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✨ Start PlanningHavana (Spanish: La Habana) is the capital city of Cuba, and one of the fifteen provinces of the Republic of Cuba. Visitors come to Havana for its music, history, culture, architecture and monuments. Havana is a lively city that retains a lot of beautiful buildings from its heyday in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many of which have been…
1 José Martí International Airport (HAV IATA). The airport has three main terminals (plus a couple of smaller ones). Terminal 1 is for internal (domestic) flights, Terminal 2 is mainly for charter flights and some scheduled flights from the USA and Terminal 3 is used for all other international flights. Customs officials can be very strict, and…
As a tourist, the most convenient way of getting around Havana is by taxi. Some of the taxis are old American Chevys from the 1950s, others are (somewhat) newer Russian Ladas, whilst most tourist taxis are modern Peugeots, Skodas and even Mercedes. It is illegal for tourists to ride in anything other than the official government taxis. However, it…
Havana is quite safe for a large city. Heavily dependent on tourism, Cuban police are everywhere and pay particular attention to spots where travelers congregate (Habana Vieja, El Malecón, etc.), so you don't have to be afraid of being accosted in the daytime. Prison sentences for crimes involving tourists are extremely harsh, a fact which…