Havana is a city of music. Live music can be found in practically any bar or restaurant in Havana from about 12 noon on throughout into the night and early hours of the morning. Many of the clubs actually have matinee and afternoon performances as well as late night shows, allowing those travellers who...

The capital of the state of Bahia, Brazil, known as Salvador da Bahia, is a colonial jewel which, from 1549 through 1763, served as Brazil's first colonial capital, settled in large part by African slaves whose descendants now form up to about 80% of the current population.

Old Havana, dating from the early 1500s and the seed from which modern Havana, Cuba grew, was entered into the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1982. Today visitors can see numerous of Havana's splendid but crumbling colonial structures and facades being restored and refurbished due to this effort.