Journey with NovelaCuba:

Meet Thomas / Casa La Reserva

You can book your stay at Casa La Reserva with NovelaCuba. At whose house?Thomas Verwarcht. Thomas is a Belgian architect. Where?In the Vedado. And how?Thomas welcomes you to his dream house as an architect. The spirit of the houseIf Casa La Reserva were a person… for Thomas “it would be an old lady who has […]

National Ballet of Cuba: An Unthinkable Dream in the Caribbean

A big dream come true: the creation of a classical ballet company on a small Caribbean island is celebrated every year on October 28th. The calendar travels backwards, it stops on this day of the tenth month of the year 1948… and the memory emerges: Alicia, Fernando and Alberto Alonso, the trilogy of the convinced […]

7 Reasons to Rent a Car in Cuba

Renting a car in Cuba does not work the same way as anywhere else in the world. Here are our tips to take the road with peace of mind! Because Cuba is first and foremost a huge favorite, at Novela Cuba we wanted to save you time thanks to our experience in the field and […]

Cuba at the casa particular - discover the casas particulares

How to recognize a casa particular? A casa particular is accommodation in a private house or in the home of the local people. The activity of casas particulares requires a license that is indicated for each accommodation by a blue logo. When the logo is red, it means that the license only allows the house […]

A Cultural Journey: Exploring the heart of Cuba >

Manuel Mendive, Magic of Myths, Energy, Sensations

Manuel Mendive carries the myths in his bones. They come out to the outside world transformed into poetry, energy and color. The fantasies, traditions and realities from the Afro-Cuban imaginary land on his pieces – true trophies to the good taste – where the original dreams and the live seen through time walk around freely. […]

Roberto Fabelo, Art between Reality and Fantasy

A strong effect is caused by his pieces. In a manner that is almost academic in terms of the traditional applications of this domain, he superimposes the ferocity of a free and expressive stroke. The figures emerge: the animals become more human; men acquire, unwittingly, animal characteristics; the plans are confused. It is reality/fantasy. In […]

José Manuel Fors: Intuition in the Eyes…

Photography today is confronted from different angles. José Manuel Fors (Havana, 1956), is not a photographer in the traditional sense of the word. He reconstructs the image from caught documents, and manipulates the perceptive experience that reaches a point between abstraction-imagination, leaving at the end an interesting photographic vision of painting that plays with the […]

A Journey of Hospitality: the Lives of B&B Owners >

Villa del Carmen - Owner interview

To where have you arrived? To the house of María del Carmen Herrero Infante and José Raúl Mora Sánchez. José Raúl is a chemical engineer and María del Carmen is an economist. Today they are both retired and their work is focused on their guests. They love to cook, walk and practice yoga. Where is […]

Meet Daniel and Erwann / Casa Norma

You can book your stay at Casa Norma with NovelaCuba. Who will host you? Daniel and Erwann, Daniel is Cuban and Erwann is French Where is it ?In Centro Havana but in a non-touristic zone. ‘’So we are immersed in as neighborhood completely surrounded of Havana’s lifestyle! Coming out of the house, to the left […]

Meet Karen / Casa Vieja 1840

You can book your stay at Casa Vieja 1840 with NovelaCuba. At whose house?Karen Martinez. Where?Just 30 metres from the Plaza Vieja, in the historic centre of Old Havana. Where?A bed and breakfast completely renovated in 2012. ArchiImmersion in the colonial style. Inside, a refreshing wave of blue bathes the rooms with beams and doors […]

Journey off the Beaten Path: Cuba by Car >

Why rent a car with Novela Cuba? - 8 good reasons to choose Novela Cuba

Since 2001 Novela Cuba has been present in Cuba and has established privileged links with car rental companies. Today, we are the specialist in car rental on the island. We know the ins and outs of the car rental business and offer outstanding customer service. To take the road without stress, here are 8 good […]

7 Reasons to Rent a Car in Cuba

Renting a car in Cuba does not work the same way as anywhere else in the world. Here are our tips to take the road with peace of mind! Because Cuba is first and foremost a huge favorite, at Novela Cuba we wanted to save you time thanks to our experience in the field and […]

Getting around in Cuba

What are the means of transportation available? TAXI There are four alternatives for taxi transportation: three private and one shared. We recommend the private taxi for a day trip. A collective taxi is not an opportunity to meet the local population, because most of the time they are reserved either for Cubans or for tourists. […]


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Hotels in Cuba

Where to stay in Cuba? If Novela Cuba strongly recommends the casas particulares for a real slice of local life, some travelers will want to live the Cuban hotel experience. We help you make the right choice. Exploring Cuba means discovering tropical forests, beaches with crystal clear waters, steep canyons; strolling through bustling colonial cities […]

Douglas Lucas’ Store of Dreams

The world of Douglas Lucas is like the one we live in, but the skin is different. The artist breaths daily between filigree and ironwork, and in each new piece he gives us an adventure of creation related with time. In a fast process in which he merges with his wide imagination, he assembles the […]

Omara Portuondo, The Buena Vista Social Club Diva

Omara, the one who doesn’t need more surnames and epithets, has a place in the firmament of the Cuban music, she is a great son and bolero singer. It was not by chance that she was named The Diva of Buena Vista Social Club or The Bride of Feeling. All of these in spite of […]

The Jungle of…Lidia Aguilera

She is, and has always been, an original artist. Hardworking. A dreamer that is also very realist. She is in love with ART, in plural. And although she is surrounded by other creative sons in her daily struggle through the years: paintings, drawings, ceramics…, it is the volume, the sculpture, that has always been her […]

Kadir López, Signs of the Memory

Numerous words can be used to describe the work of Kadir López (Las Tunas, 1972). His artistry and creativity follow an escalating process among the most important artists of Cuban contemporary plastic arts. The reason is clear: his creations open to the verbal praise, as well as the consolidation of the eloquent admiring silence, typical […]

José Manuel Fors: Intuition in the Eyes…

Photography today is confronted from different angles. José Manuel Fors (Havana, 1956), is not a photographer in the traditional sense of the word. He reconstructs the image from caught documents, and manipulates the perceptive experience that reaches a point between abstraction-imagination, leaving at the end an interesting photographic vision of painting that plays with the […]

Julio Girona, the Quotidian Marks

Julio Girona (Manzanillo, Cuba, 1914 – Havana, 2002), painter, draftsman, caricaturist and also writer and poet, was a prolific creator who always seemed to act as if he wanted to escape from the manners and solutions that he himself generated. To look at his creations is to find every time objects and notes, persons that […]

Ever Fonseca: a Painter jigüe?

At first sight, when we look at the artist´s play, the color appears catching us in a weave of shapes and colors. Later on, going inside the varied germinations that cover his paintings, we just walk on solid ground through this natural maze where the true sense of the peculiar language of the Cuban and […]

Nelson Dominguez, Fossils of the Memory

In front of the work of Nelson Dominguez (painter, draftsman, illustrator, engraver, ceramist and sculptor), National Prize of the Plastic Arts 2009, we have the unequivocal impression of being before something original, unique; something unbeatable beyond the meaning that the style seems to have in art. Since he understood from the beginning that in this […]

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