— Vitola N. 01 —
Cuban
Granma province
Sierra Maestra Photography Expedition
Three days chasing golden hour with a Cuban photographer who knows every ridgeline by name.
3 days
1
CB
— Vitola № 01 · Habana · MMXXVI —
Cuban
✦ ✦ ✦
Bucket List
Edición fina · vol. I
Hidden gems, insider experiences, and unforgettable moments with the most interesting locals on the island. A quarterly journal of Cuban craft, delivered by post.
Subscribers
2,847
Maestros
44
Provinces
XI
Voyages Q1
VI
— Sello № II — La Etiqueta —
Nota tour company.
a connoisseur’s register.
We began as a quarterly bulletin — short letters from the island, profiling the photographers, chefs, dive instructors, and old-Havana mechanics whose work goes uncatalogued in any guidebook. Each subscriber holds a vote. The experience that gathers the most goes to press first — and our readers are the first invited aboard.
I
Audiencia
3 – 12
per voyage
II
Local Share
70 – 85%
paid before departure
III
Provinces
XI
across the island
— Sello № III — La Vitrina —
VITOLAS DE LA CASA
— featured experiences —
— Sello № IV —
CONNOISSEUR’S
Council
Sign in via Instagram and submit your ballot for the experience you most wish to see staged. The vitola that first gathers five hundred seals enters production — and you, dear voter, are first to be invited.
✦ Most Sealed This Quarter ✦
- I+128 newHavana Family Kitchen Night
- II+96 newSalsa Night on a Secret Rooftop
- III+74 newSierra Maestra Photography Expedition
- IV+41 newVintage Car Mountain Road Trip
— Vitola N. 01 —
Cuban
Granma province
Sierra Maestra Photography Expedition
Three days chasing golden hour with a Cuban photographer who knows every ridgeline by name.
482/ 500 seals
— Vitola N. 02 —
Cuban
Havana
Havana Family Kitchen Night
Cook a four-course Cuban supper in a Centro Habana home. Music, rum, real conversation.
671/ 500 sealsENGRAVED ✓
— Vitola N. 03 —
Cuban
Pinar del Río
Secret Scuba with a Local Legend
A dive with the man who taught most of the divers on the island. Reefs the boats never reach.
358/ 500 seals
— Vitola N. 04 —
Cuban
Sancti Spíritus
Hidden Waterfalls & Local Life
Trek to falls that don’t appear on maps. Lunch with the family who keeps them secret.
294/ 500 seals
— Vitola N. 05 —
Cuban
Cienfuegos → Trinidad
Vintage Car Mountain Road Trip
A ’57 Chevy, a route through the Escambray, and a mechanic who can fix it with a butter knife.
412/ 500 seals
— Vitola N. 06 —
Cuban
Havana
Salsa Night on a Secret Rooftop
A live septet, a rooftop most Cubans don’t know exists, and lessons that work even on you.
537/ 500 sealsENGRAVED ✓
— Sello № V —
FROM THE TABAQUERÍA
— field notes —
- IField notes
The fisherman who feeds half of Baracoa
Apr 2026read →On the eastern tip of the island, where the road runs out, we spent a morning with Reinaldo and his grandson.
- IIHidden gem
A coffee farm in the clouds
Mar 2026read →Three hours up a mule track outside Santiago is a finca where the beans dry on the porch and the rocking chairs are always free.
- IIILocal hero
Yoandra, the only female luthier in Holguín
Feb 2026read →She builds tres guitars in a converted bedroom. The waiting list is now eighteen months long.
— Sello № VI —
LOS MAESTROS
— curators of the craft —
LM
YC
TD
RO
YP
OM
+ thirty-eight more across the island
— Sello № VII —
ARTÍCULOS DE CALIDAD
— articles of quality —
I
Real Cuba, real people.
Every voyage begins in someone’s kitchen, workshop, or boat. Never on a coach.
II
Locals receive their share first.
Fair, transparent splits — paid before the trip departs. The whole moat is trust.
III
Stories worth retelling.
You will return with a name in your contacts and a story your friends will request twice.