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4worldlovers: Louis Alarcon is a professional teacher and photographer who manages exclusive photography tours in Cuba, the place where he got married and that now calls home.

Our upcoming 2024 - 2025 guided Cuban photography tours and workshops are organized by the Locally Sourced Cuba Travel Agency

Accommodation: Great official rental cuban houses. Havana Center . You’ll have privacy , comforts, and security while still being able to interact with the locals as much as you want.

Travelers: 3 minimum - 9 maximum (our Cuba Photography tours are guaranteed to depart with a minimum of three people)

- Main focus: Interior photography in Cuban homes, learning about the Afro-Cuban religion, visits to gyms and boxing schools, visits to hidden communities of friends in the Cuban countryside, street portrait sessions, visit to cuban photographers, neighborhoods in the outskirts of Havana, Cuban dancers photo session, magical sunsets, terraces with great panoramic views, ,street close photography , and a long list of photography surprises.


- Small groups: Louis has designed his trips to be taken by small groups ranging from 3 to 9 travelers (guaranteed for a minimum of three people). You will be able to enjoy a flexible and authentic photo trip into the heart of the most human, real and photogenic Cuba.

- Lodging in Cuban homes: In order to be in true contact with the Cuban society, Louis does not use tourist frequented hotels. Visitors stay in a large Cuban house in downtown Havana, with all comforts and complete privacy, and with a wonderful terrace where we will have breakfast, review photographs, talk, and listen to live music played by young Havana talents.


- An intense, yet simple photo tour: Activities are especially thought out for travelers who are interested in photography, in travels , in people, and in getting to know an exciting culture. No matter a travelers’ photographic skills or the camera they use, everyone is welcome. (also in my Spain Photo tours : here)


As you can see in the video, these Photo Tours and workshops in Cuba are focused on people photography, portraits and street photography. The main goal of our trip is to connect with the Cuban people and discover an exciting and mysterious culture.


Discover what may well be one of the most specialized websites on Photo Tours to Cuba and photography workshops. Travelers of any nationality and photo skills are welcome on these photography Workshops to Cuba 2024 and 2025 ; the only requirement to be a part of them is a passion for traveling, people, music, gastronomy, culture, and photography.


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After many years in Cuba, I´m still surprised by how all tourist gather around the same places, which is why I have designed my photography travels to see another authentic Cuba, visiting the best photography spots.


Photography , Cuba and teaching, are my passions. I teach my travelers/students the culture of my country and how to capture it with their cameras/smartphones.


Travelers come to my Cuban photo workshops hoping to take beautiful travel photographs.


I don´t only help get astonishing shots, but I also show them the professional way of telling photo stories by creating sequences with a selection of their best photos, "and reach beyond travel photography".


I facilitate access to Cuban culture, an you will be immersed in the extreme kindness and embrace of the Cuban people.


I aim to transform the traveler´perceptions of the Cuban experience. Participants sometimes arrive with pre-conceived notions of the country and leave with a much more profound understanding, wich is very different from what they arrived with, as well as with a different way of understanding and working with documentary andartistic photography.

4worldlovers: Somewhere around May 2012, a friend of mine drove across Havana to drop off a sack of books. “They’re good, not great. I don’t have room for them.” Who has room in their life for good, not great, books? Neither me, nor my friend apparently. But as I looked at that yellow bag of books month after month, an idea began to brew: what if Havana had an English-language bookstore and coffeehouse where Cubans and visitors of all types could sit in a hammock with a classic book, sip a delicious cappuccino and make new friends?

And so Cuba Libro was born. In 2013, we set out to build a community around great coffee, art and literature using ethical, sustainable business practices. We would be an oasis of green space and a safe space – zero tolerance for discrimination and 100% alcohol-free – with the best coffee at the best prices, the happiest work team, books galore and cool cultural events. Everyone told us it would fail.

Fast forward 10 years. We didn’t fail. On the contrary. As we near our 10-year anniversary, we are very proud to announce that Cuba Libro is now an official Proyecto de Desarrollo Local. Being a local development project means we can do much more with our donation and other community support programs, maximize our local impact, and continue to strengthen community más allá (farther afield). We have a lot of exciting initiatives underway and several in the pipeline. Please feel free to get in touch to learn more, schedule a group visit to Cuba Libro with our Dig Deeper Program or arrange a donation. You might also enjoy reading this update from March, 2023. We hope to see you on the corners of Calle 24 & 19 the next time you’re in town!

PDL Cuba Libro, a coffeehouse and English-language bookstore, is an ethically- and socially-responsible local development project dedicated to building, strengthening, and supporting the Plaza de la Revolución municipality in which it operates and similar communities around the island.

4worldlovers:
Enjoy the unforgettable show “Habana de Fiesta” at the famous Parisien Cabaret, with lots of music, dance, atmosphere and colors. A very fun way to learn more about Cuba’s history, culture and its people through music.

Located in the center of the Vedado neighborhood, in Havana, housed in an imposing eclectic architecture of the 30s with a view of the esplanade of the Malecón, the legendary Hotel Nacional de Cuba is considered a symbol of history, culture and Cuban identity. It was declared a National Monument and awarded d the status of Memory of the World at the National level granted by the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO).

At the garden of the hotel, you still can see two of the Santa Clara Battery cannons that belonged to the Havana Defense System at the end of the Spanish colonial period, and are now included, together with Old Havana, in the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites.

In its 92 years, the majestic Hotel Nacional de Cuba has witnessed some of the most important events in the history of Cuba that link the republican and revolutionary stages, and it also has a long list of famous guests, including Gary Cooper, Johnny Weissmuller, Buster Keaton, Erroll Flynn, the Dukes of Windsor and José Raúl Capablanca in the 1930s, Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Winston Churchill, as well as Italian-American mafia bosses and Mexican movie stars like Maria Felix , Jorge Negrete and Agustín Lara in the 1940s, and Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner, Nat King Cole and Walt Disney in the 1950s, Yuri Gagarin, Gabriel García Marquez, Jean-Paul Sartre and his wife, Fidel Castro and Ernesto “Che” Guevara in the 1960s.

From 1979 to the present, it has been the venue for the International Latin American Film Festival, becoming the meeting place for contemporary actors and filmmakers such as Robert de Niro, Robert Redford, Francis Ford Coppola, Danny Glover, Steven Spielberg, Imanol Arias, Geraldine Chaplin, Kevin Costner, and Gloria Pires.

Hundreds of celebrities and among them more than 100 heads of state have been hotel guests, their photographs, as well as historical objects are displayed in the Hall of Fame, a must-see site when in the Cuban capital.

Learn more about the history of this unique jewel of the Cuban hotel industry by joining one of our free guided historical tours from Monday to Saturday at 10 AM.

Whether you are in the mood for a gourmet dinner, a colorful cocktail, or trying Cuban creole food, we have options for you at Hotel Nacional de Cuba.

At Hotel Nacional de Cuba we offer several choices of restaurants and bars with a full range of dining options and cocktails. From our very popular and convenient buffet to more specialized menus for lunch and dinner with international and local themes.

Our bars are conveniently located throughout the hotel, so you can enjoy one of our memorable mojitos when you are relaxing by the pool or closing a business deal at our Executive Floor.

Our famous terrace, with arguably the best views of the malecón, is the most seek after spot to have a coffee or a sip of a Cuban ron añejo any time of the day, but it is specially during sunset that you might realize why our legendary Hotel is the best choice for accommodation in Havana.

When staying at any of our rooms at the Executive Floor our guests will enjoy some exclusive perks and valued added benefits, such as:

Expedite check-in at the desk situated on the Executive Floor, free early check-in, advanced reservations at the hotel’s à la carte restaurants, free late check-out until 4:00 pm, free access to meeting rooms and printing services, assorted free snacks, tapas, tea, coffee, and Cuban cocktails at the 6th floor between 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm, additional room amenities and daily room cleaning service, free laundry service for up to two pieces of garment, pillow menu and butler service.

In addition to the above, guests staying at our Special Senior Suite rooms, Presidential Suite, and Royal Suite, will also enjoy:

24×7 expedited and private check-in/out, courtesy massages and sauna access during their entire stay, a courtesy Habanos tasting and paring with Cuban coffee or rum (“Ritual Sabor a Cuba”), and a free corporate gift.