Insight Guides Cuba (Travel Guide with free eBook)

by Insight Guides

Overview

Insight Guide to Cuba is a pictorial travel guide in a magazine style providing answers to the key questions before or during your trip: Deciding when to go to Cuba, choosing what to see, from exploring old Havana to discovering Valle de Vinales or creating a travel plan to cover key places like Santiago and Santa Clara. This is an ideal travel guide for travelers seeking inspiration, in-depth cultural and historical information about Cuba as well as a great selection of places to see during your trip. This guidebook has been fully updated post-COVID-19. 

 

The Insight Guide Cuba covers: Old Havana, Centro Habana and Vedado, Vinales and the west, Varadero and Matanzas, the Zapata Peninsular, Santa Clara, Cienfuegos and Trinidad, Eastern Lowlands, Holguín, Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Baracoa and the far east and the southern islands. 

 

In this travel guide you will find: 

• IN-DEPTH CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL FEATURES 
  Created to explore the culture and the history of Cuba to get a greater understanding of its modern-day life, people and politics. 
• BEST OF 
  The top attractions and Editor's Choice highlighting the most special places to visit around Cuba. 
• CURATED PLACES, HIGH-QUALITY MAPS
  Geographically organized text cross-referenced against full-color, high-quality travel maps for quick orientation in Havana, Trinidad and many more locations in Cuba. 
• COLOR-CODED CHAPTERS 
  Every part of Cuba, from Old Havana to the southern islands has its own color assigned for easy navigation. 
• TIPS AND FACTS 
  Up-to-date historical timeline and in-depth cultural background to Santiago de Cuba as well as an introduction to Cuba's food and drink and fun destination-specific features. 
• PRACTICAL TRAVEL INFORMATION 
  A-Z of useful advice on everything from when to go to Cuba, how to get there and how to get around, as well as Cuba's climate, advice on tipping, etiquette and more. 
• STRIKING PICTURES 
  Features inspirational color photography, including the stunning Bay of Pigs and the spectacular Playa Esmeralda. 
• FREE EBOOK 
  Free eBook download with every purchase of a printed book to access all the content from your phone or tablet, for on-the-road exploration. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781786718808
Publisher:	Apa Publications
Publication date:	11/01/2022
Series:	Insight Guides Series
Edition description:	8th ed.
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Insight Guides wherever possible uses local experts who provide insider know-how and share their love and knowledge of the destination.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Best of Cuba 6

The Isolated Island 17

The Cubans 19

History & Features

Decisive Dates 28

Conquistadores and Pirates 33

The Struggle Against Colonialism 41

José Martí 46

The Age of Decadence 50

The Revolution 55

Che 60

Socialism or Death 63

Cuba in the 21st Century 73

Fidel Castro 76

Beliefs and Religions 80

Dreaming of Miami 85

Cuba's Transportation System 90

Tourism: salvation or sellout? 93

Cuba's Sizzling Sound 97

The Arts 107

The Essence of Cuban Food 117

Eating out 121

Sport 123

Places

Introduction 135

Old Havana 141

Cuba's Colonial Architecture 164

Centro Habana and Vedado 167

Around Havana 179

A Night at the Tropicana 182

Viñales and the West 189

The Guajiro 196

Secrets of the Cuban Cigar 202

Varadero and Matanzas 207

The Zapata Peninsula 217

Bird bonanza 222

Santa Clara to Sancti Spíritus 225

Cienfuegos and Trinidad 237

Eastern Lowlands 253

Dream diving 262

Holguín and Granma 267

Santiago De Cuba 281

Cuban health care 288

Around Santiago 293

Baracoa and the Far East 299

US Guantánamo 302

Southern Islands 309

Transportation

Getting there 318

Getting around 319

A-Z

Accommodations 322

Admission charge 322

Age restrictions 322

Budgeting for your trip 322

Children 322

Climate 322

Crime and safety 323

Customs regulations 323

Disabled travelers 323

Electricity 323

Embassies and consulates 323

Etiquette 324

Gay and lesbian travelers 324

Health and medical care 324

Internet 324

Language courses 325

Maps 325

Media 325

Money matters 325

Opening hours 326

Postal services 326

Religious services 326

Shopping 327

Telephones 328

Time zone 328

Tipping 328

Toilets 328

Tourist information 329

Tour agencies & operators 329

Tour agencies in the UK 330

Visas and passports 330

Websites 330

What to bring 330

Weights and measures 331

Women travelers 331

Language

Basic rules 332

Words and phrases 332

Further Reading

General 335

Fiction 336

Culture 337

Fidel Castro 337

Politics and history 337

Foreign relations 337

Other Insight Guides 337

Maps

Cuba 136

Havana 138

Old Havana 142

Around Havana 180

Western Cuba 190

West Central Cuba 204

Matanzas 208

Santa Clara 226

Trinidad 244

Eastern Lowlands 254

Camagüey 259

Eastern Cuba 264

Bayamo 272

Santiago de Cuba 282

Isla de la Juventud 310

Inside front cover Cuba

Inside back cover Havana

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