Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
The Museo de la Revolución is a museum in La Habana, Cuba. It is located in the neo-classic presidential palace, decorated by Tiffany & Co. of New York, United States. The last user of this building was dictator Fulgencio Batista; when the Cuban revolution succeeded it was turned into a museum. Continue reading “Museo de la Revolución”
The Hotel Nacional de Cuba located at the Malecón in La Habana, Cuba is a national institution – and was for me the best location for my 30th birthday. It was opened in 1930, closed after the revolution and only used to host diplomats and government officials until 1991 when Cuba reopened for tourists. Continue reading “Hotel Nacional de Cuba”
The Hotel Los Jazmines in Viñales, Cuba offers the best views of the island. All rooms have balconies with rocking chairs directed towards the mogotes – isolated hills that kept standing when the rest of the karstic area was lowered by water floating underneath. Continue reading “Hotel Los Jazmines”
The Valle de Viñales belongs to the Pinar del Rio region of Cuba and is maybe the most beautiful landscape I’ve seen on the island. I reached my hotel – the Los Jazmines on a hill outside of Viñales – without knowing anything about the area. And the view on the green valley with the mogotes was absolutely stunning. Continue reading “Valle de Viñales”
The Cafetal Buenavista is a ruin of a coffee plantation located 1.5 kilometers away from the eastern entrance of the nature protection park Las Terrazas on Cuba. It was built by French refugees from Haiti in 1801. Continue reading “Cafetal Buenavista”
The Baños del San Juan are a set of natural pools in the nature protection area Las Terrazas, Cuba. From the Hotel Moka you’ll have to go three kilometers to the south on a narrow and unpaved road. Doing this trip is worth the effort as you can swim with locals in wonderful pools created by a river. Continue reading “Baños del San Juan”
The Hotel Moka is an eco-hotel in the region of Pinar del Río, Cuba. It is located within the Complejo Las Terrazas, a wonderful biosphere reserve including lakes, an old coffee plantation and natural pools. Something special: You’ll have to pay a road toll to reach the area. Continue reading “Hotel Moka Las Terrazas”
Besides a lot of normal roads – sometimes in quite bad condition – there are also motorways on Cuba. Gasoline is very expensive for the local population and the people use busses and lorries for transport; in villages also horses and carriages. For tourists there is a special kind of gasoline available at the limited gasoline stations you should have on a map. Continue reading “Lonesome motorway”
If you get to the Zapata region you can find the Laguna del Tesoro belonging to Guamá, Cuba. Tourists get here to do a boat tour or visit a reproduction of village of the Taino indians. The most interesting sight is the Criadero de Crocodilos – a crocodile farm. Continue reading “Criadero de Crocodilos”
The Hotel La Unión is located in the heart of Cienfuegos, Cuba – not far away from the nice Plaza des Armas. Spanish colonial flair is not only visible throughout the whole city but also in this hotel, which fits perfectly to the town. I enjoyed being at the center and not in the outskirts (which happend often on my trip). Continue reading “Hotel La Unión”