Telecommunications company Digicel announced recently its new Cuba roaming SIM card offered in conjunction with Cuban telecoms provider, ETECSA. You can purchase the new sim cards on Amazon here. According to Digicel, the SIM cards offer lower mobile roaming rates for travelers in Cuba. RELATED: Cuba Travel Guide Here are the features of the $25 … Read more
According to a report by Network World, Google servers are now live in Cuba. It is expected that the country’s Internet speed will increase at least for users of Google’s services in the island nation. The servers are part of Google’s global network of caching servers, which store data locally. Last year, Google and Cuba … Read more
Last weekend, the Classical Havana music event occurred in various venues around Havana. Here’s what the Cuba Journal captured from this amazing collaboration. There were five concerts and musicians from ten countries. RELATED: Cuba Travel Guide
By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon Cuba Journal Contributor It’s not every day that I have lunch in Havana. And it’s not every day that I have lunch in a repurposed peanut oil processing plant. But today I’m doing both. Hidden in plain sight on a non-descript street in the Cuban capital’s Vedado neighborhood, El Cocinero is the … Read more
As several carriers reduce service, one major airline is actually expanding its flights to Cuba. Delta has announced plans to expand its Miami-Havana service, with an additional daily nonstop flight between the two cities. Delta plans to begin operating this route by Dec. 15, pending U.S. Department of Transportation regulatory approval. RELATED: Cuba Travel Guide … Read more
Cuba is what the travel industry would love to be if it could. This is because adventure travel is the sweetest spot of the $2.5 trillion global travel industry, and Cuba’s natural and human qualities together make it the most interesting place in the world in terms of visibility for growth in this niche. According … Read more
Here is the the schedule: April 21 4pm – AUL A MAGNA DEL COLEGIO SAN GER ÓNIMO Orquesta de Cámara Música Eterna, Guido López Gavilán, Director de Orquesta Johann Sebastian Bach Aria from Goldberg para violín y orquesta de cuerdas (arr. G o tlibovich) Raquel Castro Pego, violín Niccolò Paganini Sonata per la Grand Viola … Read more
A new survey of recent American travelers to Cuba, conducted in March 2017 by Public Opinion Strategies in conjunction with Cuba Educational Travel, illustrates the effectiveness in former President Obama’s policy of directing U.S. engagement towards Cuba’s private sector. RELATED: How to Define Cuba’s Private Sector Key findings include: U.S. travelers are supporting the Cuban private … Read more
Alexandre Arrechea was named Cuban Artist of the Year by the U.S.-based Farber Foundation at a ceremony in Old Havana in 2015. Arrechea (b. Trinidad, Cuba, 1970) graduated from the prestigious Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) in Havana in 1994 and was a founding member of the Cuban artist collective Los Carpinteros (1991-2003). Arrechea’s work … Read more
Amid Havana’s majestic decay and the amazing urban vistas made beautiful by a total lack of commercial advertising, there is one potential shock that could render you a rootless wanderer – lack of adequate Internet. Cuba has the lowest Internet penetration in the Western Hemisphere, and while the government has been more generous recently in … Read more
