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Food
Cuban food is highly seasoned, but does not use hot spices. Traditional
dishes are generally based on rice and beans, pork, and fried or boiled
root vegetables flavored with onion and garlic. Meals are usually accompanied by
beer. Seafood is of excellent quality and taste.
Drink
Rum is the drink of Cuba. There are extra dry and aged rums of magnificent
bouquet. The white rum mixes with practically everything and is ideal for
cocktail. Traditional drinks of Cuba are the Cuba Libre, Mojito, Mulata and
Daiquiri.
There are varios brands of beers of different types and quality, as
well as carbonated beverages and soft drinks. The water is safe for
drinking.
Electricity
110 volts and 60 hz. The outlets are for flat prongs.
Taxes
Nothing is taxed anywhere in Cuba.
Tipping
Absolutely volutary. Normally tourists give directly to waiters the 10%
(cash) of bill.
Tour Radio and TV
The Cubavision Internacional is the channel that broadcast TV programs for
hotels. CableVision also send signals of the most importants channels of the
U.S.A., Mexico, Germany, Italy and Spain. Radio Taino is Cuba s tour radio
station and it broadcast is in Spanish and English.
Mobility
Tourists can go anywhere in the country with complete freedom, at any hour
of the day or night, by foot, by taxi, by plane, by bus or by car rented.
Photos
Can be taken anywhere except military and prohibited zones.
Safety
Cuba is a hospitable country. It is easy to find help whenever you need it. The
streets are safe, attacks are rare. There are tourism police in hotel
areas.
Travelers Assistance
The following agencies have representatives in Havana: Assist Card, Europe
Assistance, Gesa Assistance. ASISTUR, S.A. is the main insurance Cuban
company for travellers visiting the Island.
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