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Havana, the capitol city of Cuba, is one of the most beautiful tropical cities in the world, if not the most beautiful. There are sights there that you can’t find anywhere in the world – for example, due to shortages of certain products like American cars, you will see hundreds of vintage American cars from the 1950s. The whole city is one big car show. And there are no billboards or flashy ads or signs in the streets, because that kind of marketing is illegal under Castro’s government. You will see none of that kind of advertising, and that in itself may take some getting used to – in a pleasant way that is so odd it almost seems surreal to someone from the gaudy modern cities of the 21st century, where loud ads are the norm.

The Mafia invested millions of dollars in a hotel and casino in Havana, right before Castro kicked out all the Americans, so you can stay in a hotel that is furnished with the most elegant styles that were available to the rich and famous back in the 1950s. Strolling around Havana is like walking into a retro museum, because everything is sort of frozen in the 50s, and the architecture, furniture, cars, carpets, designs, everything, is top of the line, classy, and elegant. So the city is one of the world’s great treasures or museums of the best that the 50s had to offer in terms of decorative arts and fashion.