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Cuba launches GranCar.com - official booking site for its vintage classic cars @grancarcuba @cubatravelnet Image credit @frank_baltodano_ https://www.insidecuba.co/new-blog/2020/cubas-classic-cars

Trinidad, Cuba was named a World Craft City in 2018. Go for the linens, ceramics, artist studios and fantastic home stays, not to mention the live music. My piece for @prior https://www.prior.club/knowledge/trinidad-cuba/

Sweet Stays Havana for @westjetmagazine @lareserva_vedado @estampacuba @so.lahabana @gardenshavana Book in for your next trip to Cuba #havana #cuba #cubahotels #cubacasas #cubaboutiquetravel #boutiquestays #cubatravel #havanatravel Images courtesy of each property.

Heading to Havana? My Hot-stuff Havana for the current @st_travelmag is chocka with cool stuff to do in the Cuban capital @cubaprivatetravel @plansouthamerica

Pork, lemongrass and the Laos factor. I explore the highlights of this Southeast Asian nation and its super fragrant food with @insideasiatours for @telegraphtravel @pastelaofood @the_apsara @letriocoffee @tamarindlaos @laopoet @theriverresort @doikanoi

Solo travel through Cuba? Or exploring the island with a car and a chatty driver? My hot tips for @st_travelmag Total Guide Caribbean

Where I racket about the Cuban capital for @telegraphtravel in search of Graham Greene and his ‘Our Man in Havana’ bars, hotels, plazas & places. This month marks 60 years since the film release https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/caribbean/cuba/articles/havanna-culture-graham-greene-hemingway/ Digging about Havana I found this ‘La Ciudad en sus Manos’ from 1958. Greene may well have looked up Cabarets in this directory and seen this image. Surely this Bomba Atomica image gave him a grand idea? cc @hull1021 @journeylatinamerica

Happy Birthday beautiful Havana! Havana turns 500 next month. Read my story ‘Air of Havana’ for @travelessentialist https://essentialist.com/stories/just-back-from/air-havana @sanisidroda @kadirlopezart @dadorhavana @malecon663 @fabricadeartecubano @sofitel #havana #cuba #happybirthdayhavana #travelessentialist #curatedtravel #bespoketravel

Designed in Cuba: Cold War Graphics opens today @illustrationhq in London featuring 170 works designed for OSPAAAL, founded in Cuba to promote cooperation between socialist countries. The graphic work features 100 posters & 70 magazines with work by 33 designers. All belong to the Mike Stansfield Collection. The exhibition runs until January 19th. Images: Cuba, 1968 by Raúl Martínez; Day of Solidarity with The People of Laos, 1970 by Ernesto Padrón Blanco; Day of World Solidarity with the Cuban Revolution, 1970 by Antonio Fernández Mariño. #Cuba #cubadesign #cubancarteles #politicalposters #cubangraphics

My two Time Out articles on Old Havana. Old Havana makes it on to Time Out’s coolest neighbourhoods in the world 2019 list: https://www.timeout.com/coolest-neighbourhoods-in-the-world and for more great things to do, eat and drink in the Cuban capital check out: https://www.timeout.com/havana/things-to-do/old-havana-havana-guide @timeoutlondon @ivanchefsjusto @el_del_frente @sanisidroda @gardenshavana @galeriatallergorria @raulcorralesgallery @elcafehavana @lodemonik_restaurants @jesusmaria_20 @therealjibaros @factoriahabana #oldhavana #havana #cuba #cubatravel #timeout #cubancocktails

Cuban documentary photographer Raúl Cañibano’s solo show at London’s @thephotographersgallery begins today. Raúl Cañibano: Chronicles of an Island will be on display and available for acquisition at The Photographers’ Gallery from the 13th September 2019. @raul_canibanofoto

Another beautiful place to stay in northern Old Havana @twinshavana #havana #cuba #cubatravel #havanastays

It seems as if the dome of St Isaac’s Cathedral, St Petersburg, has been screwed onto the top of Havana’s Capitolio. There’s also a touch of Red Square at Cuban artist José Toirac’s latest show ‘Esto no es un Tributo’ at Galeria Acacia looking right over this new golden dome @meirytoi

One of my favourite places to stay in my favourite city in the world @lareserva_vedado Cuba’s boutique stays just keep getting better. #cuba #cubatravel #casasparticulares #homestay #havana

My article and pics on ebiking around Cuba for @wanderlustmag is now online. It was the most brilliant fun way to explore the island https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/content/ebiking-in-cuba/ @cubaniatravel

Food tours in Vientiane, Hanoi and Havana for @guardiantravelsnaps My tips https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2019/jun/26/20-best-food-tours-around-world-lisbon-lima-havana-hanoi Pictured: a Lao woman making khao lam at her home business near the Mekong River in Vientiane

Great story by @cubasarahmarsh on the Cuban dildo. ‪I bought these two from the Havana Bienal art pop-up @consolezvous1 at @fabricadeartecubano A friend asked me to bring a vibrator to Cuba earlier this year. I bottled out and bought her something equally utilitarian she wanted - a tin opener. Thing is I was teased mercilessly for my decision. Cuba's first 'sex shop' tackles taboos, fuels legalization calls https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-sex-idUKKCN1TQ192‬

Ebiking on rollercoaster roads through limestone valleys in western Cuba to Trinidad and beyond was a doddle and a giggle. My story on this wonderful trip is out in this month’s @wanderlustmag #cuba #vinales #trinidad #ebiking #ebikingcuba #wildcuba #nature #cubanature

My story & pictures on Havana’s neon revolution for BBC Travel. @kadirlopezart & team are restoring the Cuban capital’s vintage neon signs. ‪Is Havana getting a makeover? http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190505-is-havana-getting-a-makeover‬

When space is at a premium in Havana why wouldn’t you use an old family tomb as a garage? This boarded up mausoleum had a loose cloth covering one cracked square pane. I couldn’t help moving it aside for a peek... #gravegarage #cementeriodecolon #havanacemetery #havana #cuba

Archive For December, 2019

Travelling solo to Cuba or want to hire a funny and chatty driver?

December 20, 2019 · by claireboobbyer

You’ll find my tips for the Sunday Times Travel Magazine in this month’s edition

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In search of Graham Greene’s Havana

December 8, 2019 · by claireboobbyer

My article for Telegraph Travel on racketing around Havana in search of Graham Greene’s hotels, bars, plazas and places

How to discover the thrilling side of Havana that inspired Graham Greene

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