• Our author hits all the highlights, from Habana Vieja (Old Havana) to the sugar mills and colonial mansions in Trinidad. She''s checked out all the country''s best hotels and restaurants in person, and offers authoritative, candid reviews that will help you find the choices that suit your tastes and budget.
• You''ll also get up-to-the-minute coverage of shopping and nightlife; in-depth coverage of Cuba''s best beaches; accurate city and regional maps; advice on planning a trip during Carnival; and extensive coverage of outdoor adventures, like scuba diving at Maria la Gorda and hiking Pico Turquino.

Hike, mountain bike, rock climb, and bird watch in Cuba''s picturesque Viñales Valley. See chapter 6.

• Detailed maps throughout

• Exact prices, directions, opening hours,and other practical information

• Candid reviews of hotels and restaurants,plus sights, shopping, and nightlife

• Itineraries, walking tours, and trip-planning ideas

• Insider tips from local expert authors

Claire Boobbyer is a travel writer, photographer, and editor who fell in love with Latin America more than 10 years ago after several backpacking trips around the region. She moved to Spain to learn Spanish and after a stint of working with wildlife in the Peruvian Amazon, she headed north to Central America. She first went to Cuba in 1998 to spend a newly reinstated Christmas Day holiday in Havana and has been returning ever since, improving her salsa dancing and Cuban accent each time she visits. Claire is the author of several other guidebooks on the region and has written articles about Cuba for newspapers and magazines; her photographic work has appeared in various guidebooks and alongside her travel articles. She is also the author of Frommer''s Cuba Day by Day. For more information on Claire, visit www.claireboobbyer.com.

Our author hits all the highlights, from Habana Vieja (Old Havana) to the sugar mills and colonial mansions in Trinidad. She's checked out all the country's best hotels and restaurants in person, and offers authoritative, candid reviews that will help you find the choices that suit your tastes and budget. You'll also get up-to-the-minute coverage of shopping and nightlife; in-depth coverage of Cuba's best beaches; accurate city and regional maps; advice on planning a trip during Carnival; and extensive coverage of outdoor adventures, like scuba diving at Maria la Gorda and hiking Pico Turquino.