September 2025

English Version Due to its geographical characteristics, Havana Bay was chosen as the site for the city's first port, around which the old and first Villa of San Cristobal of La Habana began to grow, making it a strategic point for the development of the nascent city. This wide inlet surrounded by land on both sides is not only an ideal location

English Version In this post I want to show an exceptional place, a place that never fails to amaze me with everything it conveys, starting with the beauty of its architecture, the privileged view from where it is located, and all the history it treasures which I can witness every time I visit it. Declared a National Monument, the Hotel Nacional

English Version There is a street in Old Havana that never fails to catch the attention of anyone who comes across it. It is Churruca Street, and its uniqueness lies in the fact that it is home to a large railway carriage called the Train Mambí. It is said that this was the presidential carriage, although this story is not entirely true... but th

English Version When I entered the Madre Teresa de Calcuta Cemetery Garden on my most recent visit, right next to the Convent of St. Francis of Assisi in Old Havana, I did not expect the Greek Orthodox church inside to have its doors open. I had visited this garden twice before and had never been lucky enough to visit the interior of the church. B

English Version What I like most about walking along the coastline in the Playa district of Havana is the contrast between two opposites that, although different, still form a balance: the firm and the fluid, the stable and the changeable: The land and the sea. When I walk along this coastal area, I always encounter two very different landscapes,

English Version In the Historic Centre of Old Havana, on Teniente Rey Street, we can visit a singular museum, it is the former Sarrá Drugstore, a pharmacy, or apothecary as it was also once called, currently intended to show the history of pharmacies in Havana. Like many other sites of heritage interest, it was restored by the Office of the Histo

English Version When pirate and corsair assaults were common on the island of Cuba, one of the most precious jewels of the Spanish crown, and the country lived under the threat of plunder and fear, the Spanish authorities decided to establish a robust defence system to protect the riches of the conquered New World. Thus, several fortifications we

English Version When I visit the Mother Teresa of Calcutta Garden, right next to the convent of St. Francis of Assisi, I find a beautiful space that is both garden and cemetery. I can only imagine what eternal rest would be like in such a place, serene, surrounded by nature, where death does not represent an end, but a different way of inhabiting