DAY 1: SUNDAY
Arrival, accommodation and dinner arranged in a selected hotel.
DAY 2: MONDAY
La Habana
Breakfast in the hotel. Pick-up at the hotel. Visit to the Morro-Cabaña Lookout. Walking tour around Old Havana City Historic Center, Cultural Heritage of Mankind; Plaza de Armas; walk along Calle de los Oficios up to Plaza de San Francisco de Asis. Visit the Rum Museum to become acquainted with Havana Club rum manufacturing process and also taste it. Continue along the Plaza Vieja (Old Square). Return on Mercaderes Street up to Ambos Mundos hotel, where renowned American writer Ernest Hemingway lived. Cathedral Square; the famous bar-restaurant La Bodeguita del Medio.Panoramic bus tour by Revolution Museum, Central Park, Gran Teatro de La Habana, National Capitol and the Malecon sea-front drive. Lunch at local restaurant. After lunch tour around Modern Havana: Revolution Square and Havana University. Return to hotel and dinner.
DAY 3: TUESDAY
Havana/Viñales/Havana
Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer by an air-conditioned bus to Viñales Valley in Pinar del Rio, Cuba’s most western province where the world’s best tobacco is grown. Exotic landscape with valleys crowded with royal palms, the national tree. In-transit visit to a cigar factory in Candelaria. On the way to Viñales a visit to “ El Paraíso” farm, where you will learn about the lifestyle of local peasants as well as about the growing of tobacco. In Viñales, visit to the Pre-historic Mural (cave painting on the country’s most ancient rocks) and the Indian Cave, boating along its underground river. Lunch at local restaurant. Stop at Los Jazmines lookout to admire the Viñales Valley. Return to hotel and dinner. Back to the hotel. Night free.
DAY 4: WEDNESDAY
La Habana / Cienfuegos
Breakfast in the hotel. Departure for Cienfuegos. In-transit visit to “Fiesta Campesina”, first contact with the endemic flora and fauna of Zapata Peninsula. Lunch at local restaurant. Departure for Cienfuegos. Tour of Cienfuegos’ main streets and avenues. Founded by the French, Cienfuegos is located at a wonderful bay guarded by Castillo de Jagua (Jagua Castle) where you can find the largest coral site ever discovered in Cuba that was christened Notre Dame. Visits to: the Marti Park, the Palacio del Valle, the Tomas Terry Theatre, the House of Cultural Assets, and thePurisima Concepción Cathedral Accommodation in Cienfuegos. Night free.
DAY 5: THURSDAY
Cienfuegos / Trinidad
Breakfast in the hotel. Panoramic tour of Trinidad, one of the first villages founded by the Spaniards at the beginnings of the 16th century. It was declared by UNESCO Cultural Heritage of Mankind. Visit to the Main Parochial Church of the Holy Trinity housing a luxurious altar decorated with local precious stones, and images 300 years old; Plaza Mayor, and Count Brunet Palace-- at present, a Romantic Museum. Visit to La Canchanchara bar to enjoy a cocktail of the same name. Lunch at local restaurant. Back to the hotel and dinner. Night free.
DAY 6: FRIDAY
Trinidad / Camaguey
Breakfast in the hotel. Departure for Camaguey. In-transit visit to Manaca Iznaga Sugar Cane Plantation. Arrival in Camaguey. Lunch at a local restaurant followed by a panoramic tour around the city with visits to Nuestra Señora de la Merced church and the Ignacio Agramonte House. Accommodation at selected hotel. Tour around Plaza del Carmen and dinner at El Ovejito restaurant. Back to the hotel.Night free
DAY 7: SATURDAY
Camaguey / Santiago de Cuba
Breakfast in the hotel. Departure for Santiago de Cuba. In-transit panoramic visit to Bayamo city. Lunch at local restaurant. In-transit visit to “El Cobre” sanctuary. Arrival in Santiago de Cuba and accommodation in selected hotel. Night free.
DAY 8: SUNDAY
Santiago de Cuba
Breakfast in the hotel. Tour of Santiago de Cuba, capital of the Island during the first half of the 16th century. It is the most Caribbean City of Cuba. Famous for its history, hospitality, delightful people, traditional rhythm and dance. Visit the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery where the remains of Jose Marti, National Hero of Cuba, rest; panoramic tour by the Antonio Maceo Square and July 26 Museum. Walking sightseeing tour around the historical heart of the city: Cespedes park, the Cathedral, Padre Pico and Heredia streets and Plaza Dolores. Visit the Morro Castle with lunch. Dinner at the hotel. At Night: Show at “Traditional Trova House”
DAY 9: MONDAY
Santiago de Cuba / Baracoa
Breakfast in the hotel. Departure for Baracoa. In-transit lunch. Accommodation at selected hotel. Walking tour around the city, first village founded by Spanish colonizers in the American continent and first capital of the country. Visit the “Nuestra Señora de la Concepción” church, where the first cross planted by the Spaniards in America --reportedly brought in by Christopher Colombus and considered to be the oldest symbol of Christian religion in Cuba-- is still kept.
Also visit to Fuerte Matachin municipal museum. Dinner at the hotel.
DAY 10: TUESDAY
Baracoa / Guantánamo / Santiago de Cuba
Breakfast in the hotel. Visit Duaba Farm with banana, coconut, cacao, mango and coffee plantations. Lunch at Duaba Farm. Departure for Santiago de Cuba. Arrival and accommodation. Dinner at hotel.
Breakfast in the hotel. Departure for Camaguey. In-transit visit to Manaca Iznaga Sugar Cane Plantation. Arrival in Camaguey. Lunch at a local restaurant followed by a panoramic tour around the city with visits to Nuestra Señora de la Merced church and the Ignacio Agramonte House. Accommodation at selected hotel. Tour around Plaza del Carmen and dinner at El Ovejito restaurant. Back to the hotel.Night free
DAY 11: WEDNESDAY
Santiago de Cuba / La Habana
Breakfast in the hotel. Departure for airport to take a domestic flight to Havana. Arrival in Havana. End of services.
