Cuba: best summer getaway

medtravelerblog
17 de jul. de 2018
3 min de leitura

A paradise country with a 30ºC sea water ... what more could you want?

Cuba fits perfectly in the idea of "a week in a paradisiacal island" where we can combine a great white sand beach, sea water at 30ºC and various tours through the city center of Havana or to Cayo Blanco.

When you want to enjoy the good weather of this island, the first thing you need to remember is to get the towel, the beach slippers, the sun hat and the sunscreen! Besides that, you just need to let the sun and good weather work, as the bronze appears faster than we need to go diving.

Apart from the week at the all inclusive resort in Varadero, here are the main points that you cannot miss from the biggest island of the Caribbean Sea:

Visiting Havana

Obviously, this opportunity should not be missed! Havana has beautiful places to visit, as well as lots of local shops where you can buy magnets, shot glasses, typical Cuban cars, t-shirts, straw hats and lots of other different things).

To lunch, you can enjoy a special meal at the "El Floritida" Restaurant, a special place opened since 1817 where the Nobel Prize-winning Ernest Hemingway would go for some drinks.

Another must see is the Legendary Rum factory, opened since the 17th century, where in addition to having the opportunity to taste various types of rum, one can also buy the well-known Cuban cigars at an affordable price.

To end your visit to Havana, make sure you have visited the Plaza de la Revolución, the largest square in the world with 72,000 square meters where many political rallies took place and Fidel Castro and other political figures addressed to Cubans. Here you can also take lots of pictures on their iconic cars but keep in mind not to get inside them because their owners will ask you for money.

Visiting Cayo Blanco

Cayo Blanco is an island near Varadero. If you join the tours organized for this place, enjoy a beautiful catamaran ride where you can go for snorkeling and continue to sunbathe a little more. When you arrive at the island, a huge lunch awaits you with some lobster and many other seafood but do not forget to rush this part so that you take advantage of this beautiful island…all the time is precious!

Its sand is very white and its water has a peculiar tone and it’s even hotter than the one in Varadero (no matter how hard you think that’s impossible!).

Finally, enjoy an incredible experience with dolphins where you can interact with them and also, if you are very persuasive and you give a tip, the owners allow you to swim with the dolphins a little bit more and take a variety of photos that you’ll keep forever.

Sunset

Last but not least, don’t forget to wait for the last seconds of sunbeams to watch the beautiful sunset of this island. I know that the moonlight doesn’t tan but the colorful sunset in shades of pink is special and you can be sure they’ll be minutes you don’t want to miss!