Trips to Cuba
Why travel solo to Cuba?
What's the weather like?
Cuba has an average summer temperature of 27ºC (81ºF) and an average winter temperature of 21ºC (70ºF). The best time to visit Cuba is between December and May when the weather is dry and you can expect many sunny days.
Top three experiences
1. Cruise the capital in an iconic 1950s car
2. Join the Cuban Masters for a bicycle tour of Havana
3. Learn how to dance salsa
Top five dishes to try
1. Ropa Vieja – slow-cooked shredded beef & vegetables
2. Picadillo – ground pork or beef hash
3. Pernil – roasted pork shoulder
4. Tostones – fried green plantains
5. Masitas – fried marinated pork chunks
Top places to visit in Cuba
Havana
Crayola-coloured buildings, cobbled streets and Cadillacs – yes, Cuba’s capital is every bit the characterful city you’re anticipating. But it’s so much more besides: spontaneous streetside fiestas, late-nights at La Fabrica, salsa dancing in sweaty bars and quirky paladar restaurants… Other city breaks just can’t compete.
Trinidad
With its jumble of tile-roofed houses, cobbled streets and colonial planters’ mansions, Trinidad has remained frozen in time since the sugar barons left in the mid-19th century. Easy access to mountains and stunning white-sand beaches makes it a great base for exploring, with the added advantage of some outstanding live music.
Bay of Pigs
Famous as the site of the botched-CIA counter-revolutionary invasion in 1961, the Bay of Pigs is now a place to indulge all your Caribbean island fantasies. With fish-tank clear water teeming with tropical fish, it’s become one of Cuba’s prime dive sites. Just remember to bring your snorkeling gear.
Zapata Peninsula
A vast shoe-shaped wetland of flat swampy grasslands, dense mangroves, underwater canyons and coral reefs, the Zapata Peninsula is a nature lover’s dream. Home to thousands of flamingos and migratory birds, you’ll also want to keep your eyes peeled for manatees and crocodiles.
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