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 >

María Eugenia Barrios: Passion in the Skin

Only pronouncing her name, Maria Eugenia Barrios, is to call synonyms that always guard her: love, passion, professionalism, culture, talent, desire to live/sing, art…, combined with a voice that even now delights and makes us feel under the skin strange sound sensations which awake dreams. Each May 31st, memories overwhelm our soprano María Eugenia Barrios […]

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 […]

Los VAN VAN … A School of Cuban Stars

With its unusual format that combines trombones, strings, flutes with traditional instruments; and the original arrangements that have been made since its creation, the mythical Cuban group baptized as Los Van Van, over these 50 years of artistic life, has trapped with its Cuban energy the public of Latin America, the United States of America, […]

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

Casa El Porry - Owner interview

You can book your stay at Casa El Porry with NovelaCuba. Whose house?Ricardo Corrales, known as El Porry, who lives with his wife and their two teenage daughters in the house next door. El Porry likes to work in the fields and cook. Where?In Viñales. And how?“We don’t see the customer as someone who just […]

Casa Barmarin - Owner interview

You can book your stay at Casa Barmarin with NovelaCuba. It is Camila Yero’s house, she is born Cuban in Havana City. Since 1998 she travels regularly to Trinidad with Thomas Verwacht her ex-husband, an architect. The couple fell in love with the city and its colonial environment, the bucolic landscapes, and its adjoining valleys. […]

Casa La Siesta - Owner interview

You can book your stay at Casa La Siesta with NovelaCuba. To where you arrive? To Sergio Enrique Luis Nodarse’s house, tour guide for 15 years with his wife who is a social worker, and have two children ( age 8 and 6). The house is at complete disposal, the family doesn’t inhabit it, but […]

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 […]

Car rental Cuba 5 exceptional routes

Taste a wind of freedom! That’s the invitation we give you at Novela Cuba. We have traveled for you the most beautiful roads of the island. Here are our favorites. Whether you are looking for a 15-day Cuba autotour, a Cuba autotour review, a Cuba autotour review or a Cuba autotour trip, find all our […]

Car rental Cuba with driver

Cuba is one of those rare destinations where it is possible to rent a car with a driver. An old-fashioned luxury that flirts with the nostalgia of old American cars and the change of scenery of a certain Latino elsewhere. Let Novela Cuba take the wheel for you! Car rental with driver in Cuba Let’s […]


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The Sonorous Magic of ARS LONGA

(The renowned music group has its house at the temple of the of the ancient Real Hospital of San Francisco de Paula, Alameda de Paula, in Old Havana) The Conjunto de Música Antigua Ars Longa is different; although it scrabbles in the sonorous legacy of yesteryear, it doesn’t do musical archaeology. Its presentations trap the […]

Los VAN VAN … A School of Cuban Stars

With its unusual format that combines trombones, strings, flutes with traditional instruments; and the original arrangements that have been made since its creation, the mythical Cuban group baptized as Los Van Van, over these 50 years of artistic life, has trapped with its Cuban energy the public of Latin America, the United States of America, […]

Hemingway Museum: The Refuge of the Writer

In the hamlet of San Francisco de Paula lies a museological jewel of Havana, Cuba: Finca Vigía, the residence of the famous writer, where the marks of his life are safeguarded. In the house everything froze and remained in its place, as things were when the writer was around. Only the marks and the order […]

Jilma Madera… The Author of the Christ of Havana

Since Art has the magic to catch for the eternity the expression/impression of the creator, it would be enough to mention three of the works of the Cuban sculptor Jilma Madera (Pinar del Río, 1915-Havana, 2000) to refer to that artistic marks that exist to immortalize her: The Christ of Havana; the monument to José […]

Acosta Dance Company… making a big impact on the stage

Since his stage debut (Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso, on April 8th, 2016) the Acosta Dance Company is integrated by dancers of different academic backgrounds, and its objective is to produce dance shows in accordance with the most modern notions developed in the world, not only in the matter of movement of the […]

Napoleon in Havana?

The history of Napoleon Bonaparte and the history of the French army are confused in one. To follow the apogee’s trace of the Emperor’s life equals seeing him leading the military campaigns, and assisting to the origins of the Great Army. This army grew excessively: in Austerlitz, Napoleon had 72 thousand soldiers; in Wagram he […]

Jose Villa, the Author of the John Lennon of Havana

The creative talent of the artist has mixed over time with cultural roots of different places of the world, showing always the Cuban identity as a protagonist; that is the reason why he is so universal. In addition, he has worked both the figurative art and the abstraction, with everything that is brought by his […]

Vicente Hernández: The Border Character of Time

When we deep into the pieces of the artist Vicente Hernández (Batabanó, 1971) the sight and the senses are trapped in a vertiginous way. It is a magnet that attracts, a voice that shouts at us, a field that invites us to enter through its labyrinths and to explore the structures of all kind of […]

María Eugenia Barrios: Passion in the Skin

Only pronouncing her name, Maria Eugenia Barrios, is to call synonyms that always guard her: love, passion, professionalism, culture, talent, desire to live/sing, art…, combined with a voice that even now delights and makes us feel under the skin strange sound sensations which awake dreams. Each May 31st, memories overwhelm our soprano María Eugenia Barrios […]

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