Cuban SunCuba Travel Guide - Deals & Vacation Packages

Cuba is a tropical heaven and a very popular exotic travel destination. The largest Caribbean island is a wonderful place that offers affordable vacation packages and excellent travel deals to luxury hotels settled in all inclusive beach resorts. Endless sandy beaches, interesting culture and architecture, friendly people, excellent cuisine - all this turn it into a place that tourists would not want to ever leave!

Cuba is actually an archipelago, with a main island - the Isle of Youth - and about 4,195 islets. The Cuban archipelago is located at only 140 kilometers to The Bahamas and to 180 kilometers from Florida's shores. The official language is Spanish.

Christopher Columbus called it Juana, but Cuba was originally called "Cubanascnan" by the natives. The Spanish soldier Diego Velazquez colonized the island, establishing the town of Baracoa in 1511. After that he founded also Santiago de Cuba in 1514 and Havana in 1515. The independence was obtained in 1830 and the slavery was abolished in 1886.

This island has four mountain ranges, Turquino (1,974 meters) being the country's highest peak, still it has a specific tropical climate year-round with the average temperature around 25,5 Celsius degrees and the average relative humidity of 78%.

Cuba is nowadays a very popular travel destination for all inclusive vacations in Caribbean, featuring excellent holiday resorts and magnificent natural wonders including 6700 species of plants, 14,000 species of invertebrates and 650 species of vertebrates. Cuba is a preferred destination on the international travel scene (especially in Canada) also because of the high class hotel resorts settled along of breathtaking beaches, most of them offering cost-effective accommodation deals and vacation packages.

Island of Cuba is filled with interesting places to see and exciting activities to do. From plantations of Pinar del Rio to beaches in Varadero, from the "Great Natural Park" in Montemar to islands in Cienfuegos, this country has a lot of attractions and as result isn't surprising at all that is visited every year by more and more travelers. Besides the natural treasures, the well developed beach resorts (Varadero, Cayo Coco, Cayo Largo) that supply affordable package deals contribute also to its ascending popularity on the global travel scene.


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