Santiago de Cuba Best Tour - 4 Days

08:00 Breakfast

Pick up at the Hotel or Guesthouse to start the Santiago de Cuba tour, second most important city of Cuba and a crucial place to visit to know Cuban history, culture and formation of Cuban nationality

09:00 Full city tour of Santiago de Cuba, it is considered also the home of Cuban Rum, the music name “Son”, the origin of the Cuban modern popular music including “Salsa” music and also the cadre of most recent Cuba Revolution led by Fidel Castro as well as the fights which took place in the XIX century to get independence from Spain Empire.

Visit Céspedes Park, which the center of the historical area of Santiago de Cuba, where you will see the municipal government building, the first house built in Cuba by general governor and conquer of the island in the xvi century Diego Velázquez nowadays a Museum, the Hotel Casa Granda the emblematic Hotel of Santiago de Cuba and the Santiago de Cuba´s Cathedral which you will visit.

You will be walking through main streets of Santiago de Cuba like Enrramada whjere many interesting buildings will be shown to you by your local tour Guide, including where the Casa de la Trova is located, emblematic night life music club which is hardly recommend to be visited

You will see the Bacardí Museum, where an important collection of paintings from famous Cuban and “Santiagueros” painters are exhibited

You will visit the Moncada Barrack Museum, where the movement organized by Fidel Castro in the fifties started

Then you will go to the Morro Fortress of Santiago de Cuba which was built by the Spaniards built it to have control over the Santiago de Cuba´s bay, from here you will have an excellent panoramic view over the City and the harbor of Santiago de Cuba

13:00 Optional Luncheon at the Morro Fortress´s Restaurant

In the afternoon visit the Carnival Museum (performance available every day at 16:00 hrs from Monday to Saturday)

16:00 Back to your accommodation

Free evening, it will be great to have a walking on your own to recognize the life in the city ending it at Casa de la Trova to enjoy very good Cuban popular music.

Accommodation in B&B at Hotel or Guest House (rooms with good comfort, A/C, W/C, hot water and breakfast included) depending on your preference.

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08:00 Breakfast

Visit the Gran Piedra Park where you will have most excellent view over the nature of the area surrounding Santiago de Cuba Enter to the ruins of a French coffee plantation the Isabelica Optional lunch in the area In the way back visit La Granjita de Siboney, from where Fidel Castro and his companions were hidden and left on early morning of July 26 1953 to assault the second most important military barrack in Cuba, attempt which not fructified and all of the group were rejected and dispersed, many died of were assassinated and others were made prisoners Back to the City Free evening Accommodation in B&B at Guest House (rooms with good comfort, A/C, W/C, hot water and breakfast included)

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08:30 Breakfast

Departing to see the Basilic of Caridad del Cobre the patron of Cuba venerated by all Cubans.

It will take your driver and local tour guide around 25 minutes to reach the Basilic 20 kms from Santiago de Cuba and near of the town “ El Cobre “

When inside the Church you will appreciate the many religious offerings to the Virgen by Cuban people from all walk of life even from foreigners and famous personalities of the world like the american writer Hemingway who dedicated to the Virgen of Caridad del Cobre his medal of Nobel Prize in Literature won by the novelist and writer of Old man and the Sea in 1954.

Then you will be back to Santiago de Cuba for a very nice tour through the Santiago de Cuba Harbor, crossing from the mainland to the key at the Bay name Granma, there you will visit the fisherman town, and will have a delicious local seafood luncheon

Coming back to the city and you will enjoy time free to explore further Santiago de Cuba discovering by your own the interesting places this City offer

Free evening Accommodation in B&B at Guest House (rooms with good comfort, A/C, W/C, hot water and breakfast included)

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After Breakfast the tour will finish having your private transfer to the Airport or depending what your plans are you could try visiting other incredible Cuba´s eastern destinations from Santiago de Cuba like Baracoa, the Sierra Maestra hills chain, Bayamo City, Holguin City , Baracoa , the first villa founded by the Spaniards in Cuba, or going to amazing beach´s destinations on the eastern part of Cuba like Guardalavaca, Pesquero, between many others