Best affordable Cuba tour for Americans

Highlights Welcome to Cuba experience.

• Welcoming Dinner in private restaunrat (Paladar)
• Accommodation in B&B at Private House (Casa Particular)
• Bicitaxi ride through Old Havana
• 1955 Cadillac Tour of Havana
• Community Project exerience in Fusterlandia
• Cigar and farm experience in Vinales
• Bay of Pigs, Some Cuban history and culture
• Art and architecture in Cienfuegos
• Local art project Trazos Libres
• Crafts and sugar production in Trinidad, the most colonial of Cuba
• Salsa dance lesson

Destination you will visit:

Accommodation

We guarantee accommodation in Casa Particular, a local bed and breakfast experience, never you will stay at any accommodation listed in the Cuba Prohibited Accommodations List. Good quality Casa Particular is only what we offer to stay in Cuba.

• Casa Bao Bao or similar in Old Havana
• Hostal Maria or similar in Cienfuegos
• Colonial House Brisas de Alameda or Similar in Trinidad

Welcome to Cuba Full Itinerary

DAY 1, 1 Welcome to Havana

Welcome to Cuba!

Arrival at Havana International Airport Jose Marti.

Meet and greeting at the Airport.

Private Transfer to Private House (Casa particular).

Information briefing with the local guide.

Welcoming Dinner at Family/Private Restaurant like San Cristobal, Habana 61, Elizalde or Iván Chefs Justo.

Accommodation in B&B at Private House (Casa Particular) standard room, very centric located.

D (dinner included).

Day 2, HAVANA

Breakfast

Privately guided walking tour in Old Havana.

City Tour of 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.

Now by bicitaxi to the private restaurant Elizalde, lunch included .

Tour in a majestic private 1955 Red American Cadillac 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 majestics 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 finish in your accommodation .

Free afternoon.

For the night we can recommend:

• Art Factory (Local art and club in Havana, they were established within an old cooking oil factory)
• Dancing at Rosalia de Castro cultural Center.
• Cuban classics performed live by Buena Vista Social Club in Guajiritos Bar.

Accommodation in B&B at Private House (Casa Particular) standard room, very centric located..

B,L (Breakfast and lunch included).

Day 3 Havana Fusterlandia Viñales Havana

Breakfast.

Departure to Viñales.

On the west side of Havana it is the town of Jaimanitas, there visit Casa Fuster, also known as "Fusterlandia," the bizarre studio of artist José Rodriguez Fuster. Most famous for bringing the amazing designs of Gaudi and Brancusi to Cuba, he has adorned the surroundings of his studio enclave with brightly colored sculptures and mosaics.

Continues trip to Viñales, one of the most beautiful areas of Cuba with their rare hill name Mogotes, fertile land where best tobacco leaf is grown. Place of wonderful caverns, little country routes and amazing landscapes.

Visit a private cigar farm where you will see the tobacco plantations and the process of drying the tobacco leaf from where the Havana Cigar is produced.

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

14:00 Entrance to the Indian caves with a boat ride inside the cave.

Back to Havana.

Free evening in Havana city.

Accommodation in B&B at Private House (Casa Particular) standard room, very centric located.

B,L (breakfast and lunch included)

Day, 4 Havana Bay of Pigs Cienfuegos

Breakfast.

Departure to Cienfuegos via Bay of Pigs.

Ciénaga de Zapata National Park, a must-see for travelers, is an attraction for wildlife lovers and intact habitats. It is considered an important area, recognized with the category of Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO.

Visit Korimacao artists Community, Korimacao expresses Cuban music, poetry, dance, theater, art and life.

Optional Lunch.

Then you will meet men who are engaged in the production of charcoal, perform this difficult work that requires a lot of time and effort. Charcoal became the first product authorized to export from Cuba to the United States.

Afterwards we visit the Bay of Pigs' Battle Museum at Playa Girón, the actual site of the invasion, which recounts the events of this conflict.

Continuation to a beautiful swimming whole (cenote) name Cueva de los Peces which resembles a huge natural tropical fish tank. Snorkeling time is included.

Continues trip to Cienfuegos.

Accommodation in B&B at Private House (Casa Particular) standard room, very centric located.

B (Breakfast included).

Day 5, Cienfuegos Trinidad

Breakfast.

09:00 visiting local project TrazosLibres (Free Strokes), a community cultural project which supports and collaborates with local artists.

Privately guided city tour in 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”.

Optional Lunch in Local private restaurant.

We also take a panoramic drive through the Punta Gorda area, with beautiful panoramas and historic buildings such as Palacio Del Valle before continues trip to Trinidad.

Arrival to Trinidad and check in.

Dance the night away with the locals and enjoy the rhythms of the Afro Cuban bands back at Casa de la Trova.

Accommodation in B&B at Private House (Casa Particular) standard room, very centric located.

B (breakfast included).

Day 6, Trinidad.

Breakfast.

One hour Salsa Lesson,you learn to move like the locals with a traditional salsa class.

Tour of the City of Trinidad established by the Spaniards in 1514 and 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.

Lunch included in La Esquina, Local private restaurant.

After lunch departing for the Sugar Mills Valley, visit the Viewpoint, and the Manaca Iznaga, experiencing the Sugar Cane Juice and the explanation of the house the history and legends of the site. Free time to enjoy the handcraft textiles being produced in the area.

Optional: Downhill canopy tour on zip-lines where you can enjoy magnificent views of the landscape.

Back to the town, rest of the afternoon at your leisure to make your own discoveries.

Optional dinner.

At night Enjoy traditional Cuban rhythms at La Casa de la Música, it is one of the most visited places in Trinidad.

Accommodation in B&B at Private House (Casa Particular) standard room, very centric located.

B,L (Breakfast and lunch included).

Day 7, Trinidad Santa Clara Havana.

Breakfast.

10:00 Departure to Havana via Santa Clara.

Visit the Che Memorial at the Square Che Guevara, and then visit the Vidal Park at the Center of the City, and walking through the city.

Optional lunch.

Continues trip to Havana (approximately 3 hours).

19:00 Arrival and Check in.

21:00 Farewell Dinner at private Restaurant in Miramar area in Havana.

Accommodation in B&B at Private House (Casa Particular) standard room, very centric located.

B,D (breakfast and dinner included).

Day 8, HAVANA DEPARTURE.

08:00 Breakfast

According to departure time, free morning for last minute souvenir shopping

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 though clients may suggest similar accommodations where to stay.
• Meet and Greeting at the Airport.
• Private Transfer In/Out.
• Local tour Guide in full command of English his salary, accommodation and meals.
• All the activities as indicated with the entrances pointed out in the Program.
• Private transportation by minibus or Bus with driver and guide service .
• 7 Breakfast,3 luncheons and 2 Dinners.
• 24 hours phone emergency number.
• Local Cuban staff assistance during the whole staying for the implementation of the Program.
• Local Taxes.

Not included:

• Airfare.
• Tourist Visas
• Medical insurance
• Tips
• Services not mentioned in the Program.