The Tour package:
Your guides will greet you at the Jose Marti airport in Havana and transfer you to your lodging, a Casa Particular (B&B) with Wi-Fi, located in the beautiful Vedado neighbourhood of Havana. Each room has it's own bathroom, air conditioning. On arrival we will have a meeting with the whole group for general explanations and introductions along with a welcome cocktail.
On the final day a farewell cocktail and nice dinner in one of the symbolic restaurants of the city is suggested.
The next day your guides will return you to the airport for your departure.
Havana Centro. © Jürgen Vogt
Ballet school in Havana Vieja. © Jürgen Vogt
Visits to the religious town of Regla situated on the Bay of Havana and Cojimar, the famous fishermen's town where Ernest Hemingway wrote "The Old Man and The Sea". Lunch in Cojimar.
In Havana we will visit an architecture/design studio, a ceramic factory, the Four Squares in the Old Town (Habana Vieja) listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site, a handicraft and souvenirs market, a very popular working class dance club where they have the best performances of Cuban Salsa as well as other dance clubs, a boxing gym, a Santería (Yoruba) religion event, the National Museum of Fine Arts and the Columbus Cemetery. And of course there will be lots of street photography.
Each day we will visit a different restaurant for lunch and refreshments.
This tour includes at least 3 special days for the best cigar and rum tasting.
For those who are interested, for an additional fee we can arrange a day trip to the town of Viñales in the tobacco region of Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Visiting tobacco farms, talking with the farmers and enjoying a nice lunch at a tobacco farm with the farmers who work it, in the middle of the valley, surrounded by an incredible landscape.
Farming in the Viñales valley. © Jürgen Vogt
The Malecón, Havana Centro. © Néstor Marti
The Tour does not include:
Airfare to and from Havana Cuba, meals and drinks. Meals can be arranged at the Casa Particular for a very reasonable price. For information of where to eat, we can make suggestions of what the best restaurants are and what they serve.
Those who wish to continue for more days in Havana can arrange it with the Casa Particular. The Casa Particular offers meals, snacks, dinner and laundry service. Your guides will arrange any further requirement you might have and will assist you at any time, for an unforgettable experience in Cuba.
Other options can be arranged according to your requirements.
Calle Jon De Hamel in Havana Centro. © Jürgen Vogt