Every year in early July, the city of Santiago de Cuba hosts a traditional Cuban street festival - Fiesta del Fuego. It lasts a whole week and many locals even try to arrange a vacation for themselves in order to take part in it.
Instructions
Step 1
Going to Cuba in early July, namely to the city of Santiago de Cuba, you can see this country in all its splendor. Your attention will be presented with concerts of local folklore groups, fire shows on the verge of reason, noisy night discos, holiday parades, dances and much more. For the little guests of the holiday, the organizers arrange special rides and games that are held under their watchful eye.
Step 2
The Festival of Lights in Cuba attracts the attention of tourists from all over the world, so getting to this spectacular event is not so easy. It is much easier to use the services of travel companies that offer weekly tours to Santiago de Cuba. A huge disadvantage of this method is that Russian airlines do not carry out direct flights to this city, so you will have to fly with a transfer. The cost of the flight, depending on the airlines you use, can vary from 130 to 200 thousand rubles (economy class tickets) in both directions.
Step 3
The only more or less acceptable flight option provides for only one transfer - in Havana. Every day, an Aeroflot flight takes off from Moscow to the capital of Cuba, the minimum cost of a ticket (economy class) for which is about 30 thousand rubles. The flight duration will be about 12 hours. There is a flight from Havana airport twice a day to Santiago de Cuba, an economy class ticket costs about 6 thousand rubles.
Step 4
In the city of Santiago de Cuba itself, you can use the services of residents who are engaged in "casa particulars" (legally renting their homes to foreigners). On average, the cost of renting a house per day is about twenty dollars, for an additional fee you can arrange for yourself three meals a day. If you don't like renting an apartment from an unknown person, you can go to the hotel. One of the most popular and most expensive is MELIA SANTIAGO DE CUBA. The cost of living here is from $ 300 per day.
Step 5
Before your trip, be sure to check on which dates of July Santiago de Cuba will host the festival of lights again. Plan your trip so as not to miss a single day of this amazing holiday that has no analogues in the world.
