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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Claire Boobbyer

Cuba travel guide: Everything you need to know before you go

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Dazzling sugar-soft beaches, twinkling turquoise seas, palm-tree studded mountain trails, muscular castles, and pretty cities brimming with handsome villas, live bands, salsa dancing, and art. Oh, and those vintage, colourful American cars… Cuba is an enigma, clinging to socialism while finding its feet in a post-pandemic world. Come for vibrant Havana and its nightlife but take off into the wilds of this crocodile-shaped isle for adventure, wild beaches, cultural quirks, cigars, diving, festivals and foodie spots, and the best thing of all – the warm and witty Cubans.

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