JANUARY 14 – HELLO CUBA, BIENVENIDO A LA HABANA

• Arrival at Havana's José Martí International Airport
• Expedited immigration and custom service
• Meet your tour leader, guide and bus driver
• Transfer to your hotel in Havana
• Check-in to hotel and private welcome cocktail with hotel staff
• Arrival dinner at hotel

JANUARY 15 – GETTING TO KNOW OLD HAVANA AND ITS PEOPLE

• Breakfast in hotel (included)
• Tour of the Museum of Modern Art
• Lunch at Mojito Mojito private restaurant
• Walking tour of Old Havana
• Workshop with Dr. Marta Núñez
• Return to hotel to freshen up
• Havana welcome dinner at Conde del Castillo (included)
• ESPECIAL: Attend El Cañonazo, the 9 PM Cannon Firing Ceremony (included)

JANUARY 16 – THE NATURAL SPLENDOR OF RURAL CUBA

• Breakfast at hotel
• Morning departure to Las Terrazas eco-community
• Visit ancient coffee plantation
• Lunch at Casa del Campesino on the banks of the Río San Juan
• Meet with local artists and discuss their work
• Return to Havana hotel to freshen up
• Dinner at La Barraca Grill followed by a dance show at Cabaret Parisién at the famed Hotel Nacional de Cuba where you’ll meet the performers

JANUARY 17 – URBAN AGRICULTURE, HEMINGWAY HOUSE

• Breakfast at hotel
• Visit Vivero Organopónico Alamar, an urban collective farm
• Lunch at Ajiaco paladar [restaurant] serving organic meals
• Visit Hemingway’s Finca Vigía museum and glimpse his life in Havana
• Return to your hotel and freshen up
• Dinner (not included)

JANUARY 18 – HISTORIC CIENFUEGOS AND TRINIDAD DE CUBA

• Breakfast at hotel (included)
• Early departure to Cienfuegos and Trinidad
• Lunch at restaurant Villa Lagarto (included)
• Tour the beautiful historic city of Cienfuegos
• Onwards to Trinidad
• Check-in to your all-inclusive resort hotel
• Group welcome dinner on Trinidad

JANUARY 19 – UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES

• Breakfast at hotel
• Walking tour of Trinidad’s historic district, an opportunity to meet and talk with locals
• Visit a centuries-old family run pottery studio where we'll spend time with its artisans.
• Lunch at Sol Ananda private restaurant.
• Visit the Valle de los Ingenios lookout.
• City tour of Sancti Spiritus.
• Afternoon exploration of costal environs with Trinidadians
• Dinner at hotel

JANUARY 20 – MOUNTAINTOP NATURE EXCURSION WITH LOCAL GUIDE

• Breakfast at hotel
• Climb Topes de Collantes in the Escambray Mountains
• Visit Hacienda Codina, a Spanish coffee plantation
• Lunch at Hacienda Codina
• Departure to Camagüey.
• Check in hotel in Camagüey.
• Dinner at Casa Italia Paladar, included
• Evening is free to enjoy the sights and sounds of the city.

JANUARY 21 – DISCOVERING CAMAGÜEY

• Breakfast in hotel
• Morning walk in the central area accompanied by specialist from the Camagüey Historian Office.
• After lunch at Restaurant 1800, included
• Special City Tour of Camagüey on “bicitaxis andariegos”.
• Return to Hotel
• Dinner not included
• Evening is free to enjoy the sights and sounds of the city.

JANUARY 22 – MEETING BAYAMO & SANTIAGO DE CUBA

• Breakfast in hotel
• Early departure to Santiago de Cuba.
• On our way we pass through Bayamo.
• Walking tour of the downtown of Bayamo.
• Lunch in Bayamo at La Bodega Cooperative Restaurant.
• Continue to Santiago
• Check in Hotel in Santiago
• Dinner at Hotel, included
• Evening suggestion: Visit Casa de La Trova to enjoy live Son bands, cover charge not included

JANUARY 23 – EXPLORING SANTIAGO DE CUBA

• Breakfast in hotel
• Visit to Parque Céspedes, Santiago's main town square
• Visit the Cathedral, built in 1522, where the remains of Diego Velázquez are buried
• Visit the Ayuntamiento (City Hall). Fidel Castro gave his victory speech from its balcony on January 1, 1959.
• Visit the oldest house in Cuba, today Museo de Ambiente Histórico Colonial andformerly the residence of Diego Velázquez.
• While touring environs by bus, we’ll see the Teatro Heredia, San Juan Hill, Plaza de La Revolución Antonio Maceo, Saturnino Lora baseball stadium, Moncada Barracks, Palacio de Justicia, and other key sights.
• Lunch at Zunzún Restaurant, included
• Afternoon visit to Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Cobre. This is the country’s most sacred pilgrimage site since the Virgin of Charity is the patron saint of Cuba. In the Afrocuban religion she is associated with Ochun, the Yoruba goddess of love.
• Dinner at Don Antonio Restaurant, included
• Evening is free to enjoy the sights and sounds of the city.

JANUARY 24 – GUARDALAVACA-HOLGUIN

• Breakfast in hotel, included
• Transfer to Guardalavaca
• Check-in to hotel and private welcome cocktail
• Dinner at hotel, included

JANUARY 25 – GUARDALAVACA-HOLGUIN

• Day at Leisure.
• Farewell Social Hour

JANUARY 26 – SAY GOODBYE TO CUBA – FOR NOW

• Breakfast in hotel, included
• Morning at Leisure
• Lunch at resort
• Transfer to Holguin’s Frank Pais International airport

*Itinerary subject to change