Cuba as a travel destination has been in it’s peek for some years now. And for good reason. People are enamored with the nostalgia, with having a look into a country that seems like it has been frozen in time (for very serious political history that we won’t talk about here).

The must knows of Cuba

Every visitor should download before arriving the ConoceCuba App, it’s an offline map that has all the important information. But since the internet access it’s not the best there, it’s important to downloaded before hand.

What I learned from my time there, is that internet access is very limited in the country. International cellular carriers don’t really work there either. So, the visitor has to connect to the public wifi that is available in a few parks or hotels. This is possible through an internet card, which are like scratch off cards that provide you 5hrs of internet access. I recommend buying the 10$ packet that gives you twenty 5hrs cards, than buying one by one.

Also is good to know, that the way they handle their currency it’s a little strange. The have a separate type of peso (dollar), just for the tourist, the CUC. The locals have a different kind of currency, the CUP. When the tourist exchanges their currency from the U.S. Dollar or Euro to the Cuban Peso, it usually worths more that what the average folk have there. This is a complicated topic in itself, if your interested, this site really explains it in detail.