food & accommodation

Christopher is one of the world’s most knowledgeable experts on Cuba! Few people know the restaurant and accommodation scene in Cuba like Chris… the author of the Moon Cuba, Moon Havana, National Geographic Traveler Cuba, Eyewitness Travel Cuba, and Top 10 Cuba guidebooks… plus feature articles on Cuba for scores of publications, from BBC and CNN to National Geographic Traveler, and even Penthouse.

Trust him to be able to recommend the best places to eat and sleep when designing your custom Cuba motorcycle tour itineraries.

Under U.S. law, you will tour Cuba legally under the "Support for the Cuban people" license, which requires that you minimize expenditures with state-run restaurants, etc., and maximize expenditures with private restaurants (paladares), B&Bs, etc.

DINING

Forget everything you’ve heard about Cuba’s lousy dining and accommodation scene. That was a decade ago!

Havana especially is well into a gastro-revolution that makes dining in the capital city a sheer joy. Accomplished chefs and restaurateurs–many of them European or Latin American–have been opening stupendous restaurants worthy of international acclaim.

Christopher can incorporate the very finest dining experience into your itinerary, with meals at such acclaimed paladares  as La Guarida.

ACCOMMODATION

Your group tour experience will include overnights with Cuban families at private B&Bs, known in Cuba as casas particulares. Cuba is blessed with thousands of B&Bs, from deluxe boutique hotels in Havana to more humble, but always clean and inviting, options. Chris knows the best options throughout Cuba, and will personally select the very best, including private B&Bs with ten rooms that rise to the level of boutique hotels.

NOTE: Since September 2020, an executive order issued by President Trump made it illegal for any U.S. citizen/resident to utilize a hotel in Cuba, without exception. (All hotels are state-owned, even if managed by international hotel corporations.)  Hence, we will exclusively utilize private B&Bs.