Cuba travel guide
Before you go to Cuba
- Currency
- CUP $
- Emergency number
- 106 / 106
- Plug type
- A, B
- Tap water
- not_potable
- Tipping
- expected
- Bargaining
- Not expected
- Card networks
- None - bring cash; foreign cards do not work
- ATM fees
- Foreign Visa and Mastercard have been suspended nationwide since 6 June 2026 - assume no ATM will work
Cities in Cuba
- Havana Cuba's capital and largest city; UNESCO-listed Old Havana (Habana Vieja), the Malecón seawall, El Capitolio, classic-car boulevards and…
- Trinidad UNESCO World Heritage colonial town in Sancti Spíritus, cobbled streets and pastel mansions, gateway to the Valle de los Ingenios and Playa…
- Santiago de Cuba Cuba's vibrant second city and cradle of the Revolution; Afro-Caribbean music, the Moncada barracks, Castillo del Morro and the El Cobre…
- Varadero Cuba's premier beach resort on the Hicacos Peninsula in Matanzas: 20 km of white sand, all-inclusive resorts, and cays.
- Viñales Tobacco-growing valley in Pinar del Río (UNESCO), famed for limestone mogotes, cave systems and traditional cigar farms.
- Cayo Coco A resort cay in the Jardines del Rey archipelago (Ciego de Ávila), reached by causeway; flamingo-fringed beaches and neighbouring Cayo…
- Cienfuegos The "Pearl of the South" — a UNESCO-listed 19th-century French-influenced bay city with a graceful neoclassical centre and the Palacio de…