{"id":1594,"date":"2021-08-16T14:21:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T13:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/?p=1594"},"modified":"2021-08-16T14:21:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T13:21:46","slug":"cuba-through-the-eyes-of-a-travel-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/cuba-through-the-eyes-of-a-travel-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba Through the Eyes of a Travel Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Forget the crowds and join a raw Cuban escapade with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/cuba-by-yacht-with-travel-writer-lydia-bell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cuba-specialist journalist Lydia Bell<\/a>. Enjoying a thoughtfully curated showcase of offbeat culture and adventure over ten days. Start by exploring Havana\u2019s world of specialist guiding \u2013 and then go off-piste. Experience a quiet valley skirting Cuba\u2019s most gorgeous colonial town. Take in magical Sagua Grande, the riverine valleys of far-flung Guantanamo, the secret mountain culture of Granma province, and the nightlife of loveable Santiago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-with-cuba-private-travel-you-will\">With Cuba Private Travel you will\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Experience the new-generation private boutique accommodation in Old Havana. While staying in a stunningly renovated colonial mansion renovated by a New York designer<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Suite-Presidentes_48-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1596\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Suite-Presidentes_48.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1596\" class=\"wp-image-1596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Suite-Presidentes_48-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Suite-Presidentes_48-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Suite-Presidentes_48-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Suite-Presidentes_48-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Suite-Presidentes_48.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Discover a world of specialist guide: architects with the keys to dilapidated by enchanted mansions; rumba dancers with a virtuoso talent; curators connected to the private studios of world-class artists; the new private gallerists; anthropologists with deep connections to Afro-Cuban culture<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Munequitos-de-Matanzas-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"afro cuban rumba\" data-id=\"1501\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Munequitos-de-Matanzas.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/afrocuban-inspired-tour-of-western-cuba\/munequitos-de-matanzas\/\" class=\"wp-image-1501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Munequitos-de-Matanzas-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Munequitos-de-Matanzas-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Munequitos-de-Matanzas-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Munequitos-de-Matanzas.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/rumba-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"afro cuban rumba\" data-id=\"1498\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/rumba-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/afrocuban-inspired-tour-of-western-cuba\/rumba\/\" class=\"wp-image-1498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/rumba-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/rumba-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/rumba-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/rumba-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/rumba-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/rumba-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Be accompanied by the writer Valerie Hemingway, Ernest\u2019s personal assistant and daughter-in-law, to Finca Vigia, his beloved Havana farm.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1017\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2.Vintage-car-sunset-ride-along-the-Malecon-e1606845241773.jpg\" alt=\"Vintage car sunset ride along the Malecon is one of the best thinhs to do in cuba.\" class=\"wp-image-909\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Stay in an 1806-built frescoed Hacienda in the middle of the Valle De Los Ingenios, near the Unesco-protected sugar-baron\u2019s town of Trinidad.<\/li><li>Secondly, visit the obscure, beautiful, once-rich town of Sagua la Grande and the seafood shacks of its atmospheric, abandoned sister port.<\/li><li>Then, visit the isolated farm where Fidel Castro grew up in the far-flung sugar cane fields of far eastern Cuba.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/trinidad-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Trinidad city, cuba\" data-id=\"993\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/trinidad-e1606844452861.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/the-10-best-things-to-do-in-cuba\/trinidad\/\" class=\"wp-image-993\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ibstar_ght_g_r-double_park-view_d1806_007_red_46952953694_o-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Trinidad\" data-id=\"995\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ibstar_ght_g_r-double_park-view_d1806_007_red_46952953694_o-scaled-e1606844407442.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/the-10-best-things-to-do-in-cuba\/ibstar_ght_g_r-double_park-view_d1806_007_red_46952953694_o\/\" class=\"wp-image-995\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dance to the beat of the congo in Santiago de Cuba. Cuba\u2019s second city, revolutionary to its core and with a raw, Caribbean magic expressed in Afro-Cuban culture, music and dance. Stay in an enchanting private house with a foliage-shrouded garden in the old millionaire\u2019s quarter of the city, Vista Allegre.<\/li><li>Journey into the Sierra Maestra, where Fidel Castro hid with his rebels before the revolution. Hike the palm-shrouded trails and meet the spiritual mediums that are part of the mountain culture.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Hiking-Sierra-Maestra-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1609\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1609\" class=\"wp-image-1609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Hiking-Sierra-Maestra-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Hiking-Sierra-Maestra-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Hiking-Sierra-Maestra-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Hiking-Sierra-Maestra.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/maceo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1613\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/maceo-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1613\" class=\"wp-image-1613\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Traveling to Cuba can be easy and fun if organized by an experienced luxury travel agency like <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cubaprivatetravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cuba Private Travel<\/a>. Book with us now at <a href=\"mailto:enquiries@cubaprivatetravel.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">enquiries@cubaprivatetravel.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forget the crowds and join a raw Cuban escapade with Cuba-specialist journalist Lydia Bell. Enjoying a thoughtfully curated showcase of offbeat culture and adventure over ten days. Start by exploring Havana\u2019s world of specialist guiding \u2013 and then go off-piste. Experience a quiet valley skirting Cuba\u2019s most gorgeous colonial town. Take in magical Sagua Grande, the riverine valleys of far-flung Guantanamo, the secret mountain culture of Granma province, and the nightlife of loveable Santiago. 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