I’m planning on going to Cuba soon.  Yes Cuba!  I’m doing a lot of research so I’m going to share info I’ve found for other looking to travel to this hot new location.

 

The number one question I’m asking myself what city to visit in Cuba how to get there?!

When I visit Cuba I plan on visit a larger city.  A larger city at this time is just the wiser choice for a person traveling by themselves or not part of a tourist group.

The ten largest cities in Cuba

Nº	City	Population	Province
1	Havana*	2,135,498	Havana*
2	Santiago de Cuba*	425,851	Santiago de Cuba*
3	Camagüey*	305,845	Camagüey*
4	Holguín*	277,050	Holguín*
5	Guantánamo	207 857	Guantánamo
6	Santa Clara*	205,812	Villa Clara*
7	Las Tunas	153,982	Las Tunas
8	Bayamo	147,563	Granma*
9	Cienfuegos*	144,207	Cienfuegos*
10	Pinar del Río	137,523	Pinar del Río

*The city or province has an airport in 

Now that we have some city options we need to know where the airports are and who flies there.

Havana will without a doubt be the number one location to visit in Cuba.  But there are offer location that will other a great Cuban experience.

City served	Province	ICAO	IATA	Airport name
Public airports
Camagüey	Camagüey	MUCM	CMW	Ignacio Agramonte International Airport
Cayo Coco	Ciego de Ávila	MUCC	CCC	Jardines del Rey Airport
Cayo Largo del Sur	Isla de la Juventud	MUCL	CYO	Vilo Acuña Airport (Juan Vitalio Acuña Airport)
Cienfuegos	Cienfuegos	MUCF	CFG	Jaime González Airport
Havana	Havana	MUHA	HAV	José Martí International Airport
Holguín	Holguín	MUHG	HOG	Frank País Airport
Manzanillo	Granma	MUMZ	MZO	Sierra Maestra Airport
Santa Clara	Villa Clara	MUSC	SNU	Abel Santamaría Airport
Santiago de Cuba	Santiago de Cuba	MUCU	SCU	Antonio Maceo Airport
Varadero	Matanzas	MUVR	VRA	Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport

Applications from six U.S. carriers to serve some of Cuba’s other nine international airports were approved in full, handing awards to American Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Silver Airways, Southwest Airlines Co. and Sun Country Airlines.  The winning airlines are required to begin their flights within 90 days of the start dates in their applications, which suggests services will begin this fall or winter.

Cuban airports are open to as many as 10 daily round-trip flights from the U.S., airlines can apply at any time for the additional routes.

My airline of choice is Southwest.  They offer the must customer friendly prices and over all customer service.  They’ll be flying later this year to Santa Clara and Varadero Airport.  They’re awaiting a decision on its Havana application.

With Cuba being a new location for the regular travelers where to stay is a huge question that’s still being answered.  Cuba isn’t really ready for a full on slot of American tourist just yet.  So the next question will be where to say?!