arrive in Havana or Varadero airport on your selected flight today. You will be met at the airport by your Tour Guide and / or a Company Representative, transfer to your hotel of choice in Havana, check-in, relax and enjoy hotel facilities or explore on your own. Historical grand Hotel Nacional 4*.
breakfast at your hotel included. Today you will enjoy a tour of Havana City by modern coach. You will visit Morro-Cabana fortress lookout point across the bay for great views of the city. Walk around the historical old Havana with its many plazas, Plaza de Armas with the grand Captain General’s Palace City Museum, Plaza de Catedral with the famous elegant centuries-old cathedral, Plaza Vieja with charming restaurant patios and local music and Plaza de San Francisco the original port entrance to the walled city with it’s eclectic architecture, art galleries and fine dining. Lunch is included at a popular local restaurant. Also you will have a scenic tour of central Havana, seeing the Capitolio Building, Gran Teatro, Prado, Revolution Museum and New Havana with a stop at the famous Revolution Square and Jose Marti Memorial. Free time in the afternoon to explore Old Havana, shop at the artisans Craft Market or relax at your hotel. Dinner included at your hotel tonight. Tonight see the world-class Tropicana Show, or smaller indoor version at Parisien Cabaret, the famous Buena Vista Social Club or current live salsa bands playing at Casa de La Musica east or west, the Copa Room at the Riviera Hotel, Habana Club at the Melia Cohiba Hotel or hot Latin jazz bands, a flamenco show or Cuban Pub for some local entertainment, extra $.
breakfast at your hotel included. Travel today by modern coach to visit Vinales Valley in Pinar del Rio region in Cuba’s most western province where the world’s best tobacco is grown. You will see scenic landscapes filled with national royal palms, lush valleys, majestic mountains, tobacco plantations and rum plantations. Also you will explore ancient native caves with underground rivers, view a giant mountain mural, and then enjoy a traditional Cuban country lunch included with music. Return back to your Havana hotel with dinner included or go out and try some local restaurants with great entertainment in Old Havana.
Evening activities can be pre-arranged for additional cost, see options above.
breakfast at your hotel included. This morning depart for French Colonial Cienfuegos on the Caribbean coast. Tour of this neoclassical style town of its quaint streets and Plaza Marti with historical Teatro Tomas Terry, Catedral Purisima Conception, Town Hall and the Prado shopping district. Panoramic tour around the bay along the picturesque ocean strand to visit the grand Palacio de Valle. Lunch included at a local restaurant on the bay. Afterwards you will continue along the coast to the Spanish colonial town of Trinidad de Cuba, check-in to your hotel, enjoy a welcome drink and relax with free time at the beach or pool. Dinner included at your hotel and the evening free to enjoy the many entertainment options in town around the main plaza or relax at the hotel. Brisas Trinidad Beach Resort Hotel 4* or similar.
breakfast at your hotel included. Today you will take a tour around colonial Trinidad de Cuba, visiting historically preserved streets, vibrant plazas, a romantic mansion museum, and a sacred cathedral with an interesting story, all very well preserved from centuries past. Lunch at a local restaurant with music. Enjoy a famous drink & good entertainment at café bar La Canchanchara. Free time to relax in the afternoon at the beach, pool or explore on your own. Dinner included at your hotel and the evening free to enjoy the many entertainment options in town around the main plaza or relax at the hotel.
breakfast at your hotel included. Today you will travel to Camaguey, a quaint colonial town known as “the city of jars” for its many ceramic water jars at each casa and the distinct baroque churches, eclectic architecture and local artists. Lunch in a local restaurant. Free afternoon to explore the town and dinner is included at your hotel. Enjoy local entertainment tonight. Historical Boutique Gran Hotel 3* or similar.
breakfast at your hotel included. Today you will travel to Santiago de Cuba, with a visit on the way to the town of Bayamo one of the oldest towns in the New World founded in 1513 by Diego Velasqez. Lunch in a local restaurant. Continuation then on to Santiago. Check into your hotel. Free afternoon to explore the historical streets and dinner is included at your hotel. Free evening to enjoy this city’s incredible music scene, the land of Cuban rhythms. Scenic Melia Santiago Hotel 4*.
breakfast at your hotel included. Today you will tour and explore the historical sites and plazas of the most southern city, Santiago de Cuba and a visit to the majestic fortress, El Morro overlooking the sea. Lunch in a local restaurant. After lunch you will visit the sacred shrine of Cuba’s saint Virgen de Caridad at El Cobre Cathedral in the mountains. Dinner at your hotel included. Evening at the Trova Music House.
breakfast at your hotel included. Travel to colonial, historical town Baracoa, where Christopher Columbus first landed on the island. Lunch locally included along the way. Baracoa city tour and visit the first church in the new world and local historical sites. Check-in to your hotel and relax. This is the place where Columbus first set foot in the New World; he thought it was the orient! This is why it’s called Oriente!
Hilltop, historical Hotel El Castillo or seaside Hotel Porto Santo, depending on availability 3*.
breakfast at your hotel included. Tour of the local seaside and visit Finca Duaba plantation, learn about the first Spanish colony in the New World, lunch included there and then travel back to Santiago de Cuba through Guantanamo province and stay at the Melia Santiago Hotel tonight. Dinner included at your hotel. Free evening to enjoy entertainment at the local music houses. Scenic Melia Santiago Hotel 4*.
breakfast included at your hotel. Transfer from your hotel to the airport at appropriate time for your departure flight back to Havana 1.5 hours, either mid day or evening depending on availability. Airport transfer to Havana hotel included or to Varadero Beach resort is extra cost and check into your chosen hotel.
4 extra hotel nights can be added to extend your trip for a full 2 weeks at the beach or in the city of your choice for extra $, approximate cost $100-$150 cad per person per night double room sharing.
*Our special package, 2 nts. Havana, 2 nts. Varadero Beach plus transfers $2599cad / $2025usd pp.
breakfast included at your hotel. Airport transfer from your hotel at the appropriate time for your flight home. Extra cost from Havana to Varadero. Check-in no later than 2 hours prior to departure.