Car Rental Cuba? For those of you who Car Rental Cuba this summer there are a few things you should be aware of when driving around this precious island. Taking advantage of your Car Rental Cuba might mean traveling from say, Havana to Santiago de Cuba and, spending some time at Cuba Hotels or […]
Read More...Inbound Havana Airport offers very long delays at immigration and for collecting checked baggage. Following a very slow, humourless, and rigorous immigration procedure you might expect that you would enter the baggage hall and find your baggage already on the belt, after waiting an hour. since the aircraft landed. Far from it, you first have […]
Read More...Havana Airport is small functional (but can be very slow) and little else. Arrivals (luggage delays aside) is ok, getting out is a different story. At first it seems that check in etc is quite quick, then you pay your 25cuc airport tax and then move to immigration. This can take hours, staff disappear at […]
Read More...There are cash machines at foreign exchange desks at arrivals and departures. They accept Visa cards but not Mastercard. You will be charged a 11 percent commission plus your own bank’s handling charges but it may save you queuing for 1 plus hours. I was also conned by the lady at the foreign exchange desk, […]
Read More...Jose Marti International Airport has at least five terminals, despite what you may read in this website and in other media. One terminal, a decade old in 2008 built with Canadian expertise, deals with most long haul internatiional flights, and one with mainly with Cuba internal flights. there are also separate terminals for charter flights […]
Read More...Flying with Air France to Paris and on to Birmingham, economy class. There was unusually no queue for check-in at Havana, and my Air france Frequent Flyer card was processed. The CUC25 departure tax is payable in cash at this stage at a separate counter. Passport control was the usual thorough process, enlivened somewhat by […]
Read More...Three terminals at Havana airport keep travellers well separated into categories. Terminal 3 is for foreign tourism. It is modern, clean and fairly efficient. The reviews in this page are referred to this terminal. Terminal 2 is for Cuban exiles visiting the island. It is small, generally overcrowded, not particularly clean (specially the restrooms) and […]
Read More...Seems that leaving Cuba is harder than getting’ in! When you land immigration doesn’t ask anything, but when you leave they want to see all your bags etc. As I’ve got an old Brazilian passport they even searched it carefully and asked if I were really Brazilian and not Cuban?! Check in agents are slow […]
Read More...Long queues at Immigration checking the Visa forms but baggage was waiting. The UK Departure lounge is a big shed with short direct access to aircraft. Had booked in online to Virgin Atlantic flight from our Cuba hotel so very little wait at the Bag-Drop desk. Plenty seating Clean Toilets Good duty free & snacks […]
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