The Cuba Journal
Notes from the real Havana
Field notes from the routes we have run since 2017 — the music, the bars, the seawall and the neighbourhoods behind our tours. Read them here; live them with us in Havana.
Afro-Cuban Roots
Sunday Rumba at Callejón de Hamel
Batá drums, call and response, and an alley covered in Afro-Cuban art. What the Sunday rumba is — and how to be a good guest at something real.
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Havana Nights
Havana Bar Jump: the bars habaneros actually love
FAC, salsa at Jardines de 1830, the Bertolt Brecht — and the small bars of the popular taste. Our night route, the way locals draw it.
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Havana, Slowly
The Malecón at the Cubans' Hour
At dusk the seawall becomes Havana's living room. Why the hour matters, and how to sit on the wall like you were born to it.
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