Havana Vintage ( Havana )

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Famous Cubans Painters  personal studio´s Roberto Fabelo , Pedro Pablo Oliva, Arturo Montoto, Nelson Dominguez among others, could be visited to enjoy it , make contact with them or even purchase their artworks.

Renowned designers specializing in genuine Cuban dresses and Guayaberas, patch techniques, linen, nightwear and exclusive designs will receive the visitors in their houses and will offer the opportunity of tailor made design.

Abdala, one of the most recognized music recording  studios in  Cuba and Latin America  where  have been recorded the most prestigious Cuban musicians. Areíto Studio, traditional Cuban recording studio in which figures like Nat King Cole, Josephine Baker, Vicente Garrido, Silvio Rodriguez, Chucho Valdes and the project Buena Vista Social Club have recorded their voices and performances.

Recommended for small groups. Day tour with lunch included in Las Terrazas restaurant accompanied by a specialist in Hemingway´s presence in Cuba. This is not a conventional tour, it goes to the main events of the Nobel Prize in Cuba that led him to express .. ¨ I could never write in New York, La Finca is ideal .. ¨

City tour with emphasis on architectural styles that distinguish the city. Executive Chef, client manufactures traditional Cuban recipes instructed by the head chef of our cuban cousine . (Premium Solways suggest making a day tour that combines the themes of fashion, music and cousine)

Visits to tobacco plantation in Pinar del Rio, the land of the best tobacco, meeting with specialists. Visit the rum museum and a Tobacco factory while testing the great Cuban rum and a limited manufactured cigars.

A journey through the tradition of classical music in Cuba. Visit to the venue of the Teatro Lirico of Cuba, history of the origins of Cuban music genres.

Is one of the streets of “the neighborhood” that has gained popularity among those that enjoy all art expressions, including, above all, the urban art. Here graffiti flowers at each corner and “La Ceiba” park organizes concerts with famous artists.

It has several social and cultural projects, like: “Butterfly wings”, an expo and sell space of 35 artisans that provide workshops and circles of interest on manual arts: the multipurpose sport hall “Jesús Montané Oropesa”, is a place where the community can practice several sports, which is assisted by the UNESCO; and two Galleries to show pictorial works, the most important one: the Gallery workshop Gurria (GTG), an initiative of the Cuban actor Jorge Perugorría, who transformed a destroyed space that used to belong to a bakery, into a air-conditioned and pleasant space for art.

It’s a new Cuban design clothing store, the first one to market with the rest of the world online platform, and also the first one to use a space in Vogue fashion magazine.

It offers 10 types of T-shirts with different stamped messages and Cuban typical phrases, all of them with a characteristic grace: 99% Cuban design and “Actually, I´m in Havana", two of the most popular among the Cubans and turists that visit Cuba.

Travel through the modern part of the city and its fifth avenue and other attractions of the city. Visit the ceramist artist-cartoonist, painter and engraver-Fuster: “Fusterland” in Jaimanitas at the western end area of the Capital City, where colorful mosaics and whimsical structures cover houses and gardens of this humble neighborhood, in fact an explosion of art and creation.

An entertaining space, where murals, sculptures, paintings and contemporary art installations, music and drums represent the temple of the Afro Cuban culture. It is one of the most attractive cultural places of the city as well as the motor of the cultural life in Havana Center.

Exclusive visit to the compound cultural complex composed of several theater halls. This building built in the neo-baroque style, took as a model the European baroque constructions, so that the carvings and sculptures are very common. It was inaugurated in 1914. The theater was reconstructed inside the beautiful building. It has four white marbled sculpture groups on its main front wall, that represent beneficence, educational, musical and theatrical allegories. These elements are placed in a balance way, so that balconies, windows, cornices, and the proportion of its towers and the unity of its moldings, achieve a very elegant rhythm.

Since 1965 it is the permanent seat of the Cuban National Ballet. From 1985 at Alicia Alonso-prima ballerina’s initiative, the building was named The Great Theater of Havana, with the name Garcia Lorca. From 2013 to 2015 the building was subjected to a capital reparation and it reopened its doors the 1rst of January of 2016 as The Great Theater of Havana “Alicia Alonso” in recognition of her contributions to the Cuban and Universal culture.

Doña Eutimia, at Callejón del Chorro, Nr. C 60, Cathedral Square. Old Havana, Phone (+537) 8611332.

La Guarida ,at Concordia Street nr. 418 between/ Gervasio and Escobar, Havana Center, Phone (+537) 8669047.

San Cristóbal , at San Rafael Street nr. 469 between/ Lealtad y Campanario. Havana Center,Phone (+537) 8679109 – 8601705.

La Cocina de Lilian, at 48 Street nr. 1311 between/ 13 y 15. Playa, Phone (+537) 2096514.

Rio Mar, at 3rd. Street and Final, nr. 11, La Puntilla. Miramar, Phone (+537) 2094838.

Chef Justor, at Aguacate Street Nr. 9 at the corner of Chacón. Old Havana. Phone (+537) 863 9697.

El Carbón, at Aguacate Street Nr. 9 at the corner of Chacón, Second floors. Phone (+53 7) 863 9697.

El del Frente, at O'Reilly nr.304 between/ Habana y Aguiar. Old Havana. Phone (+537) 8630206.

5 Sentidos, at San Juan de Dios nr. 67 between/ Compostela and Habana, Old Havana. Phone (+537) 8648699.

O´Really 304 bar, at O'Reilly #304 between| Habana and Aguiar, Old Havana. Phone (+53 7) 8630206.

Esencia Habana bar, at B Street nr. 153 between/ Línea and 7th avenue. Vedado. Phone (+537) 8363031.

Sloopy Joe´s bar at, Zulueta #252 between/ Animas and Virtudes. Old Havana. Phone (+537)8667157.

Fábrica de Arte FAC, (Cultural Center) at 26 Street, between/ 11 y 13, Vedado, Vedado. Phone (+537) 8382260.

Santa Clara,
Hostal Florida Center: at Maestra Nicolasa Nr. 56, Santa Clara 50100. Phone (+5342) 208161.

Cienfuegos,
Casa Prado: at 37 Street Nr. 4626 between/ 46 y 48, Cienfuegos 55100. Phone (+53 5) 262 3858

Trinidad,
Museo 1514: at 515 Desengaño Street, Trinidad 62600. Phone (+5341) 994255
San José: at 382 Gutiérrez Street, Phone (+5341) 994702

Camagüey,
1800: at San Juan de Dios Square #113 between San Rafael y San Juan de Dios. Camagüey, Cuba, Camagüey 70100. Phone (+5332) 283619

Santiago de Cuba,
St Pauli: at José Antonio Saco, Santiago de Cuba, Teléfono:(+5322) 652292
Setos Cuba: at Manduley Avenue, Nr. 154 between/ 5 y 7. Vista Alegre. Phone: (+535) 355 2204

Tropicana, 70 and 41 streets - Marianao - Phone 2041717. "Paradise under the Stars" is the most spectacular of Open Latin American cabarets with more than 600 seats and it is a symbol of  Cuba. A unique place in the world to  enjoy the folklore and music of Cuba and the Caribbean, in an atmosphere of joy and genuine Cuban ambiance.

Parisien , Calle O e / call 21 and Calle 23 - Vedado - Phone (53 7) 836 3564/67. After Cabaret Tropicana, is the most famous of Cuba for its variety and quality.  Located at National Hotel is an excellent option.

Habana Café, Hotel Melia Cohiba, Paseo and 3rd Avenue, Vedado, Telephone 8333636.Nightclub Hard Rock Café style with a 50s atmosphere. Recorded and live music. Is very popular.

1930 Hall Hotel Nacional de Cuba. Every Thursday and Saturday present the Buena Vista Social Club project. Traditional Cuban music and genuine atmosphere.

Cuban Art Fabric: It is an art Project aimed to help and promote art Works of artists from all art areas, like films, music, dance theater, plastic arts, literature, photo, fashion, graphic design and architecture, promoting exchange and the direct approach between the public and creators at a massive level.
It has multi-purpose rooms with varied capacities for live concerts and performances, theater and dance, conferences, workshops, audiovisual projections. It also has six exhibition spaces for photos, visual arts, architecture and design.

Located at a strategic position in the Caribbean, the Cuban archipelago is surrounded by warm and transparent waters, where you can find tens of kilometers of very attractive beaches with fine sand and different tones. The most known Cuban beaches, because of the excellent combination of white and fine sand, transparent, clear and turquoise blue waters, include Varadero, the keys north from Cuba, Esmeralda beach and Guadalavaca in Holguin.

Its valuable sea bottoms with ample coral formations and very rich fauna, offer a great variety of relaxing options, like diving, snorkeling, excursions on board, as well as different nautical activities that can offer exclusive and unforgettable experiences.

Cuba and its pure natives, with very attractive contrasts, invite you to face adventures, legends and realities tuned up by its high natural attraction.

Pinar del Rio the most western of Cuban Provinces, has two of the six world biosphere reserves, and unique places like Valle de Vinales (Valley), declared cultural landscape of humanity. It is the place that cultivates the best tobacco of the world, because of the land’s quality and its weather.

The eastern area is mainly mountainous, with very high peaks and very well protected landscapes, including valleys, rivers, lagoon and mountain elevations with very dense foliage, that can attract the interest of any visitor.