Time Out Havana: And the Best of Cuba (Time Out Guides)
by Time Out
from Time Out
Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana
by Stephanie Elizondo Griest
from Villard
Desperate to escape South Texas, Stephanie Elizondo Griest dreamed of becoming a foreign correspondent. So she headed to Russia looking for some excitement—commencing what would become a four-year, twelve-nation Communist bloc tour that shattered her preconceived notions of the “Evil Empire.”
In Around the Bloc, Griest relates her experiences as a volunteer at a children’s shelter in Moscow, a propaganda polisher at the office of the Chinese Communist Party’s English-language mouthpiece in Beijing, and a belly dancer among the rumba queens of Havana. She falls in love with an ex-soldier who narrowly avoided radiation cleanup duties at Chernobyl, hangs out with Cuban hip-hop artists, and comes to difficult realizations about the meaning of democracy.
is the absorbing story of a young journalist driven by a desire to witness the effects of Communism. Along the way, she learns the Russian mathematical equation for buying dinner-party vodka (one bottle per guest, plus an extra), stumbles upon Beijing’s underground gay scene, marches with 100,000 mothers demanding Elián González’s return to Cuba, and gains a new appreciation for the Mexican culture she left behind.
Wallpaper City Guide: Havana (Wallpaper City Guide)
by Editors of Wallpaper Magazine
from Phaidon Press
Wallpaper* City Guides not only suggest where to stay, eat,and drink, but what the tourist passionate about design might want to see,whether he or she has a week or just 24 hours in the city.The guidesfeature up-and-coming areas, landmark buildings in an Architour', designcenters, and a selection of the best shops to buy items unique to theparticular city.Wallpaper* City Guides present travelers with a fast-track ticket to thechosen location.The edited guides offer the best, the most exciting, andthe most beautiful of the featured city.In addition to looking beautiful, the guides are expertly designed withfunction as a priority.They have tabbed sections so the tourist caneasily find what he or she is looking for.Also included are color-codedcity maps, rate and currency cards, and an easy navigational tool.Theyare the ultimate combination of form and function.Compiled by the well-traveled editorial team of Wallpaper* and by anextraordinary network of international correspondents, the guides are trulythe insider's guide to each featured city.The contributors tothese guides have put their heads together to come up with fascinating,efficient guides that keeps the hip, urban traveler with his or her fingeron the pulse.The City Guides are being published as Wallpaper* magazine celebrates itstenth anniversary.For the past decade, Wallpaper* has been the first touncover and enticingly present the best in new design and urban travelspots across the globe.The City Guides are the perfect way to present adecade of experience in one precisely edited guide to each of the 40 citiesto be published in 2007.
Havana (City Guide)
by Brendan Sainsbury
from Lonely Planet
Havana is a cultural powerhouse. A delightful and at times wicked set of contradictions, she is proud and boastful, unabashed and raw. Unlock the doors to the city - the Havana of delectable mojitos and proud intellectualism, of salsa and Santeria - with this comprehensive guide: cruise through Havana Vieja ona tailored walking tour, find romance along the Malecon, or simply puff knowingly on your Cohiba as you marvel at this cosmopolitan city on the verge of international stardom.
Discover Havana - dedicated Arts, Music and Architecture chapters reveal the culture, history, spirit and pathos of this Caribbean dynamo.
Find Yourself - detailed full-color maps guide you through Havana Vieja's narrow streets to her revolutionary monuments and neighboring beaches.
When Night Falls - immerse yourself in Havana's mambo rhythms or find that perfect hostel with expanded sleeping, eating and entertainment listings.
Under The Skin - comprehensive language and cultural coverage, and candid local interviews take you beyond the tourist trail.
Moon Handbooks Havana
by Christopher P. Baker
from Avalon Travel Publishing
Havana: Two Faces of the Antillean Metropolis
by Joseph L. Scarpaci
from The University of North Carolina Press
Newly revised and redesigned, this book assesses nearly 500 years of urban development and planning in Havana, paying particular attention to the city's rich blend of Spanish-Cuban-Latin American-North American architecture and design.
Bicycling Cuba: Fifty Days of Detailed Rides from Havana to Pinar Del Rio and the Oriente
by Wally Smith
from Backcountry Guides
Discover all Cuba has to offer in this complete cycling guide.
Wally and Barbara Smith spent 6 months cycling 8,000 miles in Cuba to provide detailed directions for 50 days of cycling. The rides vary in length, many combining to create multi-day loops. Detailed directions describe rides leaving Havana to the west and east. Subsequent rides are clustered in the three best regions of Cuba for cycling: Pinar del Rio, Central Cuba, and the Oriente. A final section contains advice on connecting the regions for a long tour of the entire island. In addition, the authors provide information on getting to Cuba, equipment and accessories, food and water, safety considerations, overnight accommodations, and more.
Exploring this fascinating country on two wheels may just be the best way to fully appreciate its history, people, and culture. 50 black and white photographs, 12-page color insert, 15 maps, index.
• Most detailed routes of any Cuba guidebook
• Well written narrative gives travelers a feel for the island
Havanas: For Pleasure
by Philippe Hupp
from Fitway Publishing
Tasting Havana is always an emotional moment, and this is undoubtedly why we prefer them to all other cigars. Always capricious, often imposing, sometimes disappointing, the Havana comes on stage with an attitude, and in this world of calibrated pleasures, can still surprise us. With aromas ranging through the floral or woody, roasted or animal, whether matte or lustrous, oily or dry, firm or soft, it appeals to all the senses. Indifferent to the haste of modern times, the Havana helped us to tame time, to become detached, and sometimes even to choose our friends better. It may sometimes be unrewarding or a little stingy, but we always forgive it because it is so good a companion.
Knopf MapGuide: Havana (Knopf Mapguides)
by Knopf Guides
from Knopf
This opening fold-out contains a general map of Havana to help you visualize the 6 large districts discussed in this guide, and 4 pages of valuable information, handy tips and useful addresses.
Discover Havana through 6 districts and 6 maps
La Habana Vieja/ Catedral
La Habana Vieja/ Belén
Capitolio/ Centro
Malecón/ Colón/ San Leopoldo
Cayo Hueso/ Vedado/ Miramar
Plaza de la Revolución/ Nuevo Vedado
For each district there is a double-page of addresses (restaurants — listed in ascending order of price — cafés, bars, tearooms, music venues and stores) followed by a fold-out map for the relevant area with the essential places to see (indicated on the map by a star *). These places are by no means all that Havana has to offer but to us they are unmissable. The grid-referencing system (A B2) makes it easy for you to pinpoint addresses quickly on the map.
Transportation and hotels in Havana
The last fold-out consists of a transportation map and 4 pages of practical information that include a selection of hotels.
A thematic index lists all the sites and addresses featured in this guide.
Hidden Miami: Including Miami Beach, South Beach, Little Havana, Fort Lauderdale, and Palm Beach
by Richard Harris
from Ulysses Press
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Silken Gran Hotel Havana 4 STARS
The hotel was built in 1992 and underwent renovation in 2002. There are a total of 145 guestrooms spread over 6 floors, of which 135 are double rooms and 4 are suites. There is also a cosy bar and an air-conditioned à la carte restaurant with separate non-smoking area open to guests. Guests may also make use of the Internet terminal as well as the room and laundry services. The hotel has its own car park.
