A young Swiss Sheryl Onody, visited Cuba for the first time with her husband and decided to book a room in a resort of Cayo Santa Maria, in the northern part of the province of Villa Clara, but after taking a tour to a colonial city of Remedios, they decided to return and settle in a casa particular.

“It’s amazing to be able to visit a 500-year-old city and see it so well-preserved. What I like the most about it, is its architecture, but also its people who maintain deep-rooted cultural traditions, something that is impossible to see in Europe. Next year I will be back in Cuba around the same time of year to live the famous parrandas of Remedios, a Christmas Eve”, as she told Soulidays .

The preferred month for tourists to travel to Cuba is March with more than 360,000 visitors, followed by 332,000 in December and January with 320,000 tourists respectively.

The Americans who have visited Cuba over the past five years have opted for private accommodation in most of the Cuban territory. According to estimates, at least 25 % of those who arrive at the island stayed at casa particular.