Superior Category Accommodation

Breakfast in the hotel before departing for Santa Clara, “the City of Che”. Visit Ernesto Che Guevara’s Mausoleum and take a tour of the historical centre of the city. Lunch is at a local restaurant. The trip continues to Varadero where you are transferred to your all-inclusive hotel for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast at the hotel, visit the Manaca Iznaga Valley and take a panoramic tour of Trinidad, one of the first villages founded by the Spaniards at the beginning of the 16th century. UNESCO declared it a Cultural Heritage of Mankind. Visit the Main Parochial Church of the Holy Trinity housing a luxurious altar decorated with local precious stones, and images that are 300 years old, Plaza Mayor and one of the city’s museums. Visit La Canchanchara bar to enjoy a cocktail of the same name.

Standard Category Accommodation

Breakfast in the hotel followed by departure for Cienfuegos. On the way, visit the “Fiesta Campesina”, your first contact with the endemic flora and fauna of Zapata Peninsula. Lunch is at a local restaurant. Continue via Ciénaga de Zapata to Cienfuegos where you tour Cienfuegos’ main streets and avenues. Founded by the French, Cienfuegos is located at a wonderful bay guarded by Castillo de Jagua (Jagua Castle) where the largest coral site ever discovered in Cuba is to be found, christened Notre Dame.

After breakfast in your hotel transfer by air-conditioned bus to Viñales Valley in Pinar del Rio, Cuba’s most western province where the world’s best tobacco is grown. You will see exotic landscapes with valleys crowded with royal palms, the national tree. You can visit the “Francisco Donatien Vegueros” tobacco factory in Pínar del Río. On the way to Viñales there is a visit to “El Paraíso” farm, where you will learn about the lifestyle of local communities as well as about growing tobacco.

After breakfast you will be picked up from your hotel for a visit to the Morro-Cabañas fortress. This is followed by a walking tour of Old Havana Historic City Centre. Pass by Cathedral Square, the famous bar/restaurant La Bodeguita del Medio and the Plaza de Armas. Walk along Oficios Street up to St Francisco de Asis Square, visit the Rum Museum to learn about the Havana Club rum production process and sample the flavours and then walk along Plaza Vieja and back on Mercaderes Street and see Ambos Mundos Hotel where renowned American writer Ernest Hemingway lived.

Cuba’s capital Havana is a vibrant city teeming with beautiful if sometimes shabby colonial buildings, once the most heavily fortified city in the Americas. The city was founded by the Spanish in the 16th century and it is now a diverse and fascinating mix of castles, fortresses and Spanish colonial buildings intermingled with modern high rises. The Old City (Habana Vieja), with its narrow streets and overhanging balconies is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the centre of the original city.

On arrival, please make your way through to the Arrivals Hall where our representative will be waiting for you to transfer you to your hotel. He/she will be holding a sign with your name on it. Should you not be able to locate them, please refer to the front of your itinerary for emergency contact details of our representative office.