1st day: Sunday
Arrival in Havana. Lodging and dinner in the selected hotel
2nd Day: Monday Havana
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure from the hotel to visit the Morro-Cabaña view-point. Tour through the Historical Center of Old Havana, declared UNESCO World Heritage cultural site: The Arms Square; tour through Calle de los Oficios (Craft Street) until the St. Francisco de Asis Square. Visit to the Rum Museum to see the process of making the Havana Club Rum and taste it. The tour continues through the Old Plaza (Plaza Vieja). Return along Mercaderes St. (Merchants’ St.) until de Ambos Mundos Hotel (Both Worlds Hotel) where the American writer Ernest Hemingway lived, the Cathedral Square; “La Bodeguita del Medio” the bar-restaurant . Tour through the Museum of the Revolution, the Central Park, the Great Theater of Havana, the National Capitol and the Havana Malecon drive Way. Lunch at a restaurant in the city. The tour continues through Modern Havana: The Revolution Square and the University Hill. Return to the hotel and dinner.
3rd Day. Tuesday Havana / Viñales / Havana
Breakfast in the hotel. Departure by air-conditioned bus toward Viñales Valley, in Pinar del Rio, the most western province of Cuba and where the best tobacco in world is grown. Exotic landscapes with palm tree (the national tree) valleys. Transit visit to the tobacco factory in Candelaria town. Visit to “El Paraíso” (Paradise) Farm where you’ll be able to know the way of life and the tobacco culture of the local peasants, as well as their hospitality and simplicity. Visit to the Cueva Del Indio (the Indian’s Cave), with a boat tour on its underground river. Lunch at a restaurant in the area. Visit to the prehistory mural where you’ll see reproductions of paintings on antique rocks of the island. Stop at Los Jazmines Lookout to watch the Viñales Valley in its entire splendor. Return to the hotel and dinner. Night: free.
4th Day: Wednesday Havana / Cienfuegos
Breakfast at the hotel. Early departure for Cienfuegos with transit visit to the “Fiesta Campesina” (Peasant Party) Farm, to be in contact with the endemic flora and fauna of the Zapata Peninsula. Arrival in Cienfuegos City. Lunch at a restaurant in the city. Tour through the main streets and avenues of the city of Cienfuegos, the only city founded by the French and located on a marvelous bay protected by the Jagua Castle. The French lineage of the city gives it a really distinctive touch: perfect symmetry in its urban layout, neoclassic constructions and a long pedestrian walk place. Tour through Martí Park, the del Valle Palace, the Tomas Terry Theater, the Cultural Heritage House (Casa de Bienes Culturales) and the Catedral de la Purísima Concepción. Lodging in Cienfuegos. Dinner at the selected hotel. Night: free.
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure for Trinidad. Panoramic tour through Trinidad, one of the first villages founded by the Spaniards at the beginning of the 16th. Century. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Visit to the Iglesia Parroquial Mayor de la Santisima Trinidad, with its luxurious altar ornamented with precious wood and 300 years old images; to the Plaza Mayor and Count Brunet’s Palace, today the Romantic Museum. Visit to “La Canchanchara” Bar to enjoy the drink with the same name. Lunch at a restaurant in the area. Lodging in Trinidad. Dinner at the selected hotel. Night: free.
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure for Camaguey. Transit visit to the Manaca Iznaga Sugar cane Plantation. Arrival in Camaguey. Lunch at a restaurant in the city. Tour through the city. Visit to Nuestra Señora de la Merced church; to the house where Ignacio Agramonte was born. Lodging Tour through Plaza del Carmen, dinner at El Ovejito restaurant located in the Plaza. Return to the hotel. Night: free.
7th Day: Saturday Camaguey / Santiago de Cuba
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure for Santiago de Cuba. Transit visit to Bayamo city. Panoramic tour through the historical center. Lunch at a restaurant in the area. The trip continues to Santiago de Cuba with a transit visit to the Virgen Del Cobre Sanctuary. Virgen del Cobre is considered by Cubans the Patroness of Cuba and it is the most venerated one in the island.
Lodging and dinner at the selected hotel. Night: free.
8th Day: Sunday Santiago de Cuba
Breakfast at the hotel. Tour through Santiago de Cuba. The Santa Ifigenia Cemetery, where Jose Marti’s (Cuba’s national heroe) remains rest. Panoramic tour through Antonio Maceo Square and the 26th. Of July Museum. Tour walk through the historical center of the city, Cespedes Park, the Cathedral, Diego Velazquez’s house, Padre Pico Street, Heredia Street and Dolores Square. Visit to El Morro fortress, located at the entrance of the bay. Lunch at El Morro restaurant. Return to the hotel. Dinner. Night show at La Casa de la Trova.
9th Day: Monday Santiago de Cuba / Baracoa
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure for Baracoa. Lunch at a restaurant in the area. Walk tour through the city, the first village founded by the Spaniards in the American Continent and first capital of the island of Cuba. Visit to Nuestra Señora de la Concepcion church, with the first cross planted by the Spaniards in the American Continent, which is said to have been brought by Christopher Colombus and is considered the oldest symbol of the Christian religion in Cuba; visit to the Municipal Museum of the Matachin fortress. Lodging and dinner at the selected hotel. Night: free.
10th Day: Tuesday Baracoa / Guantanamo / Santiago de Cuba
Breakfast at the hotel. Visit to Duaba Farm, with its banana, coconut, cocoa and mango and coffee plantations. Lunch in Duaba Farm. Trip to Santiago is resumed. Lodging and dinner at the selected hotel. Night: free.
11th Day: Wednesday Santiago de Cuba / Havana
Breakfast at the hotel. Check Out. Departure for Antonio Maceo International Airport in Santiago de Cuba to take the flight to Havana (Terminal 1, Jose Marti International Airport). End of the services.
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