Home Cuba: east wind, west wind 2 - A fishing trip, a longing for the open sea or the here and now... It's life and romance that strolls along the Malecon.

2 - A fishing trip, a longing for the open sea or the here and now... It's life and romance that strolls along the Malecon.

Even the baroque of San Cristobal Cathedral seems to be keeping its exuberance in check so as not to disturb the sublime harmony of Havana Vieja, Havana's old town, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1981.
3 - The streets of Havana tell the story of a not-so-sad tropic. As far back as the mid-19th century, the journalist Duvergier de Hauranne described Havana as the "Capua of the New World". Long before the Cuban capital became the American capital of pleasure.