
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.

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