HAVANA STUDY TOUR

JANUARY 10-20, 2021 TOUR LEADER: DR STEPHEN WILKINSON

HAVANA Overview

STUDY TOUR Havana is a unique city, with a complex history of colonialism and revolution, and a vibrant cosmopolitan culture. This 11-day study tour led Tour dates: January 10-20, 2021 by Dr Stephen Wilkinson, Chair of the International Institute for the Study of Cuba, takes you beyond the ‘rum and rumba’ stereotypes, and gives Tour leader: Dr Stephen Wilkinson you special access to the knowledge to understand Cuba for yourself.

Tour Price: $6,880 per person, twin share The tour begins with Havana’s UNESCO World Heritage listed Old Town, where the city’s history is alive everywhere you look, from its colourful Single Supplement: $610 for sole use of colonial architecture, 1950s Americana, and the distinctive bars, cafes and double room music that reflect the diverse influences on Cuban culture. With these historical contexts in mind, we explore Revolutionary Cuba, with a close Booking deposit: $1000 per person look at Cuban politics, the birth of a distinctively Cuban revolutionary architecture, and an overnight excursion to Santa Clara, where Batista Recommended airline: Qantas was defeated and Che Guevara was laid to rest.

Maximum places: 16 All of this history is part of a living culture that we experience throughout the tour, including visits to Fusterlandia (a fishing village converted into a wonderland of mosaics and sculptures by Jose Fuster, a Cuban artist Itinerary: Havana (9 nights), Santa Clara inspired by Picasso and Gaudí), the Fábrica de Artes Cubano, the (1 night) epicentre of cutting edge contemporary art in Havana, and a walking tour exploring Havana’s street art. And then, of course, there is the music, Date published: May 11, 2020 markets and dancing that are such a part of everyday life in Havana.

The tour also includes day trips to the beautiful Las Terrazas, an eco village established in the late 1960s as part of a project to restore a landscape blighted by logging and plantation farming, and little-visited Study Tours Matanzas, “the Athens of Cuba” and the birth place of rumba. Academy Travel study tours are designed to provide in-depth intellectual stimulation. The Your tour leader tours feature regular background lectures, morning site visits and more time for individual Dr Stephen Wilkinson is the Chairman of the exploration or optional visits with the tour leader. International Institute for the Study of Cuba, he holds a PHD on the subject of Cuban literature. Study tours are more physically demanding than He is a Lecturer in Politics and International other Academy Travel tours: walking tours are Relations at the University of Buckingham. He significantly longer, we use local public transport is also editor of the International Journal of for journeys within a city, and visits include Cuban Studies, a contributor to IHS Sentinel rough, uneven surfaces and historic buildings Reports on Cuba and consults on a variety of without elevators. media projects related to the island.

Stephen first visited Cuba in 1986 and has been travelling to and writing about the island ever since. He has led groups to Cuba from the Art Institute of Chicago, the Smithsonian and for Academy Travel. Enquiries and bookings His wealth of contacts in Cuba adds greatly to the experience, and we will be joined on some days by some Cuban experts on Cuba, who will also For further information and to give you insight into their country, its history, economy and politics. secure a place on this tour please contact Hannah Kleboe at Academy Travel on 9235 0023 or 1800 639 699 (outside Sydney) or email [email protected]. au

Tour Themes

SEE IT FOR YOURSELF Much is written about Cuba, for better or worse, which is not surprising given that it has been a thorn in the paw of US foreign policy for 70 years. See it for yourself and understand this unique place better with the expert guidance of Dr Stephen Wilkinson, Chairman of the International Institute for the Study of Cuba.

THE COLONIAL LEGACY From Spanish conquest, to French migrants from Haiti, the mass importation of slaves from Africa, expats from the American period, Havana’s location at the crossroads of New and Old Worlds has left a complex legacy, seen in its vibrant cosmopolitan culture and in the efforts to repair the environmental damage of plantation farming.

THE CUBAN REVOLUTION Castro and Guevara are among the most iconic leaders of the 20th century, and their legacy is felt well beyond Cuba’s borders. Explore the revolution in detail, from Santa Clara where the battle against Batista was won, to the new revolutionary art and architecture, and the complex social and economic legacy of one of the last communist states.

VIBRANT HAVANA From the African infused sound of the rumba and music on the streets, to bars, clubs and cafes, colourful streetscapes, private restaurants, a rapidly evolving street art scene, artisan markets, neighbourhood life – experience the vibrant culture of Havana with all your senses and understand how it thrives despite the hardships imposed on the country.

LAS TERRAZAS Set in the Sierra del Rosario mountains west of Havana is one of the world’s first eco-villages and biospheres. Created in the late 1960s in an effort to restore the forests that had been destroyed by plantations and charcoal production, Las Terrazas provides a model for sustainable villages: we visit the village and its artisans, explore the canopy and visit a coffee plantation.

Detailed itinerary

Included meals are shown with the symbols B, L and D.

Tour start & finish time The tour begins on Sunday 10 January in the late afternoon at Hotel Sevilla in Havana.

The tour ends on Wednesday 20 January at Hotel Sevilla, after breakfast.

Sunday 10 January Arrive The tour begins in the late afternoon in our hotel in Old Havana. Please check your individual travel documents for arrival in Havana. After introducing ourselves, we take an orientation walk of the district, famed for its colourful buildings, bars and music clubs, and we have dinner in a paladar (private restaurant) near the hotel. Overnight Havana (D) Above: Old Havana, where colonial architecture meets 1950s Americana and contemporary life Monday 11 January Below: Malecón, the broad Esplanade where people promenade Old Havana between the city and the sea Bottom: Fidel Castro making a speech in Revolution Square in Havana was founded by the Spanish in the 1500s to take 1965, celebrating the Revolution (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) advantage of the natural port provided by the bay and quickly became the Spanish Empire’s main port in the Caribbean - a gateway between Spain and the colonies of mainland America. The colonial city with its elegant baroque and neoclassical façades, colonnaded passageways, palaces and churches are well preserved in the old town and it has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. But the architecture of the city also evokes an eclectic range of influences, from the Spanish Moorish style, to French colonialism, and Catalan-influenced art- nouveau from the first half of the 20th century. The presence of the past and its many layers is palpable. This morning after a lecture in the hotel, we explore Old Havana on foot, visiting the plazas, monuments and neighbourhoods that reveal the many- layered history of the city. After lunch together, we take a classic car tour of the city, to taste the style of pre-revolutionary Havana, a haven for international expatriots seeking warmth, fun and gambling. The evening is at leisure. Overnight Havana (B, L)

Tuesday 12 January Cuban politics The Cuban Revolution set the country on an inestimably different course, in which a centralised socialist state monopolised power in order to implement sweeping social and economic reforms. That Cuba has maintained its communist system with the decline of its political allies worldwide and the liberalisation of the global economy is a curious anomaly. The policies and practices of the government continue to elicit a wide range of responses worldwide, from condemnation to praise of the effectiveness of its health and education systems despite its troubled economy. Today we explore politics in Cuba, beginning with a lecture in the hotel. We then visit the Museum of the Revolution, whose exhibits – including Che Guevara’s town car, Russian made T-34s, and material from post-revolutionary Cuba – are a dramatic contrast to lavish interiors of the building, which was the Presidential Palace from 1920 to 1959. After a break for lunch, we visit the José Martí museum. Martí is one of Cuba’s most celebrated intellectuals – a poet, essayist and a political theorist whose writing and activism had a profound influence on the formation of Cuban communism. Later afternoon and evening at leisure. Overnight Havana (B)

Wednesday 13 January Las Terrazas biosphere In the late 1960s, when environmentalism was quite radical, a small community set about restoring the natural environment of the Sierra del Rosario, the mountains west of Havana, one of the most deforested and over-farmed regions of Cuba and the location of the first large scale coffee plantation in the New World. The community quickly became self-supporting and ecofriendly – the first of Cuba’s eco-villages. By the mid-1980s the area was listed by UNSECO as a World-Heritage biosphere, and continues to provide a model for new sustainable communities. Today we travel by coach to visit Las Terrazas (“The Terraces”), where we visit the eco-village and its artisans, explore the forest canopy, and, after lunch, visit a sustainable coffee plantation. Returning to Havana, the evening is at leisure. Overnight Havana (B, L)

Thursday 14 January Revolutionary Architecture The Revolution brought with it a form of utopianism in which architects saw themselves and their buildings as having a key role in the radical transformation of society. Today we explore some of the different styles of Revolutionary architecture, starting with Plaza de la Revolución. Although the square was started under Batista, it quickly became an emblem of revolutionary Cuba, where tens of thousands would gather to hear Castro’s speeches and celebrate the revolution’s achievements. We then visit the National School of Arts – a project conceived by Castro and Guevara to transform a golf course into a beautiful and tuition-free art school. The architects – Porro, Gottardi and Garatti – rejected the International Style and instead adopted forms and materials that expressed the roots of Cuban culture: Catalan arches, terracotta, stone arcades, and free flowing village like structures. In the afternoon, after lunch, we visit Fusterlandia, a fishing village that Cuban artist José Fuster transformed into a wonderland of colourful mosaics, sculptures, recycled art and winding passages, inspired by Gaudí’s Park Güell. Return to the hotel; evening at leisure. Overnight Havana (B, L)

Top: The memorial to José Martí, a poet, activist andintellectual who deeply influenced Cuban communism Middle: View over the lake to the Las Terrazas village Bottom: Inside one the schools at Havana’s National School of Arts Friday 15 January Cuban Art

Cuban art often expresses the diversity of peoples and cultures who’ve made Cuba home – an eclectic combination of African, European, Caribbean and Latin American cultures. This morning, after a leisurely start, we have a lecture in the hotel, followed by a visit to the National Museum of Fine Arts. The museum houses Cuba’s historical collection of art, showing the development of fine art in Cuba from the Spanish dominated colonial era through to the main art movements of revolutionary Cuba. In the evening, after a group dinner, we visit the Fábrica de Arte Cubano – the vibrant centre of contemporary art in Havana. The converted oil mill, with its wide naves, passageways and patios was converted into an interdisciplinary space for all arts – from visual arts, to dance, theatre, architecture and music. The exhibitions they hold run fluidly throughout the space, and encourage collaboration and exchange between artists of all varieties and the public. Overnight Havana (B, D)

Saturday 16 January Above: The art of Jose Fuster, a Cuban Picasso Matanzas Below: The Fábrica de Arte Cubano, well-known as a powerhouse of contemporary Cuban art Today we begin an excursion overland to Santa Clara, where Bottom: Cuban revolutionaries attacking a Nationalist army post at we will stay overnight (we keep our rooms in Havana, so there’s Camajuani during the Battle of Santa Clara (Photo by Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images) no need to pack up!). Our focus today will be Matanzas, a city in the north of Cuba, often neglected by visitors even though it is a major cultural centre for Cuban music, dance, literature and poetry. The city was established in the late 1600s to develop the island’s sugar industry and witnessed the importation of very large numbers of enslaved Africans, and their cultures continued to give the region a distinctive Afro-Cuban feel - both the rumba and the danzón developed in this region, for example. After touring the city, we have lunch before continuing on to Santa Clara. Dinner in the hotel. Overnight Santa Clara (B, L, D)

Sunday 17 January Santa Clara and ChE Guevara Santa Clara, in the centre of Cuba, is inextricable from the history of the revolution, for it was here that revolutionary guerrillas led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos defeated Batista’s army, forcing the president to flee the country. This morning, after a lecture on Guevara and the capture of Santa Clara, we visit the Che Guevara Memorial, where the revolutionary leader and 16 guerrillas killed with him in Bolivia were laid to rest. We then visit the site where Guevara led a small group of guerrillas to derail and capture an armoured supply train sent by Batista with more than 300 soldiers to relieve Santa Clara. The Tren Blindado Memorial on the site incorporates the carriages from the train (and the bulldozer the guerrillas used to destroy the tracks). After lunch together, we return by coach to Havana. Evening at leisure. Overnight Havana (B, L) Monday 18 January Hemingway’s Cuba Hemingway frequently lived in Cuba from 1940-1960, writing seven novels, carousing, fishing, coming and going as an international war correspondent, hunting U-boats from his fishing boat, and spending time with his cat. Indeed, it was during his time in Cuba that he reached the height of his success, writing the novels that would secure him the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes. Although he only described himself as a ‘garden-variety Cuban’, and US-Cuba relations deteriorated rapidly after the revolution, he is nonetheless honoured in Cuba as one of the country’s most important cultural figures. This morning we have a lecture on US-Cuba relations, followed by a visit to Finca Vigia - Hemingway’s house, which is preserved as a museum. The afternoon and evening are free for you to do as you wish, as Hemingway mostly did. Overnight Havana (B)

Tuesday 19 January Havana’s Street Art For decades the walls of Havana knew nothing but paint, faded ads from the 1950s and exhortations to continue the hard work of the Revolution. Recently, however, street artists – both from Cuba and abroad – have started making the city their canvas (not quite legally), often blending Cuban traditions with emerging Above: An interior of Finca de Vigia, the villa where author Ernest street art styles from South America and Europe. This morning Hemingway lived from 1939-1960, outside Havana, Cuba. Here’s his we take a walking tour through some neighbourhoods of central desk. and a small part of his library and papers, and memorabilia. Havana, admiring the murals and street art, and seeing more of (His u-boat hunting boat is discretely parked out the back) (Photo by Jorge Rey/Getty Images) the city, where locals gather to play music, dance and make life work despite the economic hardships their country faces. The afternoon is free, and you may wish to visit some of Havana’s Below: Street art in Cuba is a departure from decades of either wonderful markets, such as the Alamacenes San José artisan’s advertising or Revolutionary messages market. In the evening, we have a farewell dinner. Overnight Havana (B, D)

Wednesday 20 January Departure The tour ends in the hotel after breakfast today. (B) Hotels

Hotels have been chosen for their reliable quality and excellent location. Although the hotels are 4-star rated, please understand that not all tourist services will be the same as typical western standards.

Hotel Sevilla, Havana (9 nights)

Located in the centre of Havana’s arts and culture district, and just minutes from the tree-lined promenade, Paseo del Prado. We will keep our rooms while we take an overnight excursion to Santa Clara.

Hotel E Central, Santa Clara (1 night)

Recently renovated boutique hotel in a colonial building in the centre of Santa Clara.

VISAS

Cuba requires foreigners to organise a tourist card before arriving in the country. An application for a tourist card can be made online through Cuban Embassy websites, and costs Above: The entry to the Hotel Sevilla in Havana – colonial meets A$99 + postage. Please note that you cannot apply for a art nouveau Tourist Card if you are entering Cuba directly from the United States, (you will need to go via Mexico City or Cancún after Below: San Cristobal Cathedral, Havana, where Christopher Columbus’ remains were once kept, with daily life taking place in entering the US), or miss the US altogether and come via the plaza out front Canada.

For those transiting through the USA, you will need to apply online through ESTA online (Electronic System for Travel Authorisation). The fee for this is US$14.

Study Tours

Study tours are more physically demanding than other residential tours offered by Academy Travel. Throughout the tour we undertake extended walking tours, often along Cuba’s cobbled streets, and visit historic buildings which may not have elevators or familiar standards of accessibility. Also, while study tours are full of group activities, a reasonable degree of independence is required and time has been built into the program for independent exploration.

Weather on Tour

January is an ideal time to visit Havana with average daily maximum temperatures in the mid-20s. Nights are generally mild and although it is dry season, you can expect some rain on some days. Tour Price Fitness Requirements

The tour price is $6,880 per person, twin share (land content of THIS tour only). The supplement for a single room is $610 per person. A non-refundable deposit of $1000 per person is required to GRADE THREE secure a place on the tour. It is important both for you and for your fellow travellers that you are fit enough to be able to enjoy all the activities on this Tour Inclusions tour. To give you an indication of the level of physical fitness required to participate on our tours, we have given them a Included in the tour price star grading. Academy Travel’s Study Tours feature  Land travel by private coach. Where appropriate, taxis or extended walking tours and site visits, which require greater public transport are also used for short distance travel on fitness than coach touring. We ask you to carefully consider some tours your ability to meet the physical demands of the tour.  All accommodation in hotels or apartments as stated in Participation criteria for this tour the itinerary  Breakfasts, lunches and dinners specifically stated as Grade Three tours are our most physically demanding. To included in the itinerary participate on this tour, you should be able to comfortably  Drinks at welcome and farewell meals. Other meals may undertake up to seven hours of physical activity per day, not have drinks included over several days. Activities may include travelling long  Background talks on tour, site notes and online distances, walking on difficult terrain, climbing stairs, and resources embarking and disembarking trains and public buses. These  Services of tour leader throughout tour tours may include one night stops and early starts.  All entrance fees to sites mentioned in the itinerary  Local guides at some sites You should be able to:  Tips for drivers, local guides and restaurants for included  keep up with the group at all times meals  walk for 5-7 kilometres at a moderate pace with short breaks Not included  stand for a reasonable length of time in galleries and  International air fares, taxes and surcharges (see below) museums  Travel insurance  tolerate varying climatic conditions, including cold  Meals not mentioned in itinerary weather  Expenses of a personal nature  enjoy a reasonable level of physical and respiratory  Cuban Travel Card fitness  US ESTA fee, if travelling through the USA  walk up and down slopes  negotiate steps and slopes on archaeological sites or mountain paths, which are often uneven and unstable Air travel OPTIONS  get on and off a large coach with steep steps, train or public bus, possibly with luggage The tour price quoted is for land content only. For this tour  move your luggage a short distance if required we recommend flights to Havana via either LA and Mexico with Qantas and its partner airlines, or through Canada. An A note for older travellers overnight stop is usually necessary in at least one direction. Please contact us for further information on competitive If you are more than 80 years old, or have restricted mobility, Economy, Business and First Class airfares. Transfers you will find a number of our itineraries challenging. Grade between airport and hotel are included for all passengers Three tours are unsuitable for travellers more than 80 years booking their flights through Academy Travel. These may be old, unless you are exceptionally fit. We kindly ask travellers group or individual transfers. more than 80 years old to contact Academy Travel before submitting a booking form, so that we can provide specific Enquiries & bookings advice on the physical requirements of this tour

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