HAVANA CITY

Cuba is the largest of the islands of the Caribbean. Havana city, the Cuban Capital is, without a doubt, the tourism destination of excellence of the largest of the West Indies. Within the city, its historic center, named Old Havana (where the Workshop will take place), is an obliged reference destination for all visitors who come to this city. The latter was considered by UNESCO World Heritage in 1982. Cuba has been considered for centuries the key of the Gulf of Mexico. Havana is well positioned for tourists who want to visit other caribbean countries or the United States. By plane Havana is at less than 30 minutes from Miami and Cancun beach in Yucatan, Mexico
The foundation of the city, in its final place next to the entrance channel of a well protected bay, dates far back to November of 1519. La Villa de San Cristóbal de la Habana, became with the course of time the meeting place for the Spanish fleets in charge of transporting to the Metropolis all the wealth extracted from their domains in the so called New World. It also became the center of trade and communications between the region and the Old Continent. Similar advantages, essentially derived from its strategic geographic position, also influenced directly the future development of this prosperous villa, which started to grow under the protection of a unique defensive system in the Hispanic America and surrounded by a wall whose construction, started from the second half of the XVII century and finished more than 100 years later, was considered ineffective and expensive from the very beginning.
Like any other great city, Havana is the center of the intense political, scientific and cultural life of the nation. Tens of museums, theaters and concert halls, galleries of art and cultural institutions are known all over the city, and some like the National Ballet of Cuba, the House of the Americas, the Foundation of New Latin American Film, or the National Folkloric Dance Group have an enormous international reputation. It is also a city where good food and entertainment have reserved there own space in renown places like la Bodeguita del Medio, El Floridita, Cabaret Tropicana, and others that are less known, but with a high degree of preference among the thousands of tourists who visit the Cuban capital every year.
Going 25 km east from Havana you find nice and beautiful beaches. Click here to enjoy a preliminary view !

WEATHER.

With its tropical climate, Cuba is an almost eternal summer ! Temperatures usually average from 22 to 30 degrees Celsius during the day.
There are two seasons, the dry season from November to April and the wet season from May to October.
During the winter months, the evenings may sometimes be a bit cool, so it's better to bring long pants and a jacket, just in case! For those who don't like (or prefer!) high temperatures, please not that the summer months are very hot (30C+) and humid.
To know more about the weather conditions in Cuba, please visit the following links:

Weather in Havana (record and averages by month; Yahoo service).
Weather in Havana (records and averages by days in a month)
WEATHER CNN
U.S. National Weather Service
Meteo Media (in french)
The Weather network