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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The famous Cuban singer-songwriter Gerardo Alfonso, a member of the Nueva Trova of the 1980s, has been influenced as a composer by the likes of Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés, as well as by Brazilians Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Milton Nascimento. Although his music takes its inspiration from many other genres of Cuban music, including […]
Maybe this could be the great secret of her work: a painting lost in thought, silent, almost whispering, that talks in a low voice, as if it talked to itself… It is like a dialogue with herself, in a quiet voice but asserting realities with the form and the color, or better, looking around with […]
Who will host you?Tania and Cesar. Tania is from Switzerland and Cesar is Cuban. Where is it? In Vedado, Havana. How is the reception? Tania and Cesar welcome the guests in their home, where they live with their two daughters. The soul of the house If this house were a person…. It would be like […]
You can book your stay at Casa Adela with NovelaCuba. Where?Reinaldo is Cuban and a national contemporary art collector. After 25 years in France, he returned to Cuba. This house embodies this return to basics. “Maybe that’s why I named her after my maternal grandmother, Adela. For me, having been raised by her, it was […]
You can book your stay at Casa del Puerto with NovelaCuba. At whose house?Jean-Philippe Fletgen. Where?Next to Havana harbour, in Old Havana.The house is located 2 minutes from Havana Bay, 5 minutes from the Plaza Vieja near the San José artisanal market and the Alameda de Paula, which was the first maritime passage of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
With a modern and singular design, one of the buildings that guards the Revolution Square of Havana is the National Theater of Cuba. The laying of the first stone took place in 1952, but it was not till September 3rd, 1979, that it was officially inaugurated, on the occasion of a gala for the Sixth […]
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 […]
Fantasy, authenticity, imagination pass through the work of Zaida del Río, from where emerges a game of great fertility, where the ideas, the natural chant, the virtuous strokes and the sensual vibration occupy the first artistic levels. In the catalogue of resources used in her works, the line is always present –an infallible expressive resource […]
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 […]
Painting? Engraving? Ceramics? Drawing? Sculpture? The artistic frontiers of Alfredo Sosabravo (Sagua la Grande, 1930) have been broken through the time. His present work in any of the forms, including glass (with fantastic pieces made in Murano, Venice), is in constant mutation. This could be considered a “hybrid” of creative experiences, a labyrinth of numerous […]
Maybe this could be the great secret of her work: a painting lost in thought, silent, almost whispering, that talks in a low voice, as if it talked to itself… It is like a dialogue with herself, in a quiet voice but asserting realities with the form and the color, or better, looking around with […]
There is no doubt that it is a group of an elevated technique, equipped with a sharp repertory, with evident samples of consolidated experiences and a lot of very well done choreographies, most of which are trackers of our deepest folk traditions. It cannot be different with this company, because the National Folk Group has […]
Mella Theater was inaugurated in 1952 with the name of Movie Theater Rodi; it was in 1961 when it adopted the present name. It is situated in a main avenue of El Vedado neighborhood, in Línea between A and B. It stands as one of the most important theaters of the Cuban capital, being the […]
An emblematic institution of Cuba, the Martí Theater, opened under the name of Irijoa, reached a great popularity thanks to its Cuban comedy plays; its central location, only a few meters from the National Capitol of Havana; and its technological and design solutions from the end of 19th century. It was inaugurated on June 8th, […]
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