Friday, 30 October 2026 · Malmö Free to read · 23 retailers · 228 live prices

The Next Cigar

The anthology of the leaf — Cuban cigars, the European market, and the things worth owning.

Vol. II · No. 10 Independent · Reader-supported · No tobacco sold here October 2026 · Published from Sweden

Markets · the board · Romeo y Julieta

Every listing · cheapest first

5 retailers

Pick a country to see what each box costs at your door.

RetailerBoxPer cigar
Sigari e Tabacchi (Padova) IT Habanos Specialist · checked 15 May €495.00≈ €495 €19.80 Check →
Cigarworld.de DE La Casa del Habano · checked 15 May €500.00≈ €500 €20.00 Check →
Cigarmust (LCDH Lugano/Mendrisio) CH La Casa del Habano · checked 15 May CHF 540.00≈ €567 €22.68 Check →
Cigarrummet SE Habanos Specialist · live · 30 Oct · sold out SEK 4,725≈ €411 €16.44 Buy →
CigarOne CH Habanos Specialist · live · 30 Oct · sold out CHF 429.00≈ €450 €18.02 Buy →

Rows in grey were last read more than 60 days ago: they are history, not quotes, and never count as the cheapest. Listed price for the box of 25 in the retailer's own currency, their own tax included. A box crossing a border picks up destination duty and VAT on top — the "duty paid EU" mark shows the few retailers whose price is all-in beyond their home market.

Ninety days · cheapest in-stock box in Europe, in euros

€411 €374 14 Sept21 Sept28 Sept

Now €41190-day low €37490-day high €41115 readings

The piece

The classic Romeo Lonsdale in tubed presentation. A 75-minute Cervantes format that built the brand's modern reputation.

The Romeo y Julieta No. 1 in its iconic aluminum tubo presentation is one of the most-recognised cigars in the Cuban catalogue. At 6.5 inches by a 42 ring (Habanos calls the shape Cervantes, the Cuban term for the Lonsdale format), the No. 1 was the Romeo benchmark for most of the 20th century — produced continuously since 1903, with the aluminum tubo packaging added in the 1960s to extend the cigar's freshness during long European voyages.

The smoke is the most floral in the Romeo catalogue. First third opens with butter, hay and Romeo's signature orange-blossom floral note; the middle drifts into cedar, honey and a touch of toasted bread; the last third delivers a creamy, slightly sweet finish with espresso and a whisper of dried fruit. Smoking time runs 70 to 85 minutes. Across Europe a box of 25 tubed cigars sits in the €465 to €580 range: Noblego runs around €485, Cigarworld €500, Cigarmust CHF 540 (~€565 after FX), Italian licensed tabaccherie €495. The €100 absolute spread is meaningful and the No. 1 Tubos is the SKU most often gifted at the holiday season — restocks happen in cycles, which makes price-drop alerts genuinely useful here.

Questions

  • Where is the cheapest place to buy Romeo y Julieta No. 1 Tubos in Europe right now?

    We are tracking 5 European retailers that list Romeo y Julieta No. 1 Tubos. Stock is moving — refresh this page or save it to your watchlist to be alerted when any retailer restocks at a competitive price.

  • Will the listed price include duty + VAT for my country?

    Only if you live where the retailer is. Every price on this page is all-in (excise duty + VAT included) in the retailer's home country and nowhere else. Buy from a German retailer to a German address and what you see is what you pay. Buy across a border — a Swiss retailer shipping into the EU, or any EU retailer shipping to the UK, Sweden, Denmark, Finland or Ireland — and the destination country charges its own tobacco excise and VAT on arrival. How much depends on the destination's excise rate; our import-duty guide walks through the main markets.

    The few retailers whose price is all-in beyond their home market carry a "duty paid EU" mark in the table.

  • How does Romeo y Julieta No. 1 Tubos compare to other Romeo y Julieta cigars?

    Romeo y Julieta No. 1 Tubos is a Cervantes, ring 42, 165 mm, medium strength, sold in a box of 25. The other Romeo y Julieta vitolas on the board, each with its own price page, are Romeo y Julieta Petit Coronas, Romeo y Julieta Wide Churchills, Romeo y Julieta Short Churchills, Romeo y Julieta Churchill. Per-cigar price is the fair way to compare them: box sizes differ.

  • Is the price for Romeo y Julieta No. 1 Tubos likely to drop?

    Habanos S.A. (the Cuban state tobacco monopoly) sets the worldwide release-price floor for every Habano in this catalogue. That floor went up roughly 40% during the 2022–2024 global price harmonisation, and Habanos has signalled further annual increases through 2027. So the long-term trend is up, not down.

    Short-term, prices move at the retailer level — promotions, clearance, a restock at a different price. Where we have a history, the 90-day line on this page shows what the cheapest box in Europe has actually done. A price alert with no target emails you on any drop; setting a target limits it to your budget.

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