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SWIMMING WITH DOLPHINES BICYCLING CUBA TRAVEL TIPS WORD OF MOUTH LIST OF CASAS
Last update / Sept. 5, 2002

Cuban shield CASA PARTICULAR AVENIDA PASEO
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Avenida Paseo is a broad boulevard lined with mansions from a by-gone era. Where you will get a nostalgic sense of the glamour of Havana in the fifties and you will enjoy the view of the Atlantic Ocean from our balcony, walking distance to excellent restaurants.

WELCOME!

Landscape View from the Paseo deck

Paseo´s Mansions Walking Tour

Vedado Map



THIS LIST OF TIPS IS INTENDED TO HELP THE FIRST TIME TRAVELLERS TO CUBA

1.-VISAS REQUIREMENTS


2.-MONEY MATTERS, CREDIT CARDS & TRAVEL CHECKS


3.-EMERGENCY CASH FOR USA CITIZEN


4.-DO´S AND DONT´S ON THE ROAD


5.-WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU GO


6.-TEN DAYS HAVANA FORECAST

7.-WHAT ITEMS TO BRING

8.-CUBAN INTERNET ACCESS


9.-AIR LINE´S BEST DEAL


10.-NEW PHONE NUMBERS IN HAVANA


11.-TOURIST MEDICAL SERVICES


Here you will find a Map of Cuba that shows you the whole Island with their main cities and highways.

Cuba Map(Courtesy of www.cubanow.org)

With this map and the schedules of the bus,trains and airplanes, you will be able to plan your journey for the whole country.

We will reserve you the accommodations at Casa Particular (Cuban families private homes) where you will be able to exchange with those families and to know more deeply our more recent history and our solidary spirit.

The following 15 planes are from the main cities, counties and tourist points, with a brief comment that you will be able to read when placing the " mouse " on each one of them.

12.-CUBAN MAPS

local links

Granma-Cuban International Newspaper

Cuba Medical Events


Cuban Popular Dances


Havana University Spanish Language Courses


Cuban Timetables for Buses


Four days Havana Cuba Weather Forecast

Bio-Energetic Massage

WEB PAGES IN GERMAN, FRANCE AND ITALIAN LANGUAGES


SPANISH LANGUAGE WEB PAGE



BICYCLING
ACCORDING TO SEVERAL TRAVELLERS, BIKING AROUND CUBA IS NOT ONLY A VERY VIABLE OPTION.

INSTEAD IS THE MOST INTERESTING AND FASTER WAY FOR KNOWING CUBA

The cyclists that have traveled Cuba from an end to others have had different motivations for their trips that go from political reasons to echo-tourism and they have made their journeys in a different way, beginning some from where the other has finish etc, but their reports are characterized to be the most objective, detailed and exact from most of the travelers that visit Cuba can make.THE READING OF THEIRS REPORT MAY HELP YOU TO PLAN YOUR TRIP.
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ACTIVITIES
Cuba, One of the finest Outdoors aventure destinations

Fishing, downright cheap diving and snorkeling and extensive caving have been discovered and already are drawing world travelers, including Americans going through the backdoor.
Cuba has excellent year round weather, and a population with a long history of friendship and solidarity.
Cuba already may be the most fun outdoor adventure experience anywhere.
BIRDING IN CUBA
- Home of the bee hummingbird, 63 mm long, called locally the zunzuncito, the Cuban green parrot and the ferminia or Zapata Wren. !!!
Cuba is a true paradise for birdwatchers and two Horizontes Hotels provide access to the best birdwatching sites:

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THE JOSÉ MARTÍ PLAZA AT MALECON AND HOW WE ARE:

Wally and Bárbara Smith presents us the José Martí Plaza in the Havanan Malecón , which has been lately the center of important and massive manifestations, they describes it to us and show us excellent things that explain HOW THE CUBANS ARE.
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WORD OF MOUTH
Some of our guests have written their chronicles from their trip to Cuba.

Their objective is to share with family and friends its experiences, also to remember and enjoy the good time that they passed besides helping the future guests and travelers.

These chronicles have surprised us for unexpected, but they have pleased us a lot for their content, for that reason we share them with you.

Their reading will allow you to know our country and us as persons that we share this common world.


JAMES & HELEN A couple from Oxford tell us about Maria La Gorda and Swimming with Dolphines.
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Derrick Sturch, a young canadian reviewing the Restaurants and Cafeterias close to CASA PARTICULAR AVENIDA PASEO tells us its impressions. Go to story.

Gonzalo Medina, A Cybernauta Catalan in love with Cuba shows its impressions and its pictures in a wide report.
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Two Austrians, Paul & Daniel, tell us their impressions about Baracoa and the Cuban slang there.
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Warwick Hull, tell us about the use of the pool at local Hotel in Havana
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FROM Bob and Sharon Russel, North Bay, Ontario Canada.!!!
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Chronicle of a trip to Trinidad by Erwin Lindner
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What says a great world traveller from America about us
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Our dear cousin, Silvia Pedraza professor of Sociology of the University of Michigan has recommended our Web Site to her colleagues sociologists.
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A good word from the Holy Land. A young man from Israel gave us his impressions regardings his hosts
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Michael Menke, A young german fighting agaist the wind and diving with the sharks tells us its impressions.
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Experiences from a young german studing Spanish at Havana University by Jan Kahlert
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Click here to send your own word of mouth to the readers of this Web Site.
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ACCOMMODATION AT SHORT NOTICE
If you are in a hurry or you are going to arrive very late at night , send a message with your airline flight number and the arrival date and time to: Casa Particular Avenida Paseo and all your problems will be solved, without paying any extra dime!!!
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THIS IS A PHOTO TOUR AROUND CITIES AND SITES IN CUBA

We are going to start by Havana City that is the cuban capital and Old Havana is a World Heritage Site

TOUR AROUND HAVANA


The Havana Chinatown was one of the biggest in Latin America.!

TOUR AROUND HAVANA CHINATOWN


A gunshot that doesn´t kill.!

TOUR AROUND 9:00 O'CLOCK CANNON GUNSHOT


Four blocks away from Casa Particular Avenida Paseo is the John Lennon Park.!

TOUR AROUND JOHN LENNON PARK


Santa Clara was the first major city to be liberate from Batista´s army in December 1958.

TOUR AROUND SANTA CLARA

Cienfuegos sits on the lovely Bahia de Cienfuegos which opens into the Caribbean Sea

TOUR AROUND CIENFUEGOS

It is a museum town declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO

TOUR AROUND TRINIDAD

This floating hotel was a San Diego tanker built in 1920 and beached on this spot in 1933

TOUR AROUND SAN PASQUAL FLOATING HOTEL

That mud are containing bromine, sodium, radium, and sulfur.!

TOUR AROUND ELGUEA MUD HOTEL


MAKE BUSINESS IN CUBA.

The Cuban Electric Saving Program and the SANFI Corporation

SANFI INC. It is a Cuban nationality Company created to develop and to market products and services related with Efficiency Energy Projects.

He has undersigned collaboration agreements with the CUBAN ELECTRIC SAVING PROGRAM and it also has a professional and technicians team with wide accumulated experience in energy savings, fundamentally with the Energetic Advisory Group belonging to the Electric Union Engineering and Projects Company (INEL).

We consider that this offer will wake up yours attention for it,and for that reason we present to you hereinafter the services that we offer, and we don't doubt that they will be of yours interest... Go to story.


ACTIVITIES

FISHING IN CUBA
The Caribbean fishing destination. Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean. Over 775 miles long, with a total area of 42827 square miles. Cuba neughbours Florida (Key West - Havana 90 miles), Bahamas, Mexico, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic.The population numbers in excess of 11 million, of which over 2m. live in Havana. The climate is sub-tropical, with a mean annual temperature of 77F (25C). Humidity averages about 77% between November and May, rising up to 82% outside these periods. However, the climate seems to be rather more stable than in other Caribbean destinations.

DIVING IN CUBA
Last Paradise Keys (Jardines de la Reina)
50 miles south of the mainland of Cuba and 80 miles north of Cayman Brac is a 150 mile long mangrove and coral island system forming what some people say is the third longest barrier reef in the world.
In the middle is a 90 mile long and at times 20 mile wide Natural Park.
There is NO COMMERCIAL FISHING in the Park and the number of inhabitants is ZERO.

Imagine a marine WILDERNESS with walls covered with brightly hued sponges and corals plunging well below the limits of safe diving to shallow reefs filled with both schooling and solitary fish and wrecks (even some Old Spanish galleons from the l7th century.)

The mangroves provide an incredible nursery for the smaller fish which in turn provide the reef with huge schools of baitfish. This has provided a home to a prolific number of LARGE fish.
We think more than anywhere else in the Caribbean. Shark rodeos & hand feeding 200-400 LB Jewfish are an everyday experience.
Avalon Diving Center is the only operation allowed by law in this entire area and hosts no more than 300 divers a year.

Certainly, it is one of the last virgin reefs known to man.


HUNTING
The hunting seasons start in August for dove and white crowned pigeon. Many of our best hunting areas were sold out last season. If you are serious about going to Cuba.....better reserve right now! Cuba offers a variety of hunting possibilities including duck, dove, quail, pheasant and the white-crowned pigeon. There are also a few places in Cuba that offer big-game hunting. It is a pretty nice opportunity when you can hunt duck, dove and quail all in the same day. No need to bring a gun.....as automatics and pumps in both 12 and 20 guage are available. Cuba...a new and exciting hunting destination. story.

CUBA TRAVELLERS WANTED!!!

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New Cuban Digital Phone Directory and Cuban Television access


Housing
OTHER CASA PARTICULARS

The best situated and most comfortable LEGAL CASAS PARTICULARES in Havana.ALL BEDROOMS WITH DOUBLEBED, AIR CONDITION AND PRIVATE BATHROOM. CLICK ON THE RED WRITTEN TEXT TO SEE THE PICTURES OF THAT CASA PARTICULAR.

CASA PARTICULAR VEDADO HABANA
The best located places to meet real cubans, and keep in touch with friends and family by e-mail.

CASA PARTICULAR THE VEDADO WELCOMING TERRACE.
The terrace is a welcoming calm place, that allow you to drift and enjoy each one of the moments of your trip.

CASA PARTICULAR JUAN MALECON HOUSE
At Malecon drive with all the sea in front of you!!!

CASA PARTICULAR PASEO DEL PRADO
Do you want the charm of Old Havana and the amazing view of the Morro Castle?

CASA PARTICULAR EL BOSQUE
Do you prefer the pleasant tranquility and wide bucolic terrace that looks to the Havana Forest?.

CASA PARTICULAR PASEO PENT HOUSE
Are you looking for a Pent House to enjoy the wonderful view of the city and the Atlantic Ocean from its terrace?

MINI SUITE MIRIEN VEDADO
it is an independent apartment with private entrance and with its wide Patio, in the center of Vedado, very close to all the Havana night life.

CASA PARTICULAR LA BARRACA
La Barraca it is an independent apartment with private entrance and with its wide terrace, pleasant fresh and welcoming bar, the jacuzzi and the solarium will transform in memorable your vacations in Cuba.

CASA PARTICULAR TERCERA
It is the hottest spot in all Havana one block from Malecon and one block from the Habana Riviera's and Melia Cohiba's Hotels, where the life palpitates and where begins the Havana night life

CASA PARTICULAR FAMILIA SARMIENTO
Are you looking where to stay at Santa Clara city? This is just one block from Parque Vidal, at the main center of the city.

CASA PARTICULAR SANTIAGO DE CUBA
Are you going to Oriente Province to the most caribbean cuban city ?

Click here to visit Mercy HOUSE at the center of CIENFUEGOS
This is Cienfuegos best location to do Outdoors and the more close place to anywhere: beach, bank, shoping, etc.



CASA PARTICULAR GUANABO BEACH
Do you prefer the Havana East beach ? >

CASA PARTICULAR NUEVA GERONA ISLAND OF YOUTH
Or do you prefer Nueva Gerona at Island of Youth ?

CASA PARTICULAR NEYSI TRINIDAD
Do you want a facinating place to explore.?

ALL BEDROOMS WITH DOUBLEBED, AIR CONDITION AND PRIVATE BATHROOMS. Warm family enviroment.

Tourism recommendations.|TIPS AND LINKS FOR YOUR CUBAN TRIP

telephone services and some with e-mail services. Prices range for two person bedrooms are from:

$ 20 USD to $ 30 USD per bedroom per night


ENTERTAINMENT

What's up, Doc?
It's that cwazy wabbit, that's what's up. Bugs, Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck and company are going to make their beach debut and they don´t want to pay any extra money for their beach house, so take a look to the price list they are planning to pay.
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Young dancers?. Get intensive summer dance class workout
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All what you must know about cigars
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ACTIVITIES

CLIMBING
Cuba's Viñales Valley now has over 30 routes and almost 60 pitches of climbing.
The climbing is superlative.
Overhanging, pocketed limestone faces on 1,000-foot freestanding crags called "mogotes" rise above a valley touted by guidebooks as "a miniature Yosemite, with the most spectacular scenery in all Cuba",it is so peaceful scenery that remains timeless.
Here the peasants transport tobacco in ox carts as they have since time immemorial.
Completing the portrait are climbs that ascend through stunning overhangs of stalactites and tufa columns overlooking traditional thatch-roofed Cuban houses and red-soiled tobacco farms.
During this walking tour we hike the Sierra del Escambray at Central Cuba, an ecological paradise, which has maintained several species of endemic vegetation, visit Trinidad, a jewel of colonial art and of Spanish style architecture. We'll finish this expedition in Havana, following in the footsteps of Hemingway.

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