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Top things to do in Cuba

• Visit Guardalavaca beach for your chance to swim with dolphins
  
  
• Soak up the sun on one of the 300 white sandy beaches that line the 6,000km of coastline
  
  
• Visit Havana with its revolutionary history, monumental architecture and charming people
  
  
• Join in the Latin beat at a salsa bar.
  
  
• Try rum-fused cocktails like a minty Mojito, Cuba's national cocktail, or Havana's famous Daiquiri.
  
  

Cuba Information
The Caribbean harbors a jewel in the Island of Cuba. The tropical Island extends 750 miles (roughly the size of Pennsylvania) and is a beautiful mix of mountain ranges and plains. There are over 200 bays and 289 sun drenched beaches to explore. The main ports are located in the provinces of Cienfuegos, Havana, Manzanillo, Mariel, Matanzas, Nuevitas and Santiago de Cuba.

Cuba has no plants or animals that are lethal to humans (Yes, this includes poisonous snakes!) The mountain ranges include the Sierra Maestra to the East, the Cordillera de los Organos to the West, and the Sierra del Escambray in the central region.

The elongated island of Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean and is bounded to the north by the Straits of Florida and the greater North Atlantic Ocean, to the northwest by the Gulf of Mexico, to the west by the Yucatan Channel, to the south by the Caribbean Sea, and to the east by the Windward Passage. The Republic comprises the entire island, including many outlying islands such as the Isle of Youth, previously known as the Isle of Pine, with the exception of Guantanamo Bay, a naval base that has been leased by the United States since 1903. The mainland is the world's 16th largest island.

The economy of Cuba is based on state ownership with some small scale private enterprise existing at the fringes. Tourism has become one of the largest sources of income for Cuba, and in 1993 the U.S. dollar was made legal tender (the country operated under a dual-currency system); this arrangement was, however, revoked on 25 October 2004.

The Cuban economy was hit hard in the early 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Comecon economic bloc, with which it had traded predominantly. More recent problems include high oil prices, recessions in key export markets such as sugar and nickel, damage from hurricanes (most recently an estimated 1 billion dollars economic damage from hurricane Charley), depressed tourism, and faltering world economic conditions. In late 2003, and early 2004, both tourism levels and nickel prices increased. One other factor in the recovery of the Cuban economy is the remittances of Cuban-Americans (which constitute almost 3% of the Cuban Economy, by some estimates). Cuba currently trades with almost every nation in the world (including the U.S.). However, Cuba owes billions in Paris Club debt to nations such as France, Japan and Germany.

Month	Temp (°C)	Sunshine	Rainfall
January	26°C	6hrs	7.1cm
February	26°C	6hrs	4.6cm
March	27°C	7hrs	4.6cm
April	29°C	7hrs	5.8cm
May	30°C	8hrs	11.9cm
June	31°C	6hrs	16.5cm
July	32°C	6hrs	12.5cm
August	32°C	6hrs	12.5cm
September	31°C	5hrs	15.0cm
October	29°C	5hrs	17.3cm
November	27°C	5hrs	7.9cm
December	26°C	5hrs	5.8cm

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Other Information about Cuba
Departure Tax: For holidays departing before 30 Apr 2007, departure tax (approx. £16), is payable locally (including children aged 2 years and over). For holidays departing on or after 01 May 2007, a compulsory overseas departure tax (approx. £15) will be added at the time of booking (including children aged 2 years and over). You will no longer be required to pay your departure tax at check-in at your overseas airport.

NOTE: All charges, passport and visa requirements are subject to change. It is the responsibility of all guests to ensure they have the correct travel documents, we advise you to contact the appropriate consulate.

Varadero - Cuba

Varadero is the most famous beach in Cuba and the most famous sun and sand destination. It’s a mixture of many dreams, earlier perspectives, later on became projects and eventually facts. At this paradisiacal point of the Cuban geography the visitor will find hotels, cabarets, restaurants, nautical offers, golf, and a bunch of options to make him feel at ease. As we approach Varadero the ambience seems to change to one softer and lighter. By the end of the XVIII century the French immigration made the city of Matanzas a rich and cult region, the most flourishing in that part of Cuba. Personalities like Fanny Elsser, Ana Pavlova, Sara Bernhardt and Adelina Patti visited the province and as one of its guests was Louis Philippe Albert d'Orleans, who would eventually, become the king of France. Out of Varadero, in Matanzas and in the Zapata Peninsula, one of Cuba’ most important ecosystems and the biggest reserve of swamps in the Caribbean. It natural rich environment shelters different species of wildlife, characterized by its high level of endemism. Varadero is 140 km east of Havana and 30 km from Matanzas. There is sun light for 12 hours and average temperature is 25 °C.

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