Day 1: Fly to Cuba. Arrive in Havana where you will be met by an English speaking guide and transfer to the 5* TRYP HABANA LIBRE Hotel or similar with breakfast for 2 nights.
Day 2: After breakfast half day City Tour hotel pick-up. In the evening - Tropicana show optional $105,00 pp (see details below)
Day 3: After breakfast, you will be transfer to Varadero to the 4* BE LIVE EXPERIENCE VARADERO All-inclusive (or similar) for 4 nights.
Day 4: After breakfast, pickup from hotel for Seatour optional $100,89
Day 5: After breakfast pickup for special swimming with dolphins tour-optional $115,68
Day 6: Visit to Cuevas de Bellamar (optional). Hotel round trip transfers included. $56,54
Day 7: Transfer from Varadero to Havana for your return flight back home.
State of CA registration: 208-9360-40

Day 1: Fly to Havana. Arrive in Cuba where you will be met by an English speaking guide and transfer to the 4* PLAZA Hotel in Havana with breakfast (or similar).
Day 2: Day at Leisure to explore the city on your own, or take an optional tours.
Day 3: Excursion Havana City Tour.
Day 4: After breakfast, you will be transfer to the 4* BE LIVE EXPERIENCE VARADERO All-inclusive in Varadero (or similar).
Day 5: Day at Leisure.
Day 6: Visit to Cuevas de Bellamar.
Day 7: Day at Leisure.
Day 8: Transfer from the hotel back to the Airport for your return flight home.
State of CA registration: 208-9360-40

Day 1,2: Havana. Arrive in Cuba where you will be met by an English speaking guide and transfer to the 5* TRYP HABANA LYBRE Hotel with breakfast (or similar).
Day 3,4: Transfer to La Moka in Artemisa province.
Day 5,6: Vinales & Cayo Levisa. Days of excursions.
Day 7,8,9,10: Transfer to Varadero to the 4* BE LIVE EXPERIENCE VARADERO All-inclusive (or similar). Days at leisure & tours.
Day 11: Transfer from Varadero to Havana for your flight back home.
State of CA registration: 208-9360-40

Day 1: After clearing immigration and customs at the José Martí International Airport in Havana, you’ll take a short drive to the Meliá Cohiba for hotel check in and tour orientation.
Day 2: After breakfast, we’ll hear a lecture by a local expert on contemporary Cuba. Guests will be encouraged to ask their most pressing questions. Then, enjoy the rare chance to see a dance demonstration of the different orishas, part of Cuba’s Santeria religion. After, you’ll visit the Finca "La Yoandra," an organic farm that also provides afterschool programs for children and inspiration to the community. The variety of fruits and vegetables will spoil you! We’ll continue our organic theme with lunch at the farm’s own paladar, Il Divino, where many of their fresh fruits and vegetables are grown. Next, we’ll meet the dynamic artists and musicians behind Muraleando, one of Havana’s groundbreaking projects, where artists converted an old water tank into an art-and-performance space. Lastly, meet university students and business professionals by your hotel’s poolside, for candid discussions about daily Cuban life. Dinner tonight will be at the famed El Aljibe.
Day 3: En route to one of Cuba’s renowned photography organizations, Fototeca, we’ll stop to take in the colonial splendor of Old Havana: its cobblestone streets, vibrant dynamics and stunning architecture. For lunch, we’ll eat at a popular local paladar. After lunch, we’ll soak up Havana’s nostalgia the Cuban way, by taking the ferry across the harbor to the town of Casablanca. The day’s highlight will be a visit to Hemingway’s home, Finca Vijia, where you may come to understand why the author chose to spend twenty years in Cuba. Dinner tonight is on your own. Your tour leader will be happy to recommend the best local paladares.
Day 4: After breakfast, we’ll leave Havana to begin a journey exploring the magic of Pinar del Río. Along the way, we’ll stop for a visit at the Patio de Pelegrin community project, an organic farm, art space and coffee shop. There, we’ll enjoy a lunch prepared by community residents. Next, we’ll meet a curator at a popular artist’s home and studio to learn about his artwork, displayed in galleries in the US and museums in Cuba. After checking in at the hotel, we’ll meet with the members of a remarkable opera-and-theatre group, who perform around the world. Dinner tonight will be at paladar Café Ortuzar.
Day 5: On your second day in Pinar del Río, we’ll head north towards Viñales National Park to meet a local guide. At a tobacco-drying house, a tobacco farmer will teach you how to roll cigars. For lunch, you’ll indulge in a delicious farm-to-table meal preparred with local ingredients from the near-by crops. After lunch, we’ll wander into Viñales Valley, Cuba’s Yosemite-like habitat, and into Viñales city. You’ll walk on clay and admire up close the giant limestone rocks that make Viñales famous. At the end of the day, treat yourself to a savory coco loco (honey, rum and coconut water). Take our word for it: you won’t be disappointed! Dinner tonight is on your own.
Day 6: After breakfast at the hotel, we’ll check out, then visit a cigar factory in Pinar del Río, where you’ll see firsthand how these legendary cigars are made. On our way back to Havana, we’ll stop for lunch at Las Terrazas, a quaint, wholly self-sustainable eco community that also acts as a nature reserve. Then, we'll watch a dance performance from a local dance company who combines classical training with contemporary moves. In Havana, enjoy a farewell dinner at a delicious paladar.
Day 7: After breakfast, bid farewell to Cuba as you board your flight home.
State of CA registration: 208-9360-40

 

Day 1: After clearing immigration and customs at the José Martí International Airport in Havana, you’ll take a short drive to your hotel for check in and tour orientation.
Day 2: After breakfast, you’ll begin with a walking tour of Old Havana, a famous UNESCO heritage area, en route to the Abdala recording studio, where famous musicians, including Nat King Cole and the Buena Vista Social Club, recorded some of their best music. Later, you’ll visit a renowned artist in his studio. For lunch, you’ll dine at El Aljibe, made famous by Anthony Bourdain during his visit to Cuba. After lunch, you’ll join Cuban musicians at the famous jazz club La Zorra y El Cuervo for a private gathering to discuss the influence of Cuban jazz around the world. Tonight, you’ll dine at a paladar, a private, family-owned restaurant.
Day 3: This morning, you’ll depart for Matanzas, where your first stop is a unique book publisher that makes handmade paper and hand-bound books. Signed copies of books can be purchased for a small fee. After lunch, you’ll visit a dance-and-performing-arts center to meet with the performers and learn about rhumba and other folkloric dance forms. The beat goes on during a special visit with AfroCuba de Matanzas, one of Cuba's most-respected folklore groups, performing traditional African dances, percussion, and songs. After, you’ll take a leisurely journey back to Havana on the northern coast. Dinner tonight will be on your own, we suggest trying one of Havana's local paladares.
Day 4: This morning, you’ll visit a local food co-op to learn about an important part of Cuban life. Later in the morning, you’re in for a special visit to the Fine Arts Museum, where you'll meet with a specialist who will tell you about Cuba's most impressive collection of national art. After lunch, you’ll participate in an educational exchange with a group of local artists. You’ll wrap up the day with a farewell dinner at a local paladar, a privately owned restaurant in a Cuban home.
Day 5: After breakfast, bid farewell to Cuba as you board your flight home.
State of CA registration: 208-9360-40

Day 1: After clearing immigration, customs, and collecting your luggage at José Martí International Airport in Havana, make your way to the hotel where a representative will meet you. (Check-in begins at 3:00pm.) This evening, we’ll celebrate your arrival with a tour orientation and welcome cocktail reception.
Day 2: After a healthy breakfast, marathon, half-marathon, 10K runners, and companions will have the pleasure of participating in the MaraCuba 3k race. This race is run simultaneously in each province throughout Cuba. It's great fun as local residents and children join the crowd of runners as you make your way through Old Havana. Walkers are invited. Afterwards, everyone can take part in the post-race parade with music and dancing followed by an optional medical orientation and briefing about course conditions and how to seek medical treatment, should anyone need it during the race. Companions are welcome to tag-along, or explore Havana on their own through people-to-people activities. Our marathon concierge team in the hotel is available to suggest activities and answer any of your questions. This afternoon, you have the option to participate in a runner’s clinic to review equipment, weather conditions, and receive running tips from Cuban marathoners experienced in the course. Later in the day, we’ll distribute running bibs. You’ll also have time to partake in self-guided people-to-people activities and explore Havana on your own. Tonight, dine on your own with friends or your travel companion at a paladar, a private, family-owned restaurant. Your marathon concierge, a dining-scene expert, will make outstanding recommendations.
Day 3: Let the race begin! Early this morning after a light box-breakfast, we'll transport you to the starting line of the Havana full, half marathon and 10k. Companions are welcome to join to cheer on their runners, or may explore Havana on their own through people-to-people activities. Our marathon concierge team in the hotel is available to suggest activities and answer any of your questions. After the race, and following the award ceremonies, we'll take you back to the hotel to freshen up, relax, take a swim, and enjoy the afternoon. At tonight’s farewell cocktail reception, celebrate in the company of your Cuban counterparts and new American friends.
Day 4: While most fellow 4-Day guests and runners will be heading back to the airport, today begins the second half of your trip to Cuba. Today, we’ll visit the famous Cemetery Colon and meet with representatives who will discuss some of Cuba’s most beautiful sculptures, and its most enduring and enchanting legends. Then, meet with an internationally recognized dance group for backstage access to a dress rehearsal. After lunch, you’ll visit the Literacy Museum to learn about a moment in Cuban history when the island’s youth mobilized across the country to teach rural residents how to read. Later, you’ll have the special privilege of meeting members of The Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC), the leading organization responible for Cuba's films. Tonight you'll have the opportunity to dine on your own and explore one of Havana's culinary delights.
Day 5: After breakfast, we’ll leave Havana to begin a journey exploring the magic of Pinar del Río. Along the way, we’ll stop for a visit at the Patio de Pelegrin community project, an organic farm, art space and coffee shop. There, we’ll enjoy a lunch prepared by community residents. Next, we’ll meet a curator at a popular artist’s home and studio to learn about his artwork, displayed in galleries in the US and museums in Cuba. After checking in at the hotel, we’ll meet with the members of a remarkable opera-and-theatre group, who perform around the world. Dinner tonight will be at paladar Café Ortuzar.
Day 6: This morning, depart for Viñales National Park, where you’ll meet your local park guide who will take you on a tour into the valley where you’ll meet with a local tobacco farmer and visit a tobacco drying house. You’ll have lunch at el Palenque de los Cimarrones, a restaurant set in a cave, where traditional Afro-Cuban music will be playing. After a savory smoked pork lunch, we’ll wander into Viñales Valley, Cuba’s Yosemite-like habitat, and into Viñales city. You’ll walk on clay and admire up close the giant limestone rocks that make Viñales famous. Afterwards, we’ll return to Havana, where you’ll dine on your own at a paladar, a private, family owned restaurant. Your tour leader can make expert recommendations.
Day 7: This morning, you’ll visit a local farmers market, where you’ll experience firsthand Cuba’s dual currency at work and see how state-provided foodstuffs are supplemented by up-and-coming organic farms. After that, we’ll visit a polyclinic to get an insider look into Cuba's socialized medicine. After lunch, we're off to a local community project where barbers have created a free school teaching children life skills. This evening, we’ll enjoy a farewell dinner together.
Day 8: Check out of your hotel and bid “adiosito” (“goodbye for now”) to Havana. Travel to the airport for your return flight to the U.S.
State of CA registration: 208-9360-40

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