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If you decide to split your time between Centro Habana and the Playas del Este (15-20 km east and about the same amount of travel time by...

Okay, Chef, I'll take your word for it.

Yes, your best route cost-wise is probably to fly from Toronto. However, you might also check out the Nassau route. Having to overnight...

By the way, I think we all may have missed the OP's "secluded" criteria for that untouristed beach with budget accomodations. Anybody got...

Agreed, Conner, that La Herradura is dumpy. Actually, ten years ago it had two lovely beaches, a long one on the open ocean and a small one...

I should have mentioned that there are zero "untouristed" beaches anywhere near Havana that have places to stay. However, 25 km to the west...

There are only two types of "budget accomodations" in Cuba. One is the "casa particular," or private home, licensed to rent rooms to...

Your itinerary sounds good and not too rushed. I would make only one suggested change, and that is that you only spend one night in Havana...

Hatched Chicken, I echo other posters in thanking you for a terrific post. Additional details in posts by Rob1 and Johnabbotsford are also...

Well, you have clearly defined the pros and cons of each place, so maybe this is a conversation you want to have with your husband, as to...

Rsmalling, bottom line, more or less the consensus of all previous posters, is that arriving after dark you are in no position to bargain,...

I made exactly this trip in a rental car last year, after arriving, as you expect to, in early evening. The drive from airport to Vinales...

Thanks.

Can anybody tell me what the usual taxi fare is between Havana airport's international and national terminal? And is the VIP lounge at the...

Poster #8: Good luck with conveying your meaning with that Spanish. It's almost as good as Poster #3's rationale that poor people who earn...