Cuba Tourist Directory
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Sociedad Tumba Francesa La Caridad de Oriente
0 Reviews The Tumba Francesa, santiaguera tradition musician-dance, comes as representative element of the culture of the slaves of the eastren Cuban region, in particular south part: Baracoa, Guantánamo and Santiago…
- Destination: Santiago de Cuba
- Address: Santiago de Cuba
- Telephone:
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Cienfuegos Choir
0 Reviews Founded on March 23, 1962 and under the direction of Norma Faxas in those days, the choir Cantores de Cienfuegos is one of those vocal groups essential for the preservation of a genuinely choral repertoire…
- Destination: Cienfuegos Ciudad
- Address: Cienfuegos. Cuba
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Casa de las Americas
4 Reviews It is a prestigious international institution. The literary contest in holds annually is considered on of the most important of Spanish language. Conferences and exhibits on Latin American and Caribbean…
- Destination: Havana City
- Address: Calle 3ra. esq. a G, Vedado. Plaza de la Revolucion. Havana City. Cuba
- Telephone:
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Catwalk Night at la Maison
0 Reviews Enjoy a catwalk show at the Cuban Fashion House: La Maison. Musical Show with live music group
- Destination: Havana City
- Address: Calle 16 esq 7. Miramar, Playa. Havana City. Cuba
- Telephone: (537) 2045209
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Camaguey ballet
0 Reviews Camagüey’s renowned ballet company is second only to Havana’s. The dancers of this world-renowned ballet company have performed in over 40 countries. In Camagüey, they call the beautiful…
- Destination: Camaguey
- Address: Padre Valencia St. e/ Taton Mendez St. and Lugareno St.. Camaguey, Cuba
- Telephone: 293 3048
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Violins Factory
0 Reviews Artisans carve beautiful violins out of hardwood at this factory in Minas, located northeast of Camagüey.
- Destination: Camaguey
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Parrandas Remedianas
0 Reviews Parrandas, popular fiestas deeply rooted in this Villa Clara’s town, as well as in other neighboring municipalities.
- Destination: Villa Clara
- Address: Remedios, Villa Clara. Cuba
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Guajira Guantanamera Song
0 Reviews Nobody holds the slightest doubt that the Cuban song most known in the world is Guantanamera, which has traveled all over the world with its peculiar rhythm in the voices of various artists and groups,…
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Guayabera
0 Reviews The typical Cuban dress is the Guayabera. A garment that although in the opinion of many is in abeyance, the dress is the most delicate and fine that may look Cubans. This for some time gaining ground…
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Tinajon de Camaguey Legend
0 Reviews "There are no to many tanks, water is collected in beautiful jars (...), placed in the yards, for its size 4 or 6 of them will contain all the water of a well" . So described the havanan man…
- Destination: Camaguey
- Address: Camaguey Province. Cuba
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Omara Portuondo
0 Reviews Omara Portuondo's family history is a romantic New World saga. Her mother was born into a rich Spanish family and was expected to marry within her social caste, but instead eloped with a Cuban baseball…
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Eliades Ochoa
0 Reviews Like many musical greats, guitarist and vocalist Eliades Ochoa began playing at a tender age—six years old. He was raised in a musical family in Santiago. By his early teens, he was playing the…
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Manuel Guajiro Mirabal
0 Reviews A trumpet player who learned at his father's knee, Mirabal began playing professionally in 1951. He joined the jazz band 'Swing Casino' on 1953 before forming the 'Conjunto Rumbavana' three years later.…
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Orlando Cachaito Lopez
0 Reviews The López family is a veritable musical dynasty whose specialty is the bass—any kind of bass, upright or acoustic, classical or pop or jazz. Cachaito's father and uncle, Orestes and Israel…
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Pio Leyva
0 Reviews Pio Leyva composed some of Cuba's best known standards and is one of the island's most colorful personalities, known everywhere as 'El Montunero de Cuba.' He won a bongo contest at the age of six and…
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Ruben Gonzalez
0 Reviews Over his more than five decades in music, Rubén González has played with many of the great ones (including stints with Mongo Santamaría and Arsenio Rodríguez) and is himself…
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Ibrahim Ferrer
0 Reviews The son and bolero master vocalist had a fabled entrance into this world: he was born in Santiago in 1927 at a social club dance. He began his career in the early 1940s with local musical outfits in Santiago.…
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Alicia Alonso
0 Reviews Blind but beady-eyed, beaky-nosed, old, imposing and profoundly glamorous, Alicia Alonso stands in a single spotlight at the front of the dress circle of the Gran Teatro de La Habana, bathed in waves…
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Chucho Valdez
0 Reviews Son of pianist, composer and bandleader Bebo Valdés, he made his professional debut at the age of 16 playing the piano in the Orchestra Cubana de Música Moderna and Irakere, which he founded…
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Cuban Folk Music
0 Reviews The natives of Cuba were the Taíno, Arawak and Ciboney people, known for a style of music called areito. Large numbers of African slaves and European immigrants brought their own forms of music…
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Musica Campesina
0 Reviews Música campesina is a rural form of improvised music derived from a local form of décima and verso called punto. It has been popularized by artists like Celina González, and has become…
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Danzon
0 Reviews Danzón: The European influence on Cuba's later musical development is most influentially represented by danzón, which is an elegant dance that became established in Cuba before being exported…
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The History of Varadero beach
0 Reviews t is well known as the most famous beach in the Cuban coasts. Tourist of all over the world visit the place searching for fresh air, clean sands, safet and comfortable accommodation in four and five stars…
- Destination: Varadero Beach
- Address: Varadero Beach, Matanzas. Cuba
- Telephone:
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The History of Cienfuegos
0 Reviews In order to protect its magnificent bay from corsairs and pirates, who ploughed the Caribbean, the third most important fort was erected in 1745. It was called the castle of Nuestra Señora de los…
- Destination: Cienfuegos city
- Address: Cienfuegos. Cuba
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The History of Sancti Spiritus
0 Reviews Sancti Spíritus was one of the first seven towns founded by Spanish conqueror Diego Velázquez in the island. After the founding of Bayamo, the second town, he decided to build that of La…
- Destination: Sancti Spiritus
- Address: Sancti Spiritus Province. Cuba
- Telephone:
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The Conga
0 Reviews The Conga is another popular dance that can be traced back to Cuba. It has been used extensively in discos and parties all over the world. Tourists to the country would do well to observe local performances.…
