Essential Havana and Surrounding - 5 Days

5 days in Cuba itinerary

BEST HAVANA TOUR 2021

5 DAYS AND 4 NIGHTS

Five days may make for a quick visit to Cuba, but a well-thought-out itinerary can cover a lot of bases in less than a week

This Cuba program has all meals included, so you only have to worry about enjoying an incredible experience on this Caribbean island, you will go to some of our favorite paladares, local family  restaurants, the best places to meet local people.

You will be accompanied by a local Cuban guide who speaks fluent English, or another language

It is possible to modify the activities and excursions included as part of this tour, you can check our Havana tours options to design your perfect itinerary,

Ideal Cuba program for groups on multi-destination trips

This Programs Follow protocol of sanitary measures in tourism against covid-19, for more info check this link Hygiene and safety measures in Cuba

Cuba Highlights

  • Discover Havana, wonder city
  • American classic cars ride, real museums on wheels
  • Cigar Factory and Cuban rum museum
  • Hemingway museum
  • Varadero relax

 Cuba Destination you will visit:

  • Havana
  • Viñales
  • Varadero

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Essential Havana and Surrounding

Itinerario

Day 1
HAVANA WELCOME TO CUBA

Arrival at Havana International Airport
Meet and Greeting at the Havana airport
Depending, on your arrival time, your guide will take you on a guided orientation walk around the local area, showing you important landmarks and points of interest.
Transfer In to local restaurant for dinner
Transfer to Hotel
Accommodation in B&B at Hotel NH Capri 4* or Aston Panorama 4* or similar
D (dinner included)

Day 2
HAVANA-VIÑALES VALLEY-HAVANA CIGAR EXPERIENCE

7:30 Breakfast
08:30 departing to Viñales Valley, one of the most beautiful areas of Cuba with their rare hill name Mogotes, fertile land where best havano tobacco leaf is grown. Place of wonderful caverns, little country routes and amazing landscapes.
11:15 Visit Cigar Farm where you will see the tobacco plantations and the process of drying the tobacco leaf from where the Havana Cigar is produced.
12:45 Visit Los Jazmines viewpoint from where you will have an excellent view over the Valley.
13:30 Luncheon at local farm (very interesting agro ecological project with the best views of the Valley; family restaurant)
15:00 Entrance to the Indian caves with a boat ride inside the cave.
17:00 Back to Havana in the late afternoon
Free evening
20:00 Welcoming Dinner with Caribbean Lobster at local private restaurant with water and 1 alcoholic drink
Free evening / optional activities in Havana:
• Traditional Cuban music at Guajirito bar
• Cannon Fire Ceremony at Morro Cabaña Fortress;
• Art Factory (art exhibitions, life music group performance, workshops about art, culture, books)
• Music House
• Cabarets like Tropicana or Parisién
• Latin Jazz Night Clubs like the Fox and the Raven
Accommodation in B&B at Hotel NH Capri 4* or Aston Panorama 4* or similar
B,L,D (breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included)

Day 3
HAVANA OLD HAVANA AND CLASSICS CARS

08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Visit Cigar factory
10:00 Full City Tour of Old Havana starting the walking tour of Old Havana from the Templete, where Havana villa was founded in 1519. Walking through the Plaza de Armas and all other Squares of Old Havana: San Francisco de Asís Square, then to Old Square, visit the Cathedral Square. Seeing the monuments and buildings more relevant from the different centuries all well preserved, the Palacio Del Segundo Cabo, the Cathedral.
13:00 Luncheon at local Family/Private
14:00 Panoramic Tour of Modern Havana driving with the Tour Guide in Old American Vintage Car passing through the Revolution Square Stop to take pictures, then continuing through the Colon Cemetery, one of the most historical cemetery of the world and the most significant in Latin American with more of 500 mausoleums, chapels and family vaults; enjoy some of the most relevant mansions of the Vedado on visiting Paseo Avenue & President Avenue, 17 Street between others majestic avenues of the City , going through the University of Havana, the Coppelia building, the Rampa, the first Hilton built outside USA in the fifties, visiting the Promenade on the Sea , then Fifth Avenue ending at Hotel Nacional de Cuba
Visit the Hall of Fame at the Hotel with 89 years of existence, a firsthand witness of Cuban History in the XX Century, enjoy the pictures of the many world leaders as well as famous figures from Hollywood and even Mafia bosses who has been at the Hotel in the first half of the XX Century
Back to the Hotel
20:00 Dinner at Hotel´s restaurant
Accommodation in B&B at Hotel NH Capri 4* or Aston Panorama 4* or similar
B,L,D (breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included)

Day 4
HAVANA VARADERO BEST BEACH IN THE CARIBBEAN

08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Visit the Hemingway museum, which used to be the house where the proud writer lived for 20 years in Cuba. Visit the fishing village of Cojimar, where Hemingway’s boat was once anchored and also inspired him to write his work “The Fisherman and the Sea.”
Lunch in local restaurant
Departure to Varadero, one of the largest tourist complexes in the Caribbean.
Quick stop at the viewpoint of the Bacunayagua Bridge.
Panoramic tour through the city of Matanzas, known as the Athens of Cuba.
Tour of Varadero town, visit the Al Capone House, mafia American leader in the 40´s and the Dupont Residence, American millionaire founder of Varadero Resort in the 40´s
Arrival to Hotel and check in
Accommodation in all inclusive plan at Hotel ROC Arenas Doradas 4* or Iberostar Taino 4*
B,L,D (breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included)

Day 5
VARADERO DEPARTURE

08:00 Breakfast
Lunch could be at the hotel according to departure time
Transfer Out on time (5 hours in advance to flight departure, 190 KM, around 2 hours’ drive) to Havana International Airport to take flight out of the country (clients must check the flight at the Airline Desk 3 hours in advance)
B (breakfast included)

included

  • Accommodation as described
  • Meet and Greeting at the Airport.
  • Private Transfer In/Out
  • Tour Guide in full command of English or any other language his salary, accommodation and meals
  • Bottle water included, 1L per day
  • All the tours as indicated with the Entrances pointed out in the Program
  • Private transportation by Bus
  • Luncheons and Dinners as indicated.
  • 24 hours phone emergency number.
  • Staff assistance during the whole staying for the implementation of the Program
  • Local Taxes

No included

  • Airfare.
  • Tourist Visa
  • Medical Insurance.
  • Tips
  • Services not mentioned in the Program.

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