Factory sights in Havana
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Real Fábrica de Tabacos Partagás
One of Havana’s oldest and most famous cigar factories, the landmark neoclassical Real Fábrica de Tabacos Partagás was founded in 1845 by a Spaniard named Jaime Partagás. Today some 400 workers toil for up to 12 hours a day in here rolling such famous cigars as Montecristos and Cohibas. As far as tours go, Partagás is the most popular and reliable factory to visit. Tour groups check out the ground floor first, where the leaves are unbundled and sorted, before proceeding to the upper floors to watch the tobacco get rolled, pressed, adorned with a band and boxed. Though interesting in an educational sense, the tours here are often rushed and a little robotic and some vi…
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Real Fábrica de Tabacos H Upmann
Upmann’s cigars are legendary in Cuba and have been produced in the country since 1844, when two German bankers and avid cigar smokers, Hermann and August Upmann, bought a factory in Habana. Indeed, the popular Petit Upmann brand was a longtime favorite of US president John F Kennedy. Currently one of only two cigar factories offering tours in Habana, the grand neoclassical Upmann building is a little out of the way and generally only accepts organized groups. Inquire first at Real Fabrica de Tabacos Partagás or at your hotel travel desk rather than turn up here in person.
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