Though mostly shabby and decrepit except for its UNESCO World Heritage colonial core, Habana Vieja, being restored for the tourism trade with the help of the Spanish government, the European Union, and other international donors, the capital of Cuba is truly one of the more remarkable cities in all the world, as millions of new visitors have been discovering each year since the régime started increasingly opening up the island to visitors in the years following the 1991 collapse of its geopolitical patron, the Soviet Union. Furthermore, Old Havana is just the smallest part of this sprawling city, and I'm here today to introduce you to the allures of another of its distinguished neighbourhoods, El Vedado.
Read more in our post Havana´s Gracious Vedado District.
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