arrive in Havana or Varadero airport on your selected flight today. You will be met at the airport by our Company Representative with private transfer to your Havana hotel, extra cost from Varadero. Check-in, welcome drink and orientation. Relax or explore on your own. 730pm meet in the historic Aguiar Dining Room of your hotel and after Parisien Cabaret show extra $. Historic Hotel Nacional 4* CP.
breakfast at your hotel included. 0830am begin your 1.5 hour panoramic city tour in a classic convertible car along the scenic Malecon to see the modern business district of Miramar and then past the historic Colon Cemetery, with a stop at the famous Revolution Square and Jose Marti Memorial. Then travel along the famous avenues of Paseo & Presidente around Vedado (New Havana) with its eclectic architecture past the University through central Havana towards the lively Parque Central with Capitolio Building, Gran Teatro and along the Prado. We will now walk around the historical Old Havana with its many colonial plazas. First we enjoy a cocktail at the lively El Patio Restaurante in the Plaza de Catedral with a visit inside the famous, elegant centuries old church and then walk through the streets to the main Plaza de Armas. Lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch visit inside the grand Captain General’s Palace (now called the City Museum). Then continue walking to Plaza de San Francisco the original port entrance to the walled city with its neo-classical architecture and cruise terminal. Next we visit Plaza Vieja displaying an Italian fountain, charming restaurant patios with local music and activities. Enjoy an afternoon cocktail. Travel back to your hotel to relax. 730pm meet your guide to go to Old Havana for dinner with a Spanish Flamenco Show extra $.
breakfast at our hotel included. 0830am this morning depart your hotel to visit the Partagas Cigar Factory for a tour of how the worlds best cigars are made. Then walking around the Capitolio Building and Gran Teatro through Parque Central. Lunch at a local restaurant. Then a walk past the historic Bacardi Building to the Prado to visit the former Spanish Casino now the Matrimonial Palace, continue walking towards the Hotel Sevilla, stop here for a refreshment break and then walking past the national Ballet School, Bellas Artes Cuban Art Gallery, towards the famous Revolution Museum where you can see the historic boat Granma and eternal flame on display, visit inside the museum. Return to your hotel to relax.
730pm meet your guide to go to dinner and show, extra $.
breakfast at your hotel included. 0830am depart for heroic colonial town of Santa Clara. Stop for refreshment break. Panoramic tour of the city and visit to the Che Memorial and museum. Lunch at a local restaurant. Free afternoon to explore in town or relax by the pool. Check-in and welcome drink.
Dinner and entertainment at your hotel or locally tonight extra $.
Hotel Los Caneyes or La Granijita 3* CP.
breakfast at your hotel included. This morning depart for French Colonial Cienfuegos on the Caribbean coast. Visit this morning to Guama ecological park with lunch. This afternoon panoramic tour of Cienfuegos a neoclassical style town with quaint streets and walking tour of Plaza Marti with historical Teatro Tomas Terry, Catedral Purisima Conception, Town Hall & Prado shopping area. Check-in and welcome drink.
Dinner at the grand Palacio de Valle Restaurant & evening entertainment extra $. Hotel La Union 4* CP.
breakfast at your hotel included. 0830am depart to travel along the coast to the Spanish colonial town of Trinidad de Cuba. When you arrive you will take a walking tour around the Plaza Mayor, visiting historically preserved streets, a romantic mansion museum, and a sacred cathedral very well preserved from centuries past. Enjoy a famous drink & entertainment at café bar La Canchanchara. Lunch at a local restaurant. Check-in and welcome drink at your hotel. Free time to relax at the beach, pool or explore on your own. Dinner included at your beach hotel. This evening see an Afro-Cuban show and live salsa band in the main plaza. Brisas Trinidad Beach Resort Hotel 4* AI or Boutique Historical Iberostar Trinidad 5* CP only in town.
breakfast at your hotel included. 0830am depart to visit Manaca Iznaga Estate plantation. Continue through the colonial town of Sancti Spiritus. Lunch on the way. 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. Walking tour around the main plaza and free time to explore. Check-in and welcome drink. Dinner at the hotel or locally and entertainment, extra $. Historical Gran Hotel 3* CP.
breakfast at your hotel included. 0830am today you will travel to the city of 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. This afternoon visit the sacred shrine of Cuba’s saint Virgen de Caridad at El Cobre Cathedral in the mountains. Check into your hotel with welcome drink and relax by the pool. Dinner at the hotel and local entertainment, extra $. Melia Santiago Hotel 4* CP.
breakfast at your hotel included. 0830am this morning you will have a walking tour and explore the historical sites and plazas of the most southern city, Santiago de Cuba. Lunch locally. In the afternoon visit the rum museum. Free time back at the hotel to relax. Tonight visit the majestic fortress on the sea, El Morro of the Spanish War of Independence to view the Canon Ceremony and dinner locally, extra $.
breakfast at your hotel included. 0800am travel to colonial, historical town Baracoa, where Christopher Columbus first landed on the island. Lunch on the way. Baracoa city tour and visit the first church in the new world and local historical sites. Check-in with welcome drink and relax. This is the place where Columbus first set foot in the New World; he thought it was the orient, hence the name Oriente! Dinner at the hotel or locally with entertainment, extra $. Historical El Castillo Hotel 3* CP.
breakfast at your hotel included. Tour of the area and visit Finca Duaba plantation, learn about the first Spanish colony in the New World, lunch included. Then travel back to Santiago City through Guantanamo province. Check-in & welcome drink. Dinner & Tropicana Show extra $. Melia Santiago Hotel 4* CP.
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 included, either morning or evening depending on availability. Free day to relax or explore in Havana or Santiago. Lunch and dinner not included today, extra $.
Airport transfer from Havana Airport to Havana Hotel included or to Varadero Hotel extra cost $. Check-in and relax at your chosen hotel in Havana City or Varadero Beach for 1-2 nights extra cost $.
*Option 1 - Return home Sat. or Sun. with private airport transfer extra cost $ from your Hav. or Vra. hotel?
**Option 2 - Stay until Mon. for a full 2 week trip 14 nights/15 days at extra cost $ with any choice of nights and location at a Havana hotel, beach house or beach hotel or at a Varadero beach hotel for 3 nights or more.
***Option 3 - Visit the countryside of western province Pinar del Rio with day tour to Vinales and optional overnight at a mountain hotel or at La Moka hotel in Las Terrazas, ecological village. In the same region you can hike or enjoy a day visit by boat or overnight stay at the secluded beach cottages on natural Cayo Levisa.
breakfast included at your hotel. Airport transfer from your hotel at the appropriate time for your flight home. Transfer from your Hotel to Airport is extra cost. Or other day if staying longer?