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The Best Way To Get To Know Cuba

April 25th, 2009 No comments

If you want to get to know Cuba the best possible way then I will recommend you to do a Tour of Cuba. In one or two weeks you will be guided by a very professional tour guide who will show you the Island and tell you every thing you need to know about its history, culture and way of life.

There are many options available in terms of types of tours you can arrange. If you want so a guided tour can be designed a la carte for you. Although there are some tours already design that I recommend you explore to see if they suit you.

Among the most popular Cuba tours around the island that have been already designed you can find The Tour of the West, The Pearl of the Caribbean, The Cradle of The revolution and Seven Villages. Most of these tours last from one week to ten days and this can be the perfect duration to extend them with few days in a beach resort to then relax after a much needed rest.

Tour guides in Cuba are probably the most connoisseurs of this amazing Caribbean island. They are requested to be graduated form University and have to go to special courses to be trained to be professional tour guides. For not to mention that so far in Cuba only tour guides are allowed to stay in hotels and travel the island with tourist. So definitely are the tour guides who know more about Cuba.

To use an example let us look at the Peal of the Caribbean Tour. This tour is focus on the western part of Cuba and visits 4 of the most interesting cities in Cuba, Trinidad, Cienfuegos, Havana and Pinar del Rio. It is a culture oriented tour and it last 6 nights with 7 days.

To take a look at another example let us point out the Cradle of The Revolution Tour. It is totally oriented to explore the route followed by the revolutionaries led by Castro against Batista’s dictatorship. Its duration is 5 nights and it takes place in the most oriental part of the island. This tour can also be combined with some few nights relaxing in Guardalavaca beach resort.

In any case if you need assistance you can always get in touch but my honest opinion and being my self an ex tour guide in Cuba the best way to explore this island and get to know its culture is to book either one of the existing private or collective tours or asked for a tailor made tour designed to suit your demands. These packages are not as expensive as when you do accommodation, transfers, excursions and visit to museums on your own.

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The Great Caribbean Island Cruise

April 18th, 2009 No comments

A Caribbean cruise vacation is the ultimate deal and if you have not tried it yet, now is the time; treat yourself and be treated like royalty while you spend time on these idyllic tropical islands. You can have everything you want with a different Caribbean island every day and all the wonderful evening entertainment of a resort on board the cruise liner. Some people only take a short break and visit perhaps only a couple of islands as part of a larger vacation but most people are doing a tour of as many islands as they can with some lasting over two weeks.

Vacations like this are about enjoyment and it what these companies do best irrespective of weather or environment, it is your choice; enjoy the on board entertainment or that at each destination. If anything, you will have a hard time keeping up with everything that you can possibly do on a cruise liner.

Before making the trip, it is wise to find out more, so go to your nearest travel agent to find the right package, but you can also find comments and reviews online. Don’t forget that there are a large number of Caribbean islands so cruise liners have a arranged packages which reflect certain island themes as they cannot visit every island in such a short space of time.

For those individuals and couples that enjoy parties and event filled vacations then choose a cruise vacation that perhaps is designed more for adults than families. Don’t forget that more and more information is put online these days and while the travel agent will be helpful, there is every chance you can take a virtual tour of the Caribbean cruise ships if you visit the website directly.

One important thing to remember is the type of clothes you pack for your trip as you will have the opportunity to wear all you normal holiday clothes plus those for dressing up in the evening. These are ideal opportunities to dress up which many of us do not get the chance to do these days so the ladies will want at least two evening gowns and the men will require a tuxedo.

There are also plenty of activities if you take your children along on a cruise vacation and they will probably burn off all their energy by the time the evening has ended. You can even take time off for a little quality adult time as there are fully trained staff to look after them.

But Caribbean cruises can be for adults to and there are those that do not have children on board. Other cruise liner packages are available and have been created for special occasions like weddings, honeymoons and anniversaries.

A Caribbean cruise will be your vacation of a lifetime as it has the scenery, locations, beaches and the first class service you can expect on board a cruise liner whether you are alone or with others.

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Tips on When to Book your Cuba Holiday

April 15th, 2009 No comments

At this point you might have already determined that Cuba is the country that you want to visit for your next long hold destination but most likely need some help on the booking side of it . This might seem a little bit trivial but it is without doubt not the case trying to arrange a holiday to Cuba .

The truth is that this Caribbean island is becoming ever more popular every year and this creates a dilemma for some tour operators . Cuba is definitely not a destination for late bookings, especially if you are travelling in the high season.

In Cuba high season, includes Easter period and the summer months of July and August, particularly popular for families travelling with children . November, December, January, February and March are extremely trendy months particularly for travellers from Europe in search of a warm country to escape from the cloudy skies and the cold weather .

Quite frequently I get customers asking me to sort out an itinerary for them in the above mentioned periods, and every so often the phone call comes to close to the departure date . This is frustrating, equally for the client and myself . For one pure reason, I just can not recommend holiday worth it because all the popular resorts and best hotels are fully booked, and then I am left with the only honest answer I can give. “I am very sorry but at this point there are no hotels available in the areas that you are attracted to”

If you want to book something straightforward and simple like a week or two in a beach resort there are more chances of getting something of a good quality available . The difficulty arises when clients are interested in combining areas like Havana, Viales Valley, Las Terrazas, Cienfuegos, Trinidad and or Santiago de Cuba. locations like these with the exception of Havana are very limited when it comes to hotel availabilities.

If you have your mind set to arrange a tailor made holiday to Cuba in a demanded season my guidance to you is to call at least 4 months in advance in order to secure not only the rooms in your preferred hotels but also the best prices from the airlines . If you unfortunately did not find this piece of writing before and are planning a last minute tailor made holiday , there is always a possibility to find something available but is not going to be the kind of holiday that we wish for you.

In the case of low season months is very easy to find availabilities and good deals in terms of fares and it really does not matter much when you call. Even so we feel very confident to put together the kind of itinerary that will fulfil your holidays

I truly hope you find some good tips in this article and sincerely wish you a very pleasant stay in Cuba.

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