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WARMTH AND FRIENDSHIP NATIONAL TOUR
Cuba holiday Circuit - DEPARTURE DAYS: MONDAYS
APRIL-11 and 25 MAY - 9 and 23 JUNE - 4 and 18
Arrival to Jose Marti International Airport. Transfer to the hotel selected, check-in, dinner
Breakfast at the hotel. Tour around Havana City, walking tour around around Habana Vieja (Old Havana), World Heritage, visit to the 4 main squares in this historical district: Plaza San Francisco de Asis (San Francisco de Asis Square), Plaza Vieja (Old Square), Plaza De Armas (Arm Square) including a visit to the Capitanes Generales Museum, Plaza de la Catedral (Cathedral Square). Visit to Habana Club Rum Foundation and to the Handcraft Fair, now located at the recently renewed Plaza de San José (San Jose Market Place). Lunch at a restaurant in the area. After lunch, a bus tour around the Modern Havana, stop at the National Capitolio and the Revolution Square for photos. Return to the hotel. Evening free to enjoy optional activities.
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Guama, a place located in Peninsula de Zapata, Matanzas province, where you will enjoy an artistic reproduction of a small Taino village. Boat trip on La Laguna del Tesoro (The Treasure Lagoon) to enjoy the flora and fauna of this place. Visit to the Crocodile Farm. Lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, departure to Cienfuegos, also known as La Perla del Sur (The Pearl of the South), a city founded by the French. This city highlights by the perfect layout of the streets and its relevant arquitecture which reveal the great magnificence of a culture with a strong influence of the city’s founders, which made it deserve being declared World Heritage. Walking tour from Prado, along the boulevard and up to Parque Marti (Marti Park). Visit to Tomás Terry Theater and Palacio de Valle (Valle Palace) where you will listen to the legend associated to the construction of the place. Check-in and dinner at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Trinidad City, declared by UNECO World Heritage in 1988, also known as La Joya de Cuba (The Jewel of Cuba), walking tour along its stone streets to admire the city’s Spanish colonial architecture, which will give you the idea of having stopped back in the XVIII and XIX centuries. Visit to the Plaza Mayor, the Romantic Museum and to La Canchanchara Bar, where you will enjoy a Cuba welcome cocktail and listen to traditional Cuban music. Lunch at a local restaurant. The trip continues to Sancti Spíritus, stop for pictures at La Torre Iznaga (Iznaga Tower), free time for those who want to go up the tower and admire the view of El Valle de los Ingenios (The Sugar Mills Valley) from there. Panoramic city tour of Sancti Spíritus, stop for picture in the center of the city, today the capital of the central province. Check in and dinner at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Camaguey City, enjoy the view of the plains, the carob, the silk-cotton and the palm trees from Ciego de Ávila – Camaguey, going through small towns in both provinces, along the old Carretera Central (Central Road), the main artery that crosses all Cuba from East to West. On route, walking tour around Ciego de Avila downtown area. Visit to Parque Marti (Marti Park), where the old City Hall was located, today the headquarters of the Provincial Government, and to the Cathedral, devoted to San Eugenio de la Palma Patron. Lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, the trip continues to Camaguey, also known as La ciudad de los Tinajones (The City of the Large Earthen Pots), visit to the city’s main squares: Plaza de los Trabajadores (Workers’ Square), Plaza Ignacio Agramonte (Ignacio Agramonte Square), Plaza del Carmen (Carmen Square) and Plaza San Juan de Dios (San Juan de Dios Square), where the church that bares the same name is located and where the statue of Padre Olallo, who was recently hallowed by the Vatican. Check in and dinner at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Santiago de Cuba. The trip continues along the Carretera Central, through Camaguey, Tunas and Granma small towns. A stop in Bayamo, cultural capital of Granma province, also known as the city of the National Anthem. Walking tour around the San Salvador de Bayamo Cathedral, where first was the National Anthem sung and the first government of the arms republic was established in the XIX century. Lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, the trip to Santiago continues. Visit to El Cobre Shrine, located in the middle of Sierra Maestra, 20 minutes from Santiago City. It is a place of many Cubans pilgrimage to honor a Caridad Virgin, Cuba’s Patron Saint. Arrival to Santiago de Cuba. Check in and dinner at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel. Visit to Santiago de Cuba City, the firs capital of the island, founded by Spanish conquerors. Stop for pictures at Antonio Maceo Revolucion Square. The bus tour along Santiago winding streets continues, enjoy the to-ing and fro-ing of people along the streets, visit to Museo 26 de Julio (26 July Musum), former Moncada Barrack to learn about the history of Cuba and visit to the Historical Center, Plaza de la Catedral (Cathedral Square) or Parque Céspedes (Cespedes Park) around which the most important mansions and streets of Santiago are located. Visit to Diego Velasquez Museum or to the Colonial Museum. Free time for photos or handcraft shopping downtown Santiago. The trip continues to Santiago Bay surroundings to visit la Fortaleza San Pedro de la Roca (San Pedro de la Roca Fortress) or El Morro, included in the World Heritage List, visit to El Museo de la Pirateria (The Piracy Museum). Lunch at El Morro Restaurant, return to the hotel and dinner.
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Santa Lucia beach, on route, visit to Biran Historical Complex, where the house where Fidel and Raul where born is. The trip to Holguin, the City of Parks, continues. Visit to Calixto Garcia Square, San Jose, la Marqueta and Jose Grave de Peralta, or the Flowers, Squares. This last one, the place where one of the monuments erected in Cuba to honor His Holiness Juan Pablo II is located. Visit to La Loma de la Cruz (The Cross Hill) from which you can enjoy a panoramic view of the city and its surroundings and admire some of the beautiful mountains of Maniabón Montainous Range, one of them baptized by Christopher Colombus as La Silla de Gibara (Gibara Chair). Lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch the trip to Santa Lucia continues. Check in at the hotel in an All Inclusive Plan.
Free time to enjoy the beach in an All Inclusive Resort. Optional: We suggest the local optional, Playa Bonita Excursion (Excursion to Playa Bonita beach)
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Santa Clara going through the North and passing by Moron City, where the sculpture built to honor the Rooster of the city’s stories, symbol and pride of the population, and then to Remedios City, one of the last villages founded by the Spanish in XVI century, well known for the famous Parrandas, a popular celebration on the night of the 24 December. Lunch at a local restaurant. The trip to Santa Clara continues. Check in and dinner at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel. Visit to the Tren Blindado (Armored Train) Memorial, an evidence of Che Guevara battle that put an end to Batista’s dictatorship, walking tour along the boulevard towards Leoncio Vidal Park, around which La Caridad Theater, the historical hotel Santa Clara Libreand other important buildings are located. The trip continues with a visit to the Revolution Square and the museum and mausoleum built to honor Che and his guerrilla. Lunch at a local restaurant. Departure to Varadero or Havana. Check in.
Breakfast at the hotel. Free time to enjoy the optional. Optional: we suggest an excursión to Viñales, located in Pinar del Rio province, in the West end of Cuba. Dinner at the hotel
Breakfast at the hotel. Free time. Transfer to José Marti International Airport
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All prices are expressed in USD, per pax, based in double occupancy