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On the cigar and cocktail trail in Old Havana BY: ANDREW MARSHALL A man’s voice crackles over an antiquated loud speaker system as he reads a chapter from a García Màrquez novel, the words filling the vast room where dozens of men and women listen. With heads bowed over wooden workbenches and with their hands methodically rolling, chopping and tucking, they create Cuba’s most famous product. 6 . <strong>DRIFT</strong>TRAVEL.COM
I am lucky enough to be one of the last people to take a cigar factory tour at the original Real Fábrica de Tabacos Partagás (Partagás Cigar Factory) in Old Havana (Calle Industria No.520) behind the Capitolio Nacional building, before it moved to its new location on the corner of Calle San Carlos in Central Havana. One of Havana's oldest and most famous cigar factories, the landmark Real Fábrica de Tabacos Partagás had been making cigars here since 1845. For a cigar aficionado like myself, this is 'the pilgrimage' for it is here that some of the world's finest cigars are handcrafted, from the powerfully rich Cohiba Robusto to the magnificent Partagás Double Corona. Whatever your views are about smoking, it's a fascinating cultural insight to take a cigar factory tour. Being Cuba, factory tours can be ad hoc. Tours take around one hour, and cover the various stages of cigar production. Starting in the selection room, where sorters grade the various tobacco leaves and ending in a tiny room where the finished cigars are packed into cedar boxes, which are pasted with their official green and white seals to confirm authenticity. TRAVEL OFTEN . LIVE WELL . 7
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