Flying Cigar – A Cigar Travel Blog

I am a great fan of Ivan Justo and his great cuisine and paladar  – the original one on Aguacate opposite the Revolution museum and a solid favourite of mine and many of my friends. We have had some spectacular dinners there – last was with my Canadian friends Paul, Carmen and Simon in March Read more…

A fine rare gem found by chance … Visiting Alejandro at the Comodoro around lunchtime I asked him for a good place to have a light lunch and he suggested La Foresta next to Pabexpo where the Festival Gala dinner takes place in Siboney. La Foresta is like stepping into a perfect oasis – immaculate Read more…

Having been unsuccessful in going to open air club El Sauce for some good live music and some dancing it being closed and Gato Tuerto being a/c and indoors, we decided it was finally time for some music action. Alex, a Cuban friend of ours, proudly told me he had managed to reserve a table Read more…

David and I had agreed on Santy’s as one of the best places in Havana for fresh seafood – if not the best, so what better idea than to pair it with some good Riesling, my friend Jan and good Cuban friends. I brought some bottles from my local winemaker Weinmann and David brought Inniskillin Read more…

As in every trip to Cuba, a visit to the tobacco area of the Vuelta Abajo is mandatory, especially so if it’s your first trip to Cuba as a cigar smoker as was the case with Jan. So we set off early from Havana and passed by the Robaina farm in Cuchillas de Barbacoa to Read more…

Another great trip highlight was the visit to Humidores Habana and meeting up with Jose Ernesto, Pablo and all the good staff there. Jose Ernesto and Pablo took a few hours showing us around and explaining the progress to David and Jan – a progress that became more evident and could be strongly felt after Read more…

During this trip we had the chance to visit La Corona factory and given the opportunity to have an hour long exchange with many interesting facts and background with Osmar, the former director of this factory who is preparing himself for a job rotation where he will be the HSA representative in Germany. I believe Read more…