LOCAL GUIDE PRIVATE CUSTOMIZE CUBA TOUR

Highlights

• Walking private tour on Old Havana historical center and its fortifications, declared by UNESCO in 1982 a world heritage.
• Viñales Valley, a natural reserve of the Biosphere declared world heritage site in 1999.
• Visit havano cigar farm.
• Salsa music and Cuban rhythms dance lesson.
• American old vintage ride tour throughout Havana.
• Visit Trinidad, Cuba , best well- preservedin America´s.
• Know Cienfuegos,Cuba must-see city of Cuba, listed by UNESCO as world heritage in 2005.
• Travel to Camaguey, Cuba, explore ts historic centerdeclared by UNESCO as World Heritage in 2008.
• Go to Santa Clara, Cuba ,most central Cuba city.

Heritage cities of Cuba you will visit:

• Havana City with special emphasis in Old Havana, its Fortification.
• Trinidad and the Sugar Mill Valley.
• Cienfuegos City and its historical center of Cienfuegos.
• Camaguey´s historical center.

Places you will visit:

Havana city, Viñales Valley, Bay of Pigs at Peninsula de Zapata , Cienfuegos city, Trinidad city Cuba, Santa Clara city, Camagüey city, Sancti Spiritus city, Ciego de Avila city.

Accommodation

• Hotel 4* with buffet breakfast included.
• Private guesthouse with breakfast included.
• Note: Supplement option available for five-star hotel and luxury hotels boutique in Havana and other destinations you will visit.

Travel Itinerary

DAY 1 HAVANA

Welcome to Cuba!.

Arrival at Havana International Airport.

Meet and Greeting at the Airport.

Private Transfer to Hotel.

Information briefing with the tour

Free evening / optional in Havana.

• Cannon Fire Ceremony at Morro Cabaña Fortress;
• Art Factory (art exhibitions, life music group performance, workshops about art, culture, books)
• Music House
• Cabarets like Tropicana or Parisién
• Latin Jazz Night Clubs like the Fox and the Raven

Accommodation in B&B at Hotel boutique 4* type in Old Havana or at Hotel 3*, 4* or 5* in Havana centrally located or could lodge at very good private B & B economic price guest house, Airbnb hostel type, at centric Havana now very fashionable between foreign visitors to Cuba.

Day 2 HAVANA CITY TOUR

08:30 Breakfast.

Havana has to be one of the most exciting, intriguing and unique cities in the world. We have a full day to explore it.

09:00 Visit Partagas cigar Factory and Rum Museum.

City tour Old Havana starting the walking tour of Old Havana from the Templete, where Havana villa was founded in 1519. Walking through the Plaza de Armas and all other Squares of Old Havana: San Francisco de Asís Square, then to Old Square, visit the Cathedral Square. Seeing the monuments and buildings more relevant from the different centuries all well preserved, the Palacio Del Segundo Cabo, the Cathedral.

13:00 Optional Luncheon at local Restaurant.

14:00 Panoramic Tour of Modern Havana driving with the Tour Guide in Old American Vintage Car (two Hours) passing through the Revolution Square Stop to take pictures, then continuing through the Colon Cemetery, one of the most historical cemetery of the world and the most significant in Latin American with more of 500 mausoleums, chapels and family vaults; enjoy some of the most relevant mansions of the Vedado on visiting Paseo Avenue & President Avenue, 17 Street between others majestic avenues of the City , going through the University of Havana, the Coppelia building, the Rampa, the first Hilton built outside USA in the fifties, visiting the Promenade on the Sea, then Fifth Avenue ending at Hotel Nacional de Cuba.

Back to the accommodation.

20:00 Welcoming dinner at Private/family Restaurant popular named as Paladar.

Accommodation in B&B at Hotel boutique 4* type in Old Havana or at Hotel 3*, 4* or 5* in Havana centrally located or could lodge at very good private B & B economic price guest house, Airbnb hostel type centrally located in Havana now very trendy between foreign visitors to Cuba.

B, D (Breakfast and Dinner included).

Day 3 HAVANA - VIÑALES valley

07:00 Early breakfast.

07:45 Departing for Viñales(190km). One of the most beautiful areas of Cuba with their rare hill name Mogotes, fertile land where best havano tobacco leaf is grown. Place of wonderful caverns, little country routes and amazing landscapes.

10:00 Walking tour through the Valley visiting tobacco farms, meeting local people “guajiros” working with the oxen the land with traditional and sustainable way.

Luncheon at Finca Paraiso (very interesting agro ecological project with the best views of the Valley; family private owned restaurant).

Entrance to the Indian caves with a boat ride inside the cave.

Visit Los Jazmines viewpoint from where you will have an excellent view over the Valley; family private owned restaurant.

Visit town of Viñales . You could see how tourism activity have brought to the people in Viñales, Cuba new jobs and prosperity developing small scale private service activities like transforming its houses in lodge and building restaurants where the foreign visitors can have authentic Cuban cuisine dishes.

Accommodation in B & B Hotels 3* Los Jazmines or La Ermita, both with excellent view over the Valley or at Hotel E Central in the town of Viñales, or at good privatecentral located guest house.

B, L (breakfast and lunch included).

Day 4 VINALES-BAY OF PIG-CIENFUEGOS

07:30 Breakfast

08:20 Departing to Cienfuegos via Bay of Pigs (420km).

On your drive to Cienfuegos, visit Península de Zapata ( Bay of Pigs) where you will visit the Interpretation Center to know about flora and fauna, as well as the community and history of local people. Entrance to Boca de Guamá to see a crocodile farm breeding where Cuban Crocodile specie Rhombifer is kept to avoid extinction.

Visit Cenote “Cueva de los Peces”, if of interest goes for snorkeling in the Caribbean waters of Peninsula de Zapata for 1 hour.

Quick lunch then continue to Cienfuegos City.

Private Tour of Cienfuegos City,founded by French settlers who came from Louisiana, USA in 1819. This history gives it an air and architectural style that is distinctive from that of the rest of the island. This city appeal lies partly in the European flavor of its colonial heritage, with a wide Parisian-style boulevard and elegant colonnades, and there is an ambience to inspire Cuba’s most celebrated Son singer Benny Moré to write the words “Cienfuegos is the city I like best”. Visit the Martí Park, the Terry Theater, the Arch of Triumph, one of the few in Cuba; the Alameda (Central Park), the Seaboard (one of the prettiest Bay in Cuba); visit the Palacio Del Valle, one of best example of neoclassic, Spaniard Moresque architecture in Cuba.

Check in at accommodation.

Free evening with optional dinner (you may ask to your Tour Guide for best restaurants in Cienfuegos to eat.

Accommodation in B&B at Hotel 3* or 4* like Melia San Carlos 4*, Melia La Union 4* or at any other hotel boutiques located on the centric City or at very good comfortable well-equipped private guesthouse ( Airbnb type)at centric Cienfuegos fashionable now between foreign visitors to Cuba.

B (breakfast included).

Day 5 CIENFUEGOS-TRINIDAD

08:00 Breakfast.

09:00 Departure to Trinidad (85km).

Heading south we arrive in Trinidad, a UNESCO World Heritage listed city with beautiful colonialbuildings and cobblestone streets.

For most visitors to Cuba, Trinidad is the favorite destination to visit and it is easy to see why when you know Trinidad, Cuba.

After lunch at a local private family restaurant name as “ Paladars” in Cuba, start private tour of Trinidad, Cuba established by the Spaniards in 1514. Lined with cobblestone streets and colorful houses, the town of Trinidad is easy to wander around and almost every scene offers superb photographic opportunities – from locals casually smoking their huge cigars on the doorsteps of their homes to old Chevrolets cruising by. Visit Santa Ana and the Major Square. Entrance to the Cantero Palace, nowadays, the City Museum , entrance Bar Canchancharaand get a welcoming canchanchara cocktail drink mix of “aguardiente spirit from sugar cane, lemon and Cuban honey.

Visit the locally name “Casa del Alfarero” or Pottery house in Trinidad City, an open space located on Street Andres Berro51, where beautiful ceramic works are created. This handcraft workshop was founded by Don Secundino Santander on second half of XIX Century. He passed to his family the secrets and abilities to create arts piece of potteries and handcraft, the Santander family still owned the workshop creating marvelous handicraft pieces which could be bought at very reasonable price.

Optional dinner.

Entrance to Music House with one cocktail.

Trinidad has great nightlife. No less than ten live music venues fill the atmosphere of sounds and contagious rhythms to make you move all around while zipping Cuban Havana club rum and enjoying a havano cigar.

Accommodation in All Inclusive at Hotel Brisas Trinidad del Mar 4* or at any City Hotel 3*, 5* in B & B or at well-equipped best private guesthouse Airbnb type (breakfast included) located in the City Center.

B, L (breakfast and lunch included)

Day 6 TRINIDAD.

After breakfast, visit the sugar Mills valley and the Manaca Iznaga tower, to learn about how Trinidad was prosperous in the XVIII and XIX Century thanks to the production of sugar based on the slavery forced it was brought into the island from Africa by the Europeans. Try a sugar cane juice known locally as guarapo”.

Visit the artisans, handcraft fair, learn about Santeria afro-cuban cult if of interest.

Enjoy beautiful pristine waters Ancon Beach at the Caribbean Sea

Optional 1 hour tour on an Old American classic car drive throughout streets of Trinidad City and the Ancon Península, 15 minutes drive from the city center of Trinidad.

Enjoy night life in Trinidad at your own path.

B (breakfast included).

Day 7 TRINIDAD –SANTI SPIRITU - CAMAGUEY.

08:00 Breakfast.

Continues trip to Camaguey (280km).

Panoramic tour Sancti Spiritus City, perfect destination to enjoy the spirit of a quiet small colonial city. One of the original seven Cuban cities, a city of narrow streets, you’ll see colonial buildings like the Parroquial Mayor, examples of the Spanish Baroque style. See the Yayabo Bridge with its medieval roman appearance.

Continuation to Camaguey, passing through Ciego de Avila City which you will tour panoramically.

Arrival and check in at Hotel.

Free evening.

Accommodation in B&B at Melia Gran Hotel 3.5* or at any othersmall hotel boutique located at the historical city center of Camaguey like Hotel E Santa María 3.5*.

B (breakfast included).

Day 8 CAMAGUEY.

08:00 Breakfast.

Visit the historical center of Camaguey on a bice-taxi ride (1 hour) which has become famous and useful mean of transportation in the City for locals Cuban moving throughout the city.

Visit the Square of San Juan de Dios, and Agramonte Park, the houses were the illustrate son of the city Jose Ignacio Agramonte borned.

Attractions include the Principal Theater (built in 1850); the Puerto Principe Cemetery (created in 1814 and the oldest of the cemeteries that still are opened in Cuba); the Ignacio Agramonte Museum (history and decorative arts); the Amalia Simoni Manor (decorative arts and pieces of furniture that illustrate 19th century costumes).

Optional dinner.

The city has a prestigious dance company, the Ballet of Camaguey, if it is ballet season you will be able to see this ballet presentation.

Accommodation in B&B at Melia Gran Hotel 3.5* or at any other small hotel boutique located at the historical city center of Camaguey like Hotel E Santa María 3.5*.

B (breakfast included).

Day 9 CAMAGUEY – SANTA CLARA - HAVANA.

07:00 Breakfast.

08:00 Departure to Havana via Santa Clara (540km).

12:00 Entrance to the City of Santa Clara , visit the Che Memorial at the Square Che Guevara, and then visit the Vidal Park, the historical center of the city of Santa Clara founded in XVII century.

14:00 Light Luncheon at local restaurant.

15:00 Continuation to Havana.

Continues trip to Havana.

18:00 Arrival and Check in.

20:00 Optional farewell dinner at Private restaurant .

Enjoy your last evening in Havana City

Accommodation in B&B at Hotel boutique 4* type in Old Havana or at Hotel 3*, 4* or 5* in Havana centrally located or could lodge at very good private B & B economic price guest house, Airbnb hostel type, at centric Havana now very fashionable between foreign visitors to Cuba.

B (breakfast included).

Day 10 HAVANA DEPARTURE.

Breakfast.

Free Morning for last Minute Shopping.

If staying longer we can arrange extra nights in Havanaor at Varadero resorts one of best 20 beaches in the world or any other Cuban beautiful Caribbean beach, or extension at city or countryside towns. Please ask to your local tour guide if you need something else.

Private transfer to Havana International Airport to take flight out of the country (clients must check the flight at the Airline Desk 3 hours in advance).

B (breakfast included).

END OF SERVICES

Included:

• Accommodation as described.
• Meet and Greeting at the Airport.
• Private Transfer In/Out.
• Tour Guide in full command of English his salary, accommodation and meals, between best Tour Guides.
• All the tours as indicated with the entrances pointed out in the Program.
• Private transportation.
• 9 breakfast, 2 lunch and 1 dinner included.
• 24 hours phone emergency number.
• Staff assistance during the whole staying for the implementation of the Program.
• Local Taxes.

Not included:

• Airfare.
• Tourist Visa.
• Medical Insurance.
• Tips
• Services not mentioned in the Program.