Heritage & Traditions

Cuba to Host Meeting of Friends of Partagás

Prensa Latina

The 31st edition of the Friends of Partagás meeting, one of the great smoke festivals that takes place in Cuba every year, will gather cigar aficionados from November 12 to 16, the organizers announced.

Havana Club Presents Portfolio of Varied Brands

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The renowned brand of Cuban rum Havana Club presented a varied portfolio of new products during the 36th International Havana Fair, being held in the Expocuba fair grounds of the Cuban capital.

Instead of bread...

By Elsy Fors

The Spanish word casabe comes from one of the languages of the indigenous people who inhabited Cuba before the Spanish settlers. The word is as old as the foodstuff it refers to: a flatbread similar to a Mexican tortilla that is made from grated cassava then dried and toasted in a ceramic dish. Casabe used to be stockpiled to last from one cassava harvest to the next.

Cuba Boosts Tourism with World's Top Brands of Wines

Prensa Latina

The Spanish wineries Freixenet are currently introducing new wines into Cuba to enrich the island's high-level cuisine.

All Cultural Expressions Joined in Cuban Festival in Bayamo

Prensa Latina

All artistic expressions will meet in the 24th edition of the Fiesta de la Cubania (Cubania Festival), to be held from October 17 to 20, to celebrate National Culture Day, according to its organizers.

Habanos S.A Presents New Hoyo de Monterrey Cigars in Lebanon

Prensa Latina

International Corporation Habanos S.A. has announced on Thursday that on September 29 it will present Cuban cigars in Lebanon under the Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo de Rio Seco brand, a new Cuban cigar.

Patrimony of Camagüey Ready for Tourism High Season

Prensa Latina

Aiming to ready its infrastructure to receive tourism high sweason in the last quarter of the year, this central Eastern city focuses today in the patrimonial values, especially its lodging facilities.

New Boulevard Joins Camaguey Heritage in Cuba

Prensa Latina

The inauguration of a new boulevard as part of the Museum of the Railway Theme Park has become the most recent attraction of this city whose Historic Center is a World Heritage Site.

Wine Feast Returns to the Hotel Nacional de Cuba

Prensa Latina

The 19th edition of the International Wine Feast returns to the Hotel Nacional de Cuba at the beginning of October to ratify the development of the island’s cuisine and its link to tourism.

Habana Libre Hotel, Venue of the Pan-American Cocktail Tournament

Prensa Latina

The Tryp Habana Libre Hotel is today the headquarters of the 22nd Pan-American Cocktail Tournament, which will run for a week in this capital.

Biggest “Cuba Libre” Cocktail Ever Made in Cuba

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The biggest “Cuba Libre” ever made in the island was prepared by a group of Cuban bartenders during the first day of the 22nd Pan American Cocktail Championship being held in the Hotel Habana Libre Tryp of Havana.

Bartenders to Prepare World's Biggest Cuba Libre Cocktail

Prensa Latina

The Cuban Bartenders Association (ACC) announced today that professionals from this country will try to prepare the world's biggest Cuba Libre cocktail by late this month. The test will be held on August 26, during the celebration in this capital of the 22nd Pan-American Cocktail Competition IBA 2018, at the Tryp Habana Libre Hotel.

Havana Club Present in Tenth Edition of Varadero Gourmet

By Mercy Ramos

Havana Club, considered by many the best Cuban rum, is present at the Tenth Edition of the Varadero Gourmet Festival, during which new products to be inserted in its portfolio as wine Tempranillo and Cava of the brand Campo Viejo.

500th Birthday Celebration of the Cuban Capìtal Starts Now

By Mercy Ramos

Real and Marvelous Havana is the slogan of the campaign launched here by the capital’s government to celebrate the 500th anniversary of this city’s foundation starting next November 16 until the same date of 2019.

Cuba Hosts Seminar "In Canoe Through a Culture of Nature"

Prensa Latina

An international seminar dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the expedition ''In Canoe from the Amazon to the Caribbean'', led by Cuban naturalist Antonio Nuñez Jimenez (1923-1998), begins in The Havana with delegates from Latin America, Spain, Australia and the United States.