How to buy Cigars

[Oregonskier]

I am going to Cuba Feb. 6th on the Pearl Mist and want to buy some cigars for gifts. How do I buy cigars? By the box? How much do they cost? What should I look for as I don't smoke. Where is the best place? We are going around the island with many stops

Oregonskier

[Mark@cfcmail.co.uk]

Go to the shop in the fort in Havana and just buy them. If you get them there they will be genuine ones, if you buy them from a street trader you might be buying anything

 

 

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[ONT-CA]

Go to the shop in the fort in Havana and just buy them. If you get them there they will be genuine ones, if you buy them from a street trader you might be buying anything

 

Give that man a cigar If the price is too good to be true, it is. From the stories relayed aboard the ship after a port call, caution is the key word as counterfeits abound. As mentioned above stick to the government sanctioned supply locations.

 

Partagás Serie D No. 4s, the most popular cigar made in Cuba, sell for about 174 CUC per box of 25, or about $7 per cigar. Some are priced at the equivalent of $33 US for each cigar and therefore with the maximum import allowance of $100. one can come home with 3...

[pbenjamin]

Give that man a cigar If the price is too good to be true, it is. From the stories relayed aboard the ship after a port call, caution is the key word as counterfeits abound. As mentioned above stick to the government sanctioned supply locations.

 

Partagás Serie D No. 4s, the most popular cigar made in Cuba, sell for about 174 CUC per box of 25, or about $7 per cigar. Some are priced at the equivalent of $33 US for each cigar and therefore with the maximum import allowance of $100. one can come home with 3...

 

That maximum was lifted a while back.

 

http://www.cigaraficionado.com/webfeatures/show/id/limits-slashed-on-cuban-cigars-19049