Travelogues Cuba

For our last two days of the trip, we're going back to Havana. In the evening, we'll meet up with our new friends from Guanabo again. We'll drink and eat well and celebrate...

After a short stay in Sancti Spiritus, we headed to Trinidad. Our longest stop on our road trip. We arrived at our hostel and were greeted by our hostel dog. A husky in the...

Before heading to Trinidad, we made a little detour to the Botanical Garden in Cienfuegos. An extensive area with hundreds of species of palm trees, orchids, bamboo, etc. It was...

We had a pretty cheap evening in Cienfuegos, there was a pizza for about 30 cents and a sandwich for about 40 cents. We also finally got Cuban money. So I'm playing Cuban and we...

After Cienfuegos, we visited Trinidad, a stronghold of tourism. For us, it was a bit too much tourism. No question... Trinidad is a very nice old town with a wonderful...

On May 23rd, we went to Viñales. We wanted to book the tour through an online booking agency, but we couldn't. We do have a Cuban SIM card (which tourists usually don't have),...

Our private jet...

With a taxi colectivo, we arrived in Varadero. It is a long stretch of land and apparently one of the most beautiful beaches in Cuba - again. We went to our host family and...

After we had to change our plans and couldn't go to Playa Maria La Gorda, we decided to visit one of the most beautiful, if not the most beautiful beach in Cuba. Off to...

Last stop of our trip and unfortunately without our Jimny. We had to return it with a heavy heart in Havana... Varadero has nothing to do with the real Cuba. There are plenty of...

For our stay in Havana, we consciously chose a "Casa Particular." This means living at home with a Cuban family. We spent the first days with Olga and her incredibly loving...

02/03/2020 from Santiago de Cuba to Guantanamo Today is our lucky day. Firstly, we met a young Cuban who mainly lives in Switzerland, and he helped us find the gas station that...

Vinales 2 Today we want to visit a cave, swim at the beach, and get some Vitamin D (sunbathe), and see an incredible building. But one thing at a time. The Vinales area has...

Cuba is fascinating, beautiful, unique, special, different, and sometimes a little exhausting. I did some research on the history, politics, and culture of Cuba beforehand, so I...

We drove back to Cienfuegos from Rancho Luna, where we spent 1.5 days. The city center with its old French-style buildings and the small Triumphal Arch was quite nice, but...

The last days of our trip to Cuba have begun and we are enjoying the incredible beaches of Cuba one last time. Guanabo is located between Varadero and Havana and is known as the...

Cuba, even though you haven't always made it easy for me, sometimes even tortured me, you still managed to get into my heart, with your many little alleys, the palm trees, the...

Santa Clara is also known as Che Guevara City, as the capture of the city was an important historical event and paved the way to Havana. Accordingly, there are many monuments...

Off to Cienfuegos! Hmm where is our hotel, the city is getting further away from us...but ah there it was, "Hello all-inclusive bunker". Nothing around, absolutely nothing. Some...

As mentioned before, Santiago was far from being as lively as it usually is. No music... no festive celebrations. Nevertheless, we had nice days, explored the city, visited the...

West of Havana lies the Vinales Valley. After a somewhat strenuous journey (mostly due to the ancient minibus), you reach a very beautiful, green valley. For some reason,...

Tuesday, February 18, 2020 For me at least, sleep is not restful, the air conditioning cools the room temperature down a lot, we wake up at 6 o'clock and start the day. After...

After our tour through Central Cuba, we return to Havana. This time to the neighborhood of Central Havana. Unfortunately, we are not satisfied with the Casa there, so we head to...

The disco in the cave is insane. We wake up pretty hungover at 12:30 because our landlady wakes us up, because our landlady from Havana is on the phone. We walk to the Viazul to...

Another day in Havana, breakfast at Amarilla, the plan for today is to visit the Christoph Columbus Cemetery, the Plaza de la Revolución and the Agencia de Viazul, where you can...

We arrived in Santiago on the same day as the funeral procession, and the usually lively city was almost eerily quiet. The caravan with Fidel's coffin was now reaching Santiago....

This time we continued by bus to Cienfuegos. Actually a very industrial city, with numerous sugar factories, and the largest sugar export port in the world, Cienfuegos has a few...

The last 6 days in Varadero were truly very relaxing ☺️ We were super lucky with the weather. Except for one cloudy day, we had plenty of sunshine 🔆 Our days usually looked the...

View from the hotel

28.02.2020 from Manzanilla to Pilon After a sparse breakfast of omelette and jam, we continue our journey, our destination is the Desembarco de Gramna National Park. It was once...