Cuba Calling – A Private Guided Tour (Minimum 6 guests required)

Upon arrival of your flight to Jose Marti International Airport in Havana and after  ustoms our local representative will greet you and you transfer to your selected hotel for check in.

Dinner at the Hotel Memories Miramar

Meals (D)

This morning after check-out, you will be picked up from your hotel for your overnight tour to Cuba’s southern region. Sit back and enjoy air conditioned bus trip to Santa Clara for a visit the Museum Che Guevara, then trip to the city of Cienfuegos. Arrival to Cienfuegos. Panoramic tour the city with his brief stay in park central. Visit The Palacio del Valle and theater Thomas Terry nineteenth century architectural gem. Lunch At the Yacht Club. Visit The city of Trinidad, a relic colonial declared a UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Heritage and where is preserved intact the atmosphere of those times. Visit to a Museum, the Potter’s House and Canchánchara the tavern, to taste a typical cocktail which takes the place name. Ascenso To Topes de Collantes. Check-in for dinner and overnight at Hotel Los Helechos. (BLD)

After Breakfast and checkout be ready for a 4×4 ride into the mountain followed by a hike where waterfalls and lunch await. Topes- Charco Azul- Guanayara perfect for observation flora and fauna.

During The course will have the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful jump into El Rocio waterfall and swin in the natural pool “Deer”. Enjoy a typical local lunch at House

Of Gallega Restaurant. Return To Havana for check-in and evening at leisure. (BL)

Today we start visiting Havana a sprawling metropolis of 2 million in habitants. Founded in 1519 Old Havana became and by the 18th century was the most important port of the region. Old Havana defined by the extend of the city walls retains an interesting mix of Baroque and Neoclassical monuments, and an ensemble of private houses with arcades, balconies, wrought-iron gates and internal courtyards.A visit to La Marqueta, a scale model of the City of Havana, the Rum Museum and Havana’s Antique Auto Museum. Continue to Old Havana with a visit to El Template, where the City of Havana was founded in 1514, the Office of the City Historian and many historical old Spanish plazas including the Plaza de Armas, Plaza Vieja and Plaza San Francisco. The tour continues with a walk up Obispo Street and a stop at the Ambos Mundos Hotel and the room, now a museum, where Ernest Hemingway wrote his famous novel “For Whom the Bell Tolls”. The walk continues through Havana’s former banking district and on to ”El Floridita, Hemingway’s favorite bar for his favorite trademark drink, the “Rum Daiquiri”, (included). LUNCH AT “TEMPLETE” Continue to Havana’s famous Central Park where local Cubans discuss their favorite pastime, “Baseball”, the Bacardi Building, famous for its Art Deco architecture, the Revolution Museum, Cathedral Square and “La Bodeguita del Medio Bar-Restaurant”, Hemingway’s favorite for a Mojito Cocktail, (included).ON HAVANA MEMORIES MIRAMAR HOTEL (BL)

Morning departure to “Finca La Vigia” former home of Ernest Hemingway is a museum, here he wrote many of his novels. Next a visit to Alamar to meet the local residents to discuss the historic “Micro Brigades”, formed by local residents to construct their own housing. Continue to Cojimar where Hemingway keep his boat, the “Pilar”, and embarked on daily fishing trips to the Caribbean and found inspiration for his novel, “The Old Man and the Sea”. We will have lunch at “LAS TERRAZAS”, his preferred restaurant where Hemingway sat for lunch, after fishing on the “Pilar”. Continue to the monument honoring Hemingway built by local fisherman with their boat anchors.

On our return to Havana, visit “El Castillo del Morro”, (Morro Castle) and “Fort La Cabana”.

Tonight the SHOW CABARET at the Hotel Nacional. ON HAVANA MEMORIES MIRAMAR HOTEL

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Breakfast and check-out. Today transfer to the International Airport Jose Marti 3 hours prior to the departure of your flight to the US. (B)