Excursions from Pinar del Río

Panoramic Tour of the City

Breakfast. Departure for the city of Pinar del Río to visit a cigar factory and the Guayabita del Pinar Distillery, where the drink typical of the province is made. Tour of the city and typical Cuban lunch in the Rumayor Restaurant. Transfers included. A guide will accompany you.

Excursion to Levisa Cay

Departure from the dock at Palma Rubia for the coral reef and the Cadena Misteriosa scuba-diving site, with time for snorkelling. Then on to Levisa Cay for lunch, with unlimited free drinks on the way. Have lunch. Free time at the beach, with entertainment.

Other Excursions

Excursion to La Guabina
Heading for Hoyo del Guamá
Tabacco Tour
Visit to the El Moncada Community

Excursions from Havana

Panoramic Tour of the City

Go on a panoramic tour of the more modern parts of Havana, with time at Revolution Square for taking photos. Visit the Bocoy Rum Distillery. Walk through Old Havana to see Old, Cathedral and San Francisco de Asís Squares; the Palace of the Captains-General; and the Museum of the City. Transfers included. A guide will accompany you.

Excursion to Viñales

Visit a cigar factory and the House of Rum. See the Los Jazmines lookout point and a tobacco plantation next to the town's tobacco stripping shed or the Tobacco Planter's House in Viñales. Then go for a boat ride in Indio Cave. Visit the Mural of Prehistory, an enormous picture painted on the side of a pincushion hill. Have a typical Cuban lunch with a country music accompaniment. Includes transfers. Stopover at the Las Barrigonas Inn at km. 50 or 120. A guide will accompany you.

Tropicana Nightclub

Enjoy the show at one of the most famous nightclubs in the world. Includes transfers on request and cover charge, depending on the offer selected. A guide will accompany you.

Other Excursions

"In Hemingway's Footsteps"
Excursion to Varadero Beach
Seafari to Blanco Cay
Excursion to Largo Cay
Excursion to Guamá
Cienfuegos-Trinidad Overnight

Excursions from Varadero

Havana: History

An air-conditioned bus will pick you up at your hotel and take you to Old Havana. Walk through Old Havana, which UNESCO has declared to be a part of world heritage. The tour includes Cathedral, San Francisco de Asís, Old and Arms Squares. Visit a museum. Free time. Lunch. Then ride through other parts of Havana, especially the Vedado and Miramar residential areas. Visit Colón Cemetery. Time in Revolution Square and in front of the Capitol for taking photos. A specialized tourism guide will accompany you.

Cienfuegos-Trinidad

An air-conditioned bus will pick you up at your hotel. Make a stop at the La Finquita Tourist Information Centre. Visit the city of Cienfuegos on the way to Trinidad and tour the latter, which UNESCO has declared to be a part of world heritage. Visit Main and Jigüe Squares, Potters' House and a handicrafts market. Lunch. Visit Cantero Palace and the Museum of the City. Free time. Return to Varadero, with a stopover on the way. A specialized tourism guide will accompany you.

Varadero Tropicana Nightclub

An air-conditioned bus will pick you up at your hotel and take you to the nightclub, which is just 20 minutes from Varadero. Cloakroom service. Enjoy the show. A specialized tourism guide will accompany you.

Other Excursions

Guamá: Sugar
Seafari to Blanco Cay (Chapelín Marina)-Havana
Pinar Overnight Plus
Boat Adventure
Discovery Tour
Havana Special
Matanzas-Bellamar Caves

Excursions from Cienfuegos

Tour of the City of Cienfuegos

Go sightseeing in the oldest part of the city of Cienfuegos-the only Cuban city to have been founded in the 19th century-which has been declared a national monument in recognition of its architectural and heritage values. Visit José Martí Park, the Purísima Concepción Cathedral, the Tomás Terry Theatre, the Cuban Arts and Crafts Foundation, the El Palatino Inn, the Provincial Museum and the La Unión Hotel.

The tour continues along Prado Avenue, the longest street in Cuba, which hugs the city's beautiful Jagua Bay before leading to the Punta Gorda residential district. See the Cienfuegos Club, a building that recalls the best local nautical traditions and is now used for a variety of purposes. The tour winds up at De Valle Palace, a jewel of 20th-century architecture.

Excursion to El Nicho

El Nicho, an impressive waterfall with natural pools, is just 29 miles (46 kilometres) from the city of Cienfuegos. Enjoy the beautiful scenery in the Escambray Mountains: native birds, endemic plants, hiking and caves. Farm lunch in the area.

Includes:
Transportation in an air-conditioned bus to Cumanayagua
A guide
Mountain transportation to El Nicho
Tour on the nature trail
View of Lake Hanabanilla from the lookout point
Free time for taking photos and swimming in natural pools
Typical Cuban lunch

Other Excursions

Visit to the Quintero y Hermanos Cigar Factory
Trinidad: Traditions and Culture
Botanical Garden of Cienfuegos
Hanabanilla: a Real Adventure

Excursions from Trinidad

Mountain Adventure

An all-purpose truck will pick you up and take you into the Escambray Mountains. Stop at a lookout point more than 1640 feet (500 meters) above sea level to take photos. Then continue on up to Topes de Collantes, on a plateau around 2560 feet (780 meters) above sea level. On the way, you can see coffee plantations and forests of different species of trees (mahogany, cedar, tree hibiscus, eucalyptus and pine).

Continue your trip to the Charco Azul area, with its Guanayara Park. Welcome, including a cocktail. Go along the trail. Visit El Rocío Waterfall and El Venado Pool. Take a dip in the clear water in both places, if you like. Have an exquisite typical Cuban lunch at Gallega House, including a local delicacy. Free time. Return to Trinidad.

The City and Its History. Trinidad Special

An air-conditioned bus will take you to the train station, where you'll board a train pulled by a steam locomotive that was made in 1919 for a ride through beautiful Sugarmill Valley to the tiny town of Manaca Iznaga, site of the Iznaga Sugar Mill, which was one of the most productive sugar mills in operation during the first half of the 19th century. Visit the "big house" that belonged to the Iznaga family, with its small sugarcane press in the back yard. As an optional, visit the tower from which overseers used to keep an eye on the slaves working in the fields. It is now a symbol of the city. Transfer by bus to a lookout point from which you get a great view of the valley. Then back to Trinidad to visit Potters' House and continue your tour to the oldest part of the city. Have lunch in a Cubanacán restaurant.

Visit Jigüe Square, site of the Mass that was held during the ceremony founding the city. In this same place, in December 1988, UNESCO declared the city to be a part of world heritage. Tour the main square, visit a museum in the city (the Municipal Museum of History, Cantero Palace, the Romantic Museum or Brunet Palace) and other places of historic interest. Tour the handicrafts market in Las Tres Palmas Square and the musical instrument workshop pertaining to the Cuban Arts and Crafts Foundation, near the square. Visit the House of Cigars, Rum and Coffee. Return to your hotel.

Other Excursions

Excursion to Caburní Falls
Trinidad: Nature, Culture and History
Havana Overnight
Excursion to Cienfuegos, Visiting the Dolphin Aquarium
Excursion to the Zapata Peninsula

Excursions from Santa Clara

Good Morning, Santa Clara

Visit the Marta Abreu Central University of Las Villas, Che's first headquarters and his base for liberating the city of Santa Clara. Go by the old Public Works building-the Rebel Army's second command post during the Revolutionary War and now the provincial headquarters of the Communist Party of Cuba. Time for taking photos at The Children's Che, a sculptural work inspired by that outstanding man. Visit the armoured train monument; Carmen Park, where the city was founded on July 15, 1689; and the monument to El Vaquerito (the "Little Cowboy," head of the Rebel Army's suicide platoon, who lost his life in December 1958, during the final days of the fighting). Tour the oldest part of the city, including Leoncio Vidal Park; La Caridad Theatre; and the old Palace of Government (now the provincial library), which has been declared a national monument-all scenes of important battles during the liberation of the city.

Visit the Ernesto Guevara Memorial, which contains the remains of Che and his comrades in the guerrilla war in Bolivia. Have lunch in the La Arboleda Restaurant at Villa La Granjita.

Isle of Sugar

Go to Caibarién and Remedios in an open tourist train pulled by a steam locomotive that was built in 1900. Visit the Marcelo Salado Sugar mill Museum. Tour the locomotive repair shop. Visit a field of sugarcane at Mi Cabaña Farm, where you can feed the animals, yoke oxen and go for a ride in an ox-drawn cart, help make sugarcane juice and watch a demonstration of climbing and topping a royal palm tree. Sample a glass of refreshing coconut milk.

Have a country-style lunch at Mi Cabaña Farm. Tour the oldest part of the city of Remedios, which has been declared a national monument.

Another Excursion

Hanabanilla: a Real Adventure

Excursions from Ciego de Ávila

Cuba in Full Color

Take an air-conditioned bus to a sugar mill. Go for a ride in a train pulled by a steam locomotive made in 1927 to see fields of sugarcane. Have a typical Cuban lunch (drink included) to a traditional musical accompaniment. Visit the La Rosa Cooperative's crocodile-breeding farm. Explore the city of Morón in a horse-drawn carriage and visit Martí and Agramonte Parks. Go for a boat ride on La Redonda Lake and take a quick tour of Turiguanabo (a town built in the Dutch style)-that is also known as the Celia Sánchez Manduley Community. A guide will accompany you.

Havana

Go sightseeing through the main streets of the more modern part of the city. Visit Revolution Square. Have lunch in a restaurant in the city (drink included). Transfer to Old Havana to walk through its streets and see Cathedral Square, the famous Bodeguita del Medio Restaurant, a handicrafts market and the old fortresses that used to protect the city centuries ago. Visit the Capitol.

The excursion includes all transfers from and to the airport and to and from Havana, plus the air safety tax. A guide will accompany you.

Catamaran Excursions

All-day: Transfers to and from the port. Catamaran ride in the Old Bahamas Channel with equipment for snorkelling to explore two coral reefs. Lobster, shrimp, fish or chicken lunch on board. Free drinks on board throughout the excursion. Swimming at a pristine beach.

Half-day: This excursion includes only transfers from the port and return in a catamaran through the Old Bahamas Channel, equipment for snorkelling to explore a coral reef and free drinks on board throughout the excursion.

Other Excursions

Swimming with Dolphins
Boat Adventure
Morón (half-day)
Boquerón Jeep Safari
El Bagá Park
Glass-Bottomed Boat Ride

Excursions from Santa Lucía

King Ranch

An air-conditioned bus will take you to the King Ranch. Welcome cocktail, rodeo and a typical Cuban lunch (pork roasted on a spit). Explore the ranch. Go horseback riding to a nearby farm community.

Colonial Camagüey

An air-conditioned bus will pick you up from your hotel and take you to the city of Camagüey. Visit a cigar factory, the Puerto Príncipe Rum Distillery, Revolution Square and the headquarters of the provincial government. See Cándido González Stadium and the Casino Campestre. Visit the river market and Colonial Square. Have lunch in a restaurant in the city. Visit La Merced Church and the House of Handicrafts. Free time. Time at Troubadours' House.

Other Excursions

Trinidad: a Paean to Nature
Santiago de Cuba Overnight
Seafaring to Bonita Beach
Flamingo Tour

Excursions from Guardalavaca

Havana: a World-Class City

An air-conditioned bus will pick you up at your hotel and take you to Holguín's Frank País International Airport for a two-hour charter flight to Havana. Panoramic tour of José Martí Revolution Square, visit to Colón Cemetery and other places in the more modern part of the city, with free time at the corner of 23rd and L Streets, Vedado, the busiest corner of the Rampa, Havana's main artery. Have lunch in a restaurant in the city. Visit Morro Castle's lookout point and the Palace of the Captains-General. Tour of Old Havana, including Arms and Cathedral Squares and the Templete. Free time for shopping. Panoramic tour of the Museum of the Revolution, the Granma Memorial, the Capitol and the Floridita Bar.

Fantastic Excursion

Take an air-conditioned bus from your hotel to Chorro de Maíta. Panoramic tour of a rural elementary school and a family doctor's office. Visit a farm to see bananas, sugarcane and other crops typical of the area growing in the fields. Visit the Chorro de Maíta Museum and the restored Taino Indian village. Then on to the dolphin aquarium at Naranjo Bay. Welcome cocktail. Go swimming with the dolphins (20 minutes) with the assistance of a trainer. Have a shellfish lunch in the installation's restaurant (drink included).

Farm-Life Immersion Activities

An air-conditioned bus will pick you up at your hotel for a fabulous tour of a farm with tropical crops. Quick visit to a family doctor's office. Visit the Chorro de Maíta Museum and the restored Taino Indian village. Have a typical Cuban lunch in the area (drink included).

Other Excursions

Santiago de Cuba: Caribbean Capital
Holguín: City of Parks
Champion Tour
Excursion to Birán (Fidel Castro's Childhood Home)
Swimming with Dolphins

Excursions from Marea del Portillo

Manzanillo City

Tour Take an air-conditioned bus to La Demajagua National Park, a crocodile-breeding centre, a cigar factory, the Municipal Museum and Troubadours' House. For lunch, treat yourself to liseta, a delicious fish that is typical of this city. Free time for shopping. A guide will accompany you.

Bayamo Overnight

Day 1: Take an air-conditioned bus to the house in which Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, the Father of His Country, was born (now a museum); Troubadours' House; and the Cuban Essence Show. A guide will accompany you. Tour the city in a horse-drawn carriage.

Day 2: Excursion to the Botanical Garden. Check in at the Sierra Maestra Hotel (Modified American Plan).

Other Excursions

Visit to Desembarco del Granma National Park
Seafaring to Blanco Cay
Horseback Riding in the Countryside

Excursions from Santiago de Cuba

Santiago de Cuba Special

Take an air-conditioned bus from your hotel for sightseeing along the main streets of the city, seeing places of historic and cultural interest. The tour will take you past the former Moncada Garrison, the Caney Rum Bar, a House of Habanos and the Museum of Rum. Visit Morro Castle. Drive past Santa Ifigenia Cemetery. At the Marlin Marina, take a boat ride to Granma Cay. Have a fish and shellfish lunch on the cay. Then take the boat back to the city, where you'll have 45 minutes in the centre of town. A specialized guide will accompany you.

Tropicana Show

An air-conditioned bus will pick you up at your hotel and take you to the Santiago Tropicana Nightclub. The tour includes a typical Cuban dinner in a restaurant in the city, the Trip to the Caribbean show and a cocktail. The bus will take you back to your hotel in the early morning hours. A guide will accompany you.

Excursion to El Saltón by Jeep

Take a jeep from your hotel and head for the heart of the Sierra Maestra Mountains for a pleasant day at El Saltón. Typical Cuban lunch (the main course is roast pork) included. Then walk through coffee plantations in the area. A specialized guide will accompany you.

Other Excursions

Sightseeing in the Bay
City Tour
Baconao Special
In Santiago de Cuba: Sugar, Rum and Tobacco
Visit to Birán (Fidel Castro's Childhood Home)

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