Havana is a city vibrant, multiethnic and full of enthusiasm. Fans of the colourful old town steeped in odors, congregate at Dos hermanos, coffee in front of the historic terminal Sierra Maestra, where cruise ships dock. Next, Havana Club, covered in wainscoting with tables where you can taste the excellent rum.

But the address secret, known only to Cubans, is the Mirador de la bahía, on the terrace of the Palace which hosted the first American Embassy. To be discovered at sunset, when the light winds of PINKS the castillo del Morro, the 17th-century fortress on the Western tip which marks the entrance of the access channel to the Bay. "Que hermosa es mi Habana al caer del sol", says a song of César Portillo de la Luz. How beautiful my Havana at sunset.

Walking along calle Obispo between museums, galleries and restaurants housed in restored houses, you will reach the wide square dominated by the convento de San Francisco de Asís, 16th-century but rebuilt in Baroque style in 1730: in its Crypts are buried the aristocratic families of the time. In front there is the customs, the only port, according to Alejo Carpentier, a writer in love with Cuba, in which the ship enters the heart of the city. "The appearance of Havana, when entering the port", wrote Alexander von Humboldt in the early 1800s, "is one of the most delightful American coast north of the equator." Just A few minutes, in the middle of calle Mercaderes, la casa Simón Bolívar dedicated to South American hero: shaded patios, galleries plans. You can admire magnificent aras, Amazon parrots, in large cages; in another room, a nice collection of hammocks of Latin America. Within walking distance, two frescoes with pyramids and Palm announce egipciana Columnata, a pleasant Café serves fresh juices from papaya to passion fruit pineapple. For those who cannot get enough, here you drink the best cappuccino in Cuba.