Highlights
- Old Havana immersive culture and art city tour guided by experts in architecture and Cuban art.
- Visit world class like Havana city Museum, Cuban Fine Arts Museum, Wilfredo Lam culture Center, Decorative Art Museum.
- Enjoy Havana while driving in Old American Classic Vintage cars through Havana´s Malecon.
- Visit the refine sacro art at Columbus Cemetery of Havana, second best in America.
- See cultural private projects in Havana like “Fusterlandia” and very popular Hamel array.
- DAY 1 HAVANA ARRIVAL, TRANSFER AND ACCOMMODATION
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Welcome to Havana, Cuba.
Arrival at Havana International Airport.
Meet and Greeting at Havana International Airport, private transfer to your premium private guesthouse lodge where you be staying next 4 days of your Havana’s adventure tour.
While checking In and meeting your host, enjoy a Cuban welcoming cocktail.
When ready your tour leader will take you for a 2 hours American vintage car panoramic tour of Havana with stops in significant Havana´s best attractions.
You will be driven through main areas of Havana City starting from Old Havana´s colonial heritage , the Havana´s harbor, spectacular buildings like Capitol of Havana and former Presidential Palace (nowadays Revolution´s history Museum) , will drive by broad esplanade roadway havana´s malecon 8 kms getting an excellent view of the havana’s façade, then visit Havana´s Revolution Square where you will drop the car to walk an take pictures of main buildings, area, public announcement, you will continue by car seeing the external area of Cemetery Colon, main avenues Paseo and President in the Vedado area, big mansions residences from the 40´s and 50´s last century in the Vedado, and residential Miramar and Siboney neighborhoods.
Return to your guesthouse , get ready for having an special welcoming dinner atprivate/family Restaurant San Cristobal, one of the best in Havana or similar, transportation and assistance included.
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- Day 2, HAVANA ART AND ARCHITECTURE CITY TOUR
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08:30 Breakfast.
09:15 Full City Tour of Old Havana guided by a first class expert in Old Havana´s heritage, history , architecture and art. 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; entrance to the Museum of Capitanes Generales & the Old Havana Small Scale Museum.
Visit the Wilfredo Lam Contemporary Art Center in Old Havana; visit the Cerography Center at the Cathedral Square.
Optional luncheon at Family/Private Restaurant "Doña Eutimia" or similar to try excellent typical Cuban meal.
Then visit beautiful Prado Avenue, Grand Theater of Havana, School of Ballet, and Capitol Building.
See refine sacro art Havana Colon Cemetery, second most important in America with more than 500 mausoleums, chapels and family vaults.
You will see in the Vedado area the Museum of Decorative Art, and Cultural Havana Pabellon , public space where Cuban art is permanently exhibited.
Back to accommodation and leisure time.
This evening your dinner is optional, you will have the chance to explore by your own many options has been created in Havana by new private restaurants.
After dinner you could visit cultural options , music , dance Havana offer every night including highly recommended.
Accommodation in B & B at Hotel 4* Standard in Havana like the ones mentioned previously or at Guesthouse.
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- Day 3 Havana PRIVATE ART GALLERIES
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Day 3 Havana private art galleries, cultural and art projects.
08:00 Breakfast.
09:00 Visit the Private Art Galleries of famous contemporary painters in Cuba like Zaida del Rio and others.
Entrance to the Fine Arts Museum, to see guided by a curator Cuban section of the museum.
Tour of the Grand Theater of Havana, amazing Cuba Theater where National Ballet of Cuba led by former dancing prima bailarina Alicia Alonso.
Visit the Museum of Decorative Arts and then travel travel to west of Havana to visit the paint social project of Fusterlandia led by Cuban painter Jose Fuster at his town in Jaimanitas, mentioned by some as the Picasso of the Caribbean.
From there you will visit the National School of Art considered best representative architecture of the 60´s in Cuba.
Visit the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, built in 1930 which has been part a remarkable part of Havana and Cuba history in the XX Century , enjoy the Hall of Fame where you will see a collection of photos of world leader and international famous artist who has been guest of the Hotel including American capo´s mafia from the 40´s and 50´s , enjoy the moment while zipping a Mojito´s complementary cocktail.
Back to accommodation.
Evening at leisure.
Highly recommend to visit Art Factory Art X Alfonso, an abandon factory converted by private initiative of Cuban artists like X Alfonso and others into a popular artist and cultural project, at this time one of the popular center of culture activity in Havana, where films , arts showing, conferences are offered at affordable Cuban prices.
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- Day 4 Havana´s towns and neighborhood, Hemingway in Havana, afrocuban religion.
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After breakfast, departing to Hemingway Museum at Finca Vigía , a farm 25 kms southeast to Havana he bought when married his third wife Martha Gellhorn when decided to make Havana his residence for next years . He stayed until 1960 when left for good Havana and leave at his house in Idaho where he died soon after.
Appreciate all his belongings, how looks life in Havana at Hemingway’s time, particularly you will see famous Pilar Yacht he used to navigate Cuban and Gulf waters with his friend and captain Gregorio Fuentes.
From there visit Cojimar fishermen town often visited by Hemingway in early fifties when he was writing Old Man and the Sea entirely wrote it at Finca Vigía staying which entitle him to Literature Nobel Prize in 1954.
You will visit also the external area of Morro Cabaña fortress from where you have an excellent front view of Havana, small Casablanca town, located on the one side of the Havana Bay where the Christ of Havana statue appear as saluting all visitors to Havana.
Then Guanabacoa town where you will entrance to the Orishas Museum to learn about the afrocuban religion and will be honored with a colorful and rhythmic afrocuban dancing in veneration of Orisha´s deities.
Visit Hamel´s Alley) in Central Havana, the epicenter to the Cuban Afro-Culture, to be in contact with a very original street art gallery and Rumba dance (particularly on Sundays when live performance is available).
Then visit Cerro and Marianao´s popular Havana towns, enjoy some of the most interesting residences built in the 40 and 50 of last century on these area.
Free time to enjoy your last night in Havana probably visiting the Ceremony of Cannon Fire which take place every night in Havana at 9:00 pm and in the old times of Havana when this shut serve to advise inhabitants of the city that doors of the walled old Havana city ( then the city) was going to be closed to avoid the entrance and attack of pirates and corsairs.
After that you could try on own a nice dinner at private restaurant in Havana and probably be ready after for a session of great jazz jam music , or night live show with first class musician who plays Buena Vista Social Club music ( including some alive member of the famous band) or in one of the notorious night clubs which distinguish Havana city.
Accommodation in B & B at best private guesthouses with all modern conditions.
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- Day 5 HAVANA DEPARTURE.
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Breakfast.
At the time need it transfer out to Havana international airport to take flight out of the country.
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Travel Itinerary
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Minimum 2 persons travelling
For SOLO traveler apply a supplement.
Tour recommended for small and medium size groups.
Included:
- Accommodation in B & B at premium guesthouses centrally located with all modern conditions as indicated on the Itinerary.
- Meet and Greeting at the Airport.
- Private Transfer in and out.
- Experience , informed tour guide in in full command of English for the whole staying in Havana, Cuba.
- All the tours as indicate with the Entrances pointed out in the Program and inclusion of specialist when required as indicated.
- Private Transportation for all the tours.
- Luncheons and Dinners as pointe out on the Itinerary.
Not included:
- Airfare.
- Tourist Visa.
- Medical Insurance.
- Personal expenses.
- Wi fi connetion.
- Services not mentioned in the Program.