The jewel in Cuba's conservation crown, the Gardens of the Queen, has been awarded a top gong by a prestigious American NGO.
Author - Claire Boobbyer
There's even a new magazine dedicated exclusively to Cuban birders. It's a free, bilingual digital quarterly all about this new, up-and-coming movement.
Travel journalist Claire Boobbyer makes two dozen recommendations to get you off the beaten path, and in with the locals, on your next trip.
Now, 100 years later, young Cubans have their hearts set on a cultural project to breathe new life into the former chocolate town.
François Carlo Antommarchi, Napoleon's private doctor, died with his luggage packed with Napoleon possessions while in Santiago de Cuba.
Claire Boobbyer is a rebel with a cause — on the trail of Cuba’s first revolutionary in this land after centuries of isolation.