Cuba - Havana (PDF Chapter)

This is the Havana chapter from Lonely Planet’s Cuba guidebook.

No one could have invented Havana. It’s too audacious, too contradictory, and – despite 50 years of withering neglect – too damned beautiful. Just arrive with an open mind and prepare for a long, slow seduction.

• let your imagination spill over on the evocative cobbled streets of ‘Old Havana’
• maps
• hang out with the habaneros amid crashing waves and wandering troubadours in Malecón
• transport
• see the sturdy colonial forts that once protected Havana from its cutthroat enemies
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: History, Downtown Havana, Sights, Festivals & Events, Tours, Courses, Sleeping, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Outer Havana, Playa, Marianao, Regla, Guanabacoa, Parque Lenin & Around, Habana del Este.