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 >

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 […]

Contemporary Dance of Cuba (DCC): A Swarm of Creativity

Contemporary Dance of Cuba is a group founded on September, 1959 by the master Ramiro Guerra. He organized the dancers since the very beginning of the Modern Dance Department of the National Theater of Cuba to form a new company. It was an attempt to establish, definitively, the aesthetic of a new dance assimilated by […]

Miriam Ramos

Miriam Ramos is a singer, composer, guitarist, announcer and actress who began her career in the Polyphonic Choir of Havana, conducted by Serafín Pro. Accompanied by the master Frank Emilio Flyn, she made her debut as a soloist in the Museum of Fine Arts on May, 1964. Since that moment she is considered a defender […]

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

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 […]

Casa Quizas - Owner interview

To where have we arrived?To Gerlinde Ladera’s house. From Switzerland, multilingual, versatile, open minded, has a passport for curiosity and good taste. As a professional nurse, she studied economy and art history in France, then she turned to psychotherapy, instructor, specializes in non-violent communication and is a passionate cook. She is also mother of one […]

Meet Thomas / Casa Loft

At whose house?Thomas Verwarcht. Thomas is a Belgian architect. Where is he?In Old Havana. What is it?It’s a 19th century solar, in other words a building that housed several families, in a way the forerunner of apartment buildings. Then part of it was used as a guest house for several years. Thomas and his associates […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]


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José Fuster: A Ceramic Neighborhood?

Each city or town has its artist. If you pass by Jaimanitas, this coastal spot in the western part of Havana, don’t miss the intersection of 226th and 3rd A, Miramar. There you will breathe in the habitat of an original artist, you will touch the creative world of José R. Fuster. You will see […]

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. […]

Eduardo Roca (CHOCO), enigmas in the open 

Eduardo Roca (Choco) is like the graphic arts, a book full of surprises. He has the musical capacity to make variations with a theme up to the incredible; and his favorite images are the man and the woman, their world of things and the surrounding nature: figures, places and situations transmuted by his imagination to […]

Ernán López-Nussa

He was born in Havana on September 10th, 1958. Since he was little, he showed his love for the music, and his natural talent. At a very young age he began his music studies, first at Alejandro García Caturla Conservatory, later at Amadeo Conservatory with Vivian Lamata and César López, and finally at the Superior […]

Miriam Ramos

Miriam Ramos is a singer, composer, guitarist, announcer and actress who began her career in the Polyphonic Choir of Havana, conducted by Serafín Pro. Accompanied by the master Frank Emilio Flyn, she made her debut as a soloist in the Museum of Fine Arts on May, 1964. Since that moment she is considered a defender […]

Haydée Milanés

Haydée Milanés was born on September 28th, 1980. She initiated her musical studies when she was 6 years old, at Manuel Saumell Conservatory, in Havana, where she began studying piano. Then she continued studying Choir Direction. Later on she graduated from the Amadeo Roldán Conservatory where she studied Musical Theory. Afterwards, she improves her studies […]

Roberto Diago, Organic Geometry

As it happens often in the plastic arts, a kind of complex narration sometimes anachronistic, is presented to us; or a synthesis that touches minimalism and obliges us to imagine what is not represented or, on the contrary, to represent the unimaginable… Roberto Diago (Havana, 1971) situates us in front of the undecipherable, the primitive, […]

Pedro Pablo Oliva, Caprices of the Drawing

Pedro Pablo Oliva belongs to that species of men that is on the edge of extinction, and for that reason he deserves to be preserved. His works will bring to the receptor the pleasure of a solid product, mature and of a strong personality. To perceive each vision “made by him”, the spectator requires of […]

Flora Fong, Expressions of Lyrical Sensations…

In her pictorial work, she tries to discover the secret of nature. Flora -honoring her name- grows, she multiplies in flowers, trees or woods, and she moves at the rhythm of the wind. Because the air, which becomes hurricane, cyclone, typhoon or simply breeze, can be seen walking through the gesture of lines, shades and […]

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