
- 352 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Insight Guides Cuba (Travel Guide eBook)
About this book
Insight Guide to Cuba is a pictorial travel guide in a magazine style providing answers to the key questions before or during your trip: deciding when to go to Cuba, choosing what to see, from exploring old Havana to discovering Valle de Vinales or creating a travel plan to cover key places like Santiago, Santa Clara. This is an ideal travel guide for travellers seeking inspiration, in-depth cultural and historical information about Cuba as well as a great selection of places to see during your trip.
The Insight Guide CUBA covers: Old Havana, Centro Habana and Vedado, Vinales and the west, Varadero and Matanzas, the Zapata Peninsular, Santa Clara, Cienfuegos and Trinidad, eastern lowlands, Holguín, Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Baracoa and the far east and the southern islands.
In this travel guide you will find:
IN-DEPTH CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL FEATURES
Created to explore the culture and the history of Cuba to get a greater understanding of its modern-day life, people and politics.
BEST OF
The top attractions and Editor's Choice highlighting the most special places to visit around Cuba.
CURATED PLACES, HIGH-QUALITY MAPS
Geographically organised text cross-referenced against full-colour, high-quality travel maps for quick orientation in Havana, Trinidad and many more locations in Cuba.
COLOUR-CODED CHAPTERS
Every part of Cuba, from Old Havana to the southern islands has its own colour assigned for easy navigation.
TIPS AND FACTS
Up-to-date historical timeline and in-depth cultural background to Santiago de Cuba as well as an introduction to Cuba's food and drink and fun destination-specific features.
PRACTICAL TRAVEL INFORMATION
A-Z of useful advice on everything from when to go to Cuba, how to get there and how to get around, as well as Cuba's climate, advice on tipping, etiquette and more.
STRIKING PICTURES
Features inspirational colour photography, including the stunning Bay of Pigs and the spectacular Playa Esmeralda.
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Table of contents
- How To Use This E-Book
- Cuba’s Top 10 Attractions
- Editor’s Choice
- Introduction: The Isolated Island
- The Cubans
- Decisive Dates
- Conquistadores and Pirates
- The Struggle Against Colonialism
- The Age of Decadence
- The Revolution
- Socialism or Death
- Cuba in the 21st Century
- Beliefs and Religions
- Dreaming of Miami
- Insight: Cuba’s Transportation System
- Tourism: salvation or sellout?
- Cuba’s Sizzling Sound
- The Arts
- The Essence of Cuban Food
- Sport
- Introduction: Places
- Introduction: Old Havana
- Insight: Cuba’s Colonial Architecture
- Introduction: Centro Habana and Vedado
- Introduction: Around Havana
- Introduction: Viñales and the West
- Insight: Secrets of the Cuban Cigar
- Introduction: Varadero and Matanzas
- Introduction: The Zapata Peninsula
- Insight: Bird bonanza
- Introduction: Santa Clara to Sancti Spíritus
- Introduction: Cienfuegos and Trinidad
- Introduction: Eastern Lowlands
- Insight: Dream diving
- Introduction: Holguín and Granma
- Introduction: Santiago De Cuba
- Introduction: Around Santiago
- Introduction: Baracoa and the Far East
- Introduction: Southern Islands
- Transportation
- A-Z: A Handy Summary of Practical Information
- Language
- Further Reading