Travel Advisory!...PACK ALL VALUABLES WITH YOUR CARRY ON!...(Cuban Airports have recently been ransacking luggage and removing such items as Jewellery, Electronics, etc...on both Arrivals and Departures)...contact your local "Consular Affairs" and they will provide you with the details. http://www.voyage.gc.ca/dest/report-e... (Click on the "SAFETY AND SECURITY" link)
Cubana, the national carrier of Cuba, is great. They make all announcements in three languages and the drinks are inexpensive. The new airbus 320s definitely have more legroom than any other charter and the seats are less cramped.
Otherwise, Copa (via Panama), Taca (via San Jose, Costa Rica) and Mexicana all fly there, as do Martinair (Amsterdam), Virgin Atlantic, Air France, Air Transat (Canada), Iberia and Condor (Germany).
It's a less expensive option for travelers from London who want to vacation in Cuba.
You can fly Blue Panorama www.distal.aero airlines from Italy - a flight Rome to Havana return will cost about 700EUR (tax incl.)
A taxi ride from the airport to Havana centro takes roughly 30 minutes and taxi is your best bet really, as buses can be tricky and high on impossible to understand which directions they are heading towards. The taxi should cost 25 CUC into town but you might get a much cheaper deal if you take a Lada taxi rather than an airport one - they could cost as little as 16 CUC. You could even try your luck on the departures floor and flag down taxis which are dropping off passengers - they should charge less: it's the airport taxis which really rip you off.
On the way back to the airport, grab a taxi that is NOT parked outside a hotel.
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