The place for cigars: this place has top-quality merchandise from humidors to perfume, and helpful service. There's also a small bar-tasting room and a small grocery shop abutting a quiet slice of beach. It's all encased in a typical wooden Varadero beach house.
Casa del Habano
Varadero
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