America > Cuba: Weather, Map, Costs and Travel Guide

The Cuban revolution has made Cuba famous, but it has other aces up its sleeve to make it known: Its music and its beaches and forests, mixed architecture, smiling people, these are some examples that make it an enchanting destination.
Havana combines the history and the modernity: It is authentic and beautiful but also has some poverty-stricken areas which can’t be ignored. Its fortifications are registered on the UNESCO's world heritage list, but you can also admire the City Museum, the cathedral, the Palace of Captains-Generals, the Cuban Art Museum, Che Guevara Museum, and many other sites, later take a stroll along the Malecon that surrounds the coast, it boasts beautiful colonial buildings.

Trinidad is itself a museum: The Plaza Mayor, Municipal Historic museum, but there are also many places within the country awaiting your visit. The beautiful beaches extend everywhere.

The Pinar del Rio province in the west is full of surprises for fans of fishing, hiking, swimming and bird watchers.

For diving enthusiasts and nature lovers, the Island of Youth is a natural, unspoilt, peaceful area that it would be a shame not to explore.

There are several airlines with flights to Cuba from Europe.

A tourist card is required to stay for less than 30 days, except for business trips which require a visa.
Two currencies are in circulation: The Cuban peso and the Cuban convertible peso, this one is used by tourists.

The budget required is highly expensive for foreigners compared to other Latin American countries: A double room will cost about €40 and an average meal about €10.

There are no particular health issues in the region: However take usual precautions, protect yourself from the sun, against mosquitoes, do not drink tap water, and it is always advisable to keep all classic vaccines up to date and also those against typhoid and hepatitis A.
To travel within the country, domestic flights are available, but buses are also a means of transportation very convenient and efficient. Renting a car is an easy way to travel on the island, but it is quite expensive.