Cuba

At a Glance

Cuba is a Caribbean island of remarkable cultural vitality, where the music, art, and architecture of a vanished era are preserved in a state of vivid, improvised life. Havana is unlike any other city on earth, a place where classic cars, crumbling colonial grandeur, and extraordinary human creativity coexist on every street corner. The country rewards travellers who engage with its people and culture rather than those seeking conventional resort comforts.

• Highest doctor-to-patient ratio in the world — and exports doctors to over 60 countries.
• University education is free, including medicine and law.
• Classic American cars dominate the roads not from nostalgia but because of the US embargo.