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It’s OK to have a tearful goodbye, but there’s a limit to my patience

It was the longest, most overwrought farewell I’ve ever witnessed, played out through a bus window like a scene from a telenovela.

  • Julie Miller
You won't find many tourists in Havana right now, but that's set to change.

Cuba travel guide: Tourism is making a comeback in this amazing country

As Cuba re-emerges as a destination, and with the Americans yet to return, now is the time to experience this fascinating time-capsule country.

  • Craig Tansley
The streets of Havana at dusk.

Cuba's Havana celebrates its 500th birthday: Travel tips and a guide to visiting

Music, dance and colour are everywhere on the streets of Havana, and its inhabitants.

  • Michael Visontay
Travellers love to celebrate Cuba's decay, to treat its shabby buildings and its old cars as a thing to promote and to cherish.

Cuba tourism: Why we shouldn't celebrate a country's decay

If you love to travel then I guarantee you've seen these images.

  • Ben Groundwater
The hotel is just a short stroll from the Capitol building and the Great Theatre of Havana.

The Kempinski: Havana's first five-star hotel

There is something about the open-air pool on the top floor of the Kempinski hotel in Havana that reminds me of James Bond.

  • Keith Austin
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Dancers performing at the Tropicana in Havana.

Travel to Havana: How the mob made Cuba's capital

Cuba’s capital, caught in a time warp by the communist era, has a glamorous and infamous past.

  • Nicholas Whitlam
A vintage car passes Floridita restaurant in Old Havana.

Ernest Hemingway's Havana: Vibrant and soulful Cuba

Ernest Hemingway's talents - and demons - linger in this colourful city.

  • Alison Stewart
View of Havana and Malecon from the other side of the channel.

Tips and things to do in Cuba: The ultimate guide for first-time visitors to post-Fidel Cuba

The ultimate guide on how to make the most of this vibrant, unforgettable and often, confusing country.

  • Anne Fullerton
Colourful street in Trinidad, Cuba.

Trinidad, Cuba: The party atmosphere of Havana, without the hassle

Music, fun and dancing are infectious in this flamenco obsessed town.

  • Sue Williams
Che Guevara painted on a wall in Havana, Cuba.

Cuba: In the footsteps of Che Guevara

Ben Groundwater visits the sites of Cuba's revered, doomed revolutionary, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara.

  • Ben Groundwater

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