Top Ten Cuba Experiences

Soaking up the rays on a picture perfect beach with soft powder white sand drinking fresh coconut chopped down by a friendly local with a machete whilst admiring the constantly changing but always transparent turquoise hues of the Caribbean Ocean. Salsa dancing with the sexy hip swinging locals at one of the islands many fantastic Casas de la Musica. They will quickly teach you how to move like you never thought possible. Music blasts out from every corner and you will see 5 year olds naturally perfecting their moves. hue top evening cruise Tours Drinking Cuba Libres or Mojitos made from Havana Club Rum whilst puffing on a Cohiba cigar. Cruising in style around the streets of Havana in an immaculate 1950's Cadillac amongst 1970s Russian Lada's. Walking along the Malecon (promenade) at sunset and soaking up the atmosphere as the waves crash overhead and wear holes in the road and pavement. Locals playing instruments, dancing, swimming...and just being part of an amazing skyline. Wandering the decaying colonial cobbled streets of Havana Vieja with your camera, capturing the local cigar puffing characters amongst the dilapidated mansions and feel like your walking through a living museum of a bygone era. Staying with a local family in a casa particular. An amazing way to immerse yourself in local life and experience the "real Cuba". You Trinidad Cuba holiday is a great chance to practise Spanish and ask questions about Cuban life and offers a fascinating insight into how the locals live their daily lives. Reaching the most eastern point of Cuba where the Spanish first arrived and placed the catholic cross. Tropical Baracoa is well worth the long twisty journey full of hair pin bends and beautiful views and not just for its chocolate. Full of coconuts, cacao and zillions of tropical fruit plantations. Learning about the difficult but fascinating history of the Cuban Revolution and visiting sites such as Che Guevaras mausoleum in Santa Clara and the Museum of the Revolution in Havana. Exploring Viñales with it's huge mogotes (massive weirdly shaped rock formations) which dot the landscape amongst bright green tobacco+ plantations and fertile orange soil. To visit a cigar factory is also a must when in this area.