Havana’s magnetism, be it positive or negative, is sufficient enough to mesmerize anyone to tour in. There are many chances of getting lost in the crowded areas. Therefore, take a guide’s assistance and relish fun in Havana’s Vieja. It is an enthralling location that unveils the antique colonial memorials. Don’t just visit the monumental locations, also grab pleasure from city’s night life, its cuisines and other such indigenous factors, go visit the late-night cabaret show while enjoying the pizzazz, or just meander besides the Malecon (Av de Maceo) which is an exciting location where you can soothe your senses by viewing the waves that smashes over the pavement. Don’t just behold this mesmerizing sight; refresh yourself by playing and splashing the waters. Following this, move towards the construction site and adore the competent renovation done on the sleek, streamlined 1956 Cadillac.

Apart from the traditional and legendary sights, Havana’s other key attractions encompasses of its down-to-earth appearance. Unlike others, Havana is not a location that is tethered with charming travelers’ resorts or ostentatious amusement parks. However, this destination possesses all these fancy charms like antique places preserved enchantingly, high-class Inns, and the added spice of lip-smacking hotels. Besides all these, there are other splendid locations like to the north is located the leafy Parque Central which is none the less a real life ‘Elia Kazan’ movie-set where you will come across grimy 1950’s time zone which is still flocked by working class moms who go shopping while there hairs are set in rollers and their young kids play baseball in the tracks with sticks and plastic balls.

However 50 years under the rule of socialism has taken its toll over Havana’s weak social and economic system, it’s the inhabitants’ determination and strong will that has been a driving force. It is a society that concocted camel buses, stretch Ladas and steaks brought out from grapefruit skin, where survival stands secondary and personal sacrifice seems to be moving ahead as a ritual. I still don’t have the perfect words to describe this location; it’s faulty but still has the exquisite charm that can capture people’s heart. Fico Fellove described Havana as a rose flower in his flick ‘The Lost City,’ it possesses the captivating charm with its seducing appeal; however it has thorns over it. It entirely depends upon you that how you pick it up, but this approach is from your side. The approach made from Havana’s side however is sure to delight you.

Tour To Quirky Havana – Part I

Havaneros i.e. the inhabitants of Havana are true patriots and in love with their city. It’s clearly apparent why? Because this electrifying land of Latin America is enriched with antique cultural society and is quite popular for its 500 years of legendary history. Staying midst the crystal clear waters of the shimmering Caribbean warm waters have bestowed fantastic atmosphere for the inhabitants. This has been a land which has experienced the visits of many; it has witnessed the tramping of the boasting pirates, a colossal bastioned slave port for the Spanish and also served as a money-spinning gambling capital for the North American Mafia. This land has tasted different flavors of life and was capable of being surviving them all and managing to evoke out as a winner. In addition, Havana has also experimented with dynamic things to prove its capabilities. Today, in the era of contemporary Latin culture, Havana has emerged out with diverse cultural activities like salsa, mambo, Havana club rum, mural paintings, Cohiba cigars, Che Guevara iconography and so on and so forth. The list is very long.

Today, the things that form the view for eye-sight in historical Havana are the collapsing apartments and jammed paths which make it different from the same usual beauty. In spite of flaunting the appraised colonial architectures to the opponent Buenos Aires and possessing a beautiful coastline to match California, Havana lacks the breath-taking effect that is generated after viewing spectacular Paris or the amazing location of Rio de Janeiro. The soothing attraction of Havana however lies in the visceral and abstract forms. If you want to gaze the real beauty of this land, then come out on the streets of the neighborhood Centro Havana or Vedado. Here, you will come across an atmosphere that is an inexplicable Santeria practice where few drummers thump the rumba beats.