Casa del Veguero — Restaurant in Viñales

Straight up tourist trap. I bought a cigar from them and they were trying to push me to buy a large bundle of 20 cigars. As soon as I said no they started ignoring me and giving me dirty looks. The cigar that I bought was actually pretty bad. The wrapper wouldn't light to save it's life while the filler blazed away like a tinderbox. This can't even be blamed on humidity because cigars I bought at other farms had excellent burn despite being stored in the same...

I went there on a 1 day trip from Havana. (before that we stopped at prehistoric murales) I do recommend it. I saw there, for the first time in my life. REAL tobacco plantation, the farmer demonstrated the process of cigaro making, you could buy it - which I did - for 10 CUCs only ( a bundle of 10 ) which is much, much cheaper than in Havana from street sellers. These people are really nice, charming...

I went here in 2016 and had a good experience than. I can't say anything of course if things have changed since than. We were not on a tour, we just went there by ourselves. After a small tour and explanation we bought some cigars for about 2 euro's a piece which after all turned out to be very good quality. Of course not to be compared with the state owned fabrications, but still good quality with...