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All Cuba Havana World’s Longest Cuban Cigar

World’s Longest Cuban Cigar

The enormous smoke hides within a little known, semi-secret exhibit inside Havana’s Morro Castle Historic Park.

Havana, Cuba

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The world’s longest Cuban cigar is tucked within a semi-secret exhibit inside the Morro Castle Historic Park. The enormous, hand-rolled item is the work of master cigar roller Jose Castelar Cairo, locally known as "Cueto."

Cueto is no ordinary cigar roller—before creating this behemoth of a smoke, the Cuban master had set four previous world records. His first attempt was in April of 2001 with a cigar measuring about 36 feet. In May of 2003, he rolled a roughly 49-foot-long cigar, followed by about a 70-foot record in April of 2005.

Cueto became a living legend in Havana, Cuba. On May 3, 2011 he rolled set a Guinness World Record recorded with a monster cigar measuring 268 feet. As if that was not long enough, Cueto decided to break his own record in 2016 by rolling a colossal, roughly 295-foot "Habano," which he dedicated to Fidel Castro

It's quite hard to comprehend the length of the cigar when you enter the room it's held within. A very realistic wax statue of Cueto is also displayed and accessible to all for pictures at the cigar shop next to the exhibit.

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Note that this cigar exhibit might not be always open. There is a cigar shop inside the Morro Castle with Cueto's statue, but the actual cigar is behind a glass case in the room next door. If you go with a local or a tour guide, they might be able to talk to the cigar shop management to open the exhibit for a quick picture.

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