article_snippet: Everyone says you have to go now before the chicken nugget invasion changes everything following President Obama's decision to lift sanctions after 55 years.
article_snippet: What knocks our back is the beauty of the dilapidated grand houses, palaces and squares.
article_snippet: A joke that still does the rounds is that the revolution failed on three fronts: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
article_snippet: The food is as dull as anywhere else, but the experience is exquisite: antique wine glasses, nicotine-stained walls, little balconies with room for one table each.
article_snippet: There aren't many decent hotels in the capital.
article_snippet: It was once prosperous thanks to sugar mills.
article_snippet: Today, It cobbled streets house restaurants and gift shops.
article_snippet: After dinner, there's just time to take a horse and cart back to the old town, now a World Heritage site.