Cuba’s Second City Is Closer to Haiti Than to Its Own Capital. In the Last Week of July, You Can Hear It
Cuba’s Second City Is Closer to Haiti Than to Its Own Capital. In the Last Week of July, You Can Hear It

There’s a sound in Santiago de Cuba that doesn’t exist anywhere else, and once a year the whole city is built around it. It comes from a Chinese cornet — a thin, nasal, almost painful horn that cuts over a wall of drums, brake…

Cuban Music Isn’t a Show. It’s Just Tuesday
Cuban Music Isn’t a Show. It’s Just Tuesday

There’s a particular sound you start to notice a few days into any trip across Cuba, and it has nothing to do with a concert ticket. It’s the scrape of a chair being dragged onto a sidewalk in the late afternoon. Somebody’s cousin shows…

Is It Safe to Travel to Cuba After Hurricane Melissa?
Is It Safe to Travel to Cuba After Hurricane Melissa?

An Update from Marysol Travel Following the passage of the climatic phenomenon Melissa, which has already moved away from Cuban territory, we would like to share a clear and up-to-date picture of the situation across the island. Cuba is a vast and diverse country,…