A Great Night Out In Havana.

Posted on | August 29, 2009 |

If you are up for the best night out in Havana in your Cuba holidays then you have to book your self for a show in Tropicana. Known around the world as A Paradise Under the Stars this Cabaret keeps captivating its guests every year since it opened its doors.

Tropicana is located in Havana in the municipality of Marianao towards the west end. This outdoors Cabaret features the very best of the Cuban music which has evolved one of the best dancing music in the world. Rumba, Cha Cha Cha, Bolero, Guaracha, Timba and Salsa rhythms are played every evening.

Not only Tropicana is a place to enjoy the best of the Cuban music but it is also the nursery of the next generation of Cuban performers. The best dancing school in Cuba is located in Tropicana. Only the very best go to perform in the show.

With a great deal of history and tradition Tropicana has hosted stars such as the Great The great Nat King Cole and performer Carmen Miranda as well as many other renown artists of the American continent. Those were the 1950?s when Havana flourished as a great tourist destination especially for American tourists.

The 1950?s in Cuba were certainly turbulent years. Corruption, gambling and prostitution were in the menu of the inner circles of the Cuban Society. Tropicana was the gathering place for whoever was wealthy and influential in Cuba.

Unfortunately for some in 1959 a revolution led by Fidel Castro put an end to whatever resembled the previous regime and with it all the gambling and prostitution was officially made illegal by law. As a result what used to be a Casino in Tropicana today is a nice and cosy Piano Bar.

The area where the Cabaret is set up is rather vast. This outdoors Cabaret has room for over 1000 people and it features well over 100 artists including singers, dancers and circus performers.

Havana is full of excellent places where to spend a night out but nothing like Tropicana will remain in your mind as one of the best shows you have ever seen in your entire life.

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