

Cuba's minty rum, lime and soda highball.

A gay artist and a young communist in 1979 Havana; Cuba's first Oscar-nominated film.

A bourgeois writer stays in Havana after the revolution and watches through a telescope.

Santiago, a marlin and the sharks; the novella that got Hemingway the Nobel.

Cuba's first town, cut off until 1965: cacao, coconut cooking and the flat-topped El Yunque.

The Pearl of the South: a French-founded city of neoclassical squares on a bay, and the Tomas Terry theatre.

Tobacco farms among limestone mogotes, horse rides and the Mural of Prehistory.

A maze of streets built to confuse pirates, clay tinajones jars and a ballet company.

Colourful colonial town frozen in time.

Havana’s 8 km seawall promenade at sunset, waves crashing over the wall.

Cruise Havana in a vintage convertible.

Clear Caribbean sinkholes and reef right off the shore at Playa Giron.

Tobacco fields and limestone hills.