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 >

Retazos: Pieces of the Havanan Urban Landscapes

The company of contemporary dance Retazos was founded in 1987 by a Chilean dancer and professor, Isabel Bustos (National Prize of Dance, 2011), and it stands a genuine expression of the fusion of vary artistic manifestations. Today it is a sort of laboratory of ideas, of encounters between different artists; not only from the dance, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

Casa Viceversa - Owner interview

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 […]

Meet Raúl & Katiuska / Casa Raúl y Katy

You can book your stay at Casa Raúl y Katy with NovelaCuba. Whose house?Raúl Mora Herrero and Katiuska López Delgado live on the first floor with their teenage daughter. The second and third floors are exclusively dedicated to the guest house with an independent entrance.Raúl has a degree in tourism management and is a university […]

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. […]

Journey off the Beaten Path: Cuba by Car >

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 […]

Rent a car in Cuba

Renting a car in Cuba does not work the same way as elsewhere in the world. Here are our tips to travel with peace of mind! How to make the right choice? Which Cuban car rental company to choose? First specificity: do not expect to find in Cuba the usual international car rental companies (Avis, […]

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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Casa Angel e Isabel – Owner interview

To where have you arrived? To the house of Angel Manuel Camilo González, his wife Isabel, their daughter, her husband and an uncle of 70 years old. Angel is an engineer by profession, today he dedicates himself exclusively to the house and its guests. His true passion is his car, a Chevrolet Belair of 1955 […]

Hostal la Gloria – Owner interview

To where have you arrived? To Peter Stokinger’s house, German man economist by profession, he has studied in Germany and France. After a successful career of 30 years in IT computing, through his salsa instructor in Germany, he meets the women that would become his wife, a Cuban doctor. ‘’In 2016 he decided to embark […]

La Casona – Owner interview

To where have you arrived? To Camilo’s house, a Belgian man in his seventies, world traveler in his sail boat, avid discoverer, adventurous and curious to know new cultures. He decided to anchor in Cuba in 1992. ´´It was the begging of tourism and Cuba appeared to him has the new ‘’El Dorado’’ for navigation […]

Paseo 206 – Owner interview

To where have you arrived?To the house of Diana and Andrea Gallina, a Cuban-Italian couple that brought together the best of Italy and Cuba in this Boutique Hotel. In the year 2016 they opened ‘’Paseo 206’’ and its restaurant ‘’Ecléctico’’, after 20 years of living abroad dedicated to developing their projects. ‘’We have travelled a […]

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 […]

Hostal Casa Tuti – Owner interview

It is the house of Konrad Marchegger, Italian, native of the Dolimitas area, there for he is a man from the mountains. He arrived to Cuba for the first time in the year 2000 and liked the island so much that he decided to go discover it for himself and search for a place to […]

Casa Vista al Valle – Owner interview

Where have you arrived? To house of Osiris Veliz, his wife and three daughters.  Where? In Viñales How it started? Launched in 2009, the house is part of ecotourism project in an agricultural farm that haves impressive views of the valley, for this is its name sake: Vista al Valle (view of the valley) ‘’A […]

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 […]

Casa Las Artes – Owner interview

You can book your stay at Casa las Artes with NovelaCuba. To where have you arrived? To Roidley Pérez Navarro’s house who is an artist. His studio is within the house. If you choose to stay here you a subject to be a privileged witness of the creative process. At the same time from being […]

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