What Cuba makes, and where to go and see it
Five things account for most of what Cuba grows, digs, distils and plays, and each belongs to a particular corner of the island. This is the short way in: what it is, which provinces and municipalities it comes from, the houses and forms behind it, and the real places — factories, shops, museums and halls — you would actually go to.
Tobacco & cigars
The soil, the valleys and the houses behind the Havana cigar
4 regions · 11 places to visit · 8 historic houses
Sugar & rum
The cane valleys, the mill towns and the distilling coast
4 regions · 8 places to visit · 4 historic houses
Coffee & cacao
The mountain plantations of the east, and Cuba's chocolate town
2 regions · 4 places to visit
Mining & minerals
Copper since the 1500s, nickel in the east, marble on the Isle
3 regions · 7 places to visit
Music & dance
Where son, trova, danzón and rumba were made, and the halls that still play them
6 regions · 17 places to visit · 7 historic houses