Havana was founded in 1519 by the Spanish. By the 17th century, it had become one of the Caribbean's main centres for ship-building. Although it is today a sprawling metropolis of 2 million ...
In the beginning of its heyday, Old Havana was a thriving port town owned by the Spanish. Often called the "Key to the New World," Havana was attractive for offering access to the Atlantic ...
To tourists, Old Havana may be the city's heart and soul, but to Cubans, it's El Malecón. Technically speaking, El Malecón is a 5-mile-long boulevard that stretches along the water, with Havana ...
Little Havana got its name from the hundreds of thousands of Cubans who fled their homeland between the late 1950s and early 1970s and settled in what originally was a lower-middle-class Southern ...
“The kids learned about [revolutionary leader] Che Guevara from his often present image around town. We actually had ... Stroll the streets of Old Havana, and you will inevitably encounter ...
(Other stars who've earned the distinction are Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee for "Despacito," Lil Nas X for "Old Town Road," Drake for "God's Plan" and Ed Sheeran for "Perfect.") "Havana is just the ...