Cuba, Havana/Trinidad (10 days)
Starting date (first meeting): 7 Nov 2023
Closing date (final meeting): 16 Nov 2023
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Workshop location:
Havana: Vanessa’s Casa, 211 Amistad
Trinidad: Hostal Magariño Elidia-Dianar, 315 Calle Colón
Accommodation info:
Participants are free to choose their own accommodation, preferably close to the meeting location. For both destinations, prices start at 35 euros per room (casa particular) for single or double occupancy.
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Havana. It’s too audacious, too contradictory, and – despite 50 years of withering neglect – too damned beautiful. How it does it, is anyone’s guess. Maybe it’s the swashbuckling history, the survivalist spirit, or the indefatigable salsa energy that ricochets off walls and emanates most emphatically from the people. Don’t come here looking for answers. Just arrive with an open mind and prepare yourself for a long, slow seduction. (Lonely Planet)
Trinidad is one-of-a-kind, a perfectly preserved Spanish colonial settlement where the clocks stopped ticking in 1850 and have yet to restart. Built on huge sugar fortunes amassed in the adjacent Valle de los Ingenios during the early 19th century, the riches of the town’s pre–War of Independence heyday are still very much in evidence in illustrious colonial-style mansions bedecked with Italian frescoes, Wedgwood china and French chandeliers. (Lonely Planet)
For further details and booking, contact Ivy: ecassistant@gmail.com