Shore tour Havana

Afro Cuban Religion

As Cuban ethnologist Don Fernando Ortiz said, Cuba is an “ajiaco” (a dish with different types of root vegetables and meats) referring to the ethnic mixture on the island composed of Spaniards, indigenous and African. The presence of the Afro-Cuba religions in the nation´s culture is vital, omnipresent and part of the national character. Its influence grows and extends.

Durations: 8 hours

Itinerary

Pick up time at the Cruise at 08:30 am, to Guanabacoa municipality, cradle of the Afro-Cuban religion where you will visit the Guanabacoa Afro-Cuban Museum, Orishas Museum and the Virgen of Regla Church.

After optional lunch visit the neighborhood of Cayo Hueso, the Callejón de Hammel Cultural Project, the National Folkloric Ensamble in Vedado, and the Don Fernando Ortiz Foundation.

You will be able to participate in a rumba show and or folklore at the Culture House in Central Havana.

havana highlight

Museos

  • ✓ Museum National of Bellas Artes
  • ✓ Museum of the Revolucion
  • ✓ Napoleonic museum
  • ✓ Museum of Chocolate
  • ✓ Museum of the Rum Havana Club
  • ✓ Pharmacy Museum
  • ✓ Museum of the City
  • ✓ Hemingway Museum Finca Vigia
  • ✓ Scale model of Havana
  • ✓ Museum of Guanabacoa
  • ✓ National Museum of Decorative Arts
  • ✓ Wilfredo Lam Center

Churches and convents

  • ✓ Havana Cathedral
  • ✓ Church and Convent of St. Francis of Asisi
  • ✓ Church of Paula
  • ✓ Church of the Merced
  • ✓ Our Lady of Kazan Orthodox Cathedral
  • ✓ Church of Jesus de Miramar
  • ✓ Holy Spirit Church
  • ✓ St. Christ of Good Trip Church

Nightlife

  • ✓ Cañonazo ceremony
  • ✓ Marti Theather(programmed function)
  • ✓ Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso (programmed function)
  • ✓ National Theather(programmed function)
  • ✓ Bertolt Brecht Cultural Center (programmed function)
  • ✓ Tropicana Cabaret
  • ✓ Havana Cafe, Melia Cohiba
  • ✓ Parisien Cabaret National Hotel
  • ✓ Havana Cafe, Melia Cohiba

One day tour

  • Pinar del Rio and its splendors: Soroa and Las Terrazas
  • Rural Outing
  • Sustainable agriculture and local communities
  • Flora and Fauna
  • Cigar, Rum and Coffee
  • Hemingway´s presence in Cuba