Havana Highlights 6-Day Tour

Cuba Up Close All-inclusive Package Includes:

• Airfare from Miami or Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Travel Visa, Health Insurance and Mandatory Documentation required to enter Cuba
• All Ground Transportation
• Meals and Accommodations 
• Daily Happy Hours
• Expert-led Lectures and Private Tours of Sites
• Access to the REAL Cuba through behind-the-scenes meetings with artists, musicians, professors, doctors, farmers and Cuban officials.

Our Tour Price does not include: Driver and Guide Gratuities

• Delve into Cuba’s rich history of music, danced and art
• Explore Cuba’s famous rum and cigar making
• Swim in the crystalline blue waters of the Caribbean
• Listen to the sights and sounds of a country in transition
• Experience the authentic Cuba with our insightful and fun tours
• Visit sites with experienced English-Speaking Guide
• Enjoy Daily Happy Hour Receptions
• Receive Reservation Assist in Havana for Top Restaurants
• Join in on a Classic Car Excursion
• Optional Leisure Time

Sample Itinerary

Day 1 | Miami departure to Havana

Transfer from Havana airport to accommodation.
Accommodation: Boutique hotel check-in

• Cuban Coffee and Snack break
• Chauffeured Classic Car Ride to begin to tour Havana
• Happy Hour: Hemingway’s favorite: La Bodega in Old Havana

Dinner: Le Chansonnier: top culinary accolades in a renovated Vedado home.
Meet and greet at Le Chansonnier with Cuban entrepreneurs, lawyer, and professor to learn more about Cuban life.

Day 2 | Havana, Vedado and Las Terrazzas

• Site-seeing of Old Havana and strolling cobblestoned streets
• Visit to community of Las Terrazzas, San Juan waterfall, coffee house excursion

Lunch: Farm to Table Campesino-style by one of Fidel’s favorite chefs

• Drive back to Havana with snack stop at look-out point
• Afternoon markets and museums and coffee break in typical Cuban home
• Happy Hour: legendary Sloppy Joe’s for a taste of their namesake dish

Dinner: on your own with guide suggestions and reservation making

Day 3 | Old Havana

• Attend a lecture by a specialist in Cuban economics and history from the University of Havana
• Leisurely orientation walk through Old Havana and its varied architectural details and markets
• Visit the private studio of one of Cuba’s talented independent artists

Lunch: at a local restaurant amidst the cobble-stoned streets

• Learn about Cuba’s two currency system with a visit to a local ration store
• Explore the whimsical neighborhood and home of artist Jose Fuster, the “Picasso of the Caribbean”
• Visit the recording studio of a Latin Grammy-award winning artists and his café. Private meeting and talk of entrepreneurship and  state-owned property.
• Happy Hour: Café of musician and private studio tour

Dinner: on your own with guide suggestions

Day 4 | Alamar, Cojimar & Havana

• Tour Havana’s famous cigar factory and purchase fine cigars
• Explore Ernest Hemingway’s home
• Tour a cooperative farm

Lunch: in the fishing village of Cojimar and Daiquiri’s in Hemingway’s haunt

• Tour modern Havana and the pink marble of Colon cemetery
• Gallery Stroll
• Tour the mansions of Vedado and the Embassy District
• Happy Hour: The Hotel National and its expansive lawns

Dinner: Buena Vista Social Club Dinner and Show

Day 5 | Havana and Regala

• Take the ferry to Regla across the bay of Havana
• View Santeria religious demonstration and sites
• Visit the Bellas Artes Fine Art Museum
• Tour the Rum Museum and partake in tastings

Lunch: On your own with guide suggestions

• Visit Muraleando community art project
• Stop at the artisan market in a walk along the promenade
• Happy Hour: Tapas and Mojitos at a new open-aired café

Dinner: Farewell Dinner (to be decided)

Day 6 | Havana/Miami

• Morning dance rehearsal by one of Havana’s well-known dance companies
• Airport transfer to Airport