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Saturday, December 26 Overnight stay at Courtyard Miami Airport (1201 NW Le Jeune Road, Miami, FL, 33126 – complimentary Airport Shuttle available every 15 minutes from 5 AM until 1 AM) Sunday, December 27 Check-in at 9:45 AM for flight AA 9478 to . Arrive in at 12:45 PM, check-in at Hotel Plaza, bus tour of Havana, Welcome Dinner. Monday, December 28 9:00 AM morning walking tour of Old Havana, visits to City Museum, Plaza de la Catedral, Plaza Vieja, Convento de San Francisco de Asis, lunch, visit the Ludwig Foundation, visit the Martin Luther King Center, dinner at Hotel Nacional. Tuesday, December 29 9:30 AM lecture and visit to the Synagogue Beth Shalom and talk on the Jewish Community in Cuba, visit to Casa de Africa and lecture on Slavery and Afro-Cuban Religions and Culture, lunch, Santeria tour in Cayo Hueso neighborhood with Elias Aseff, lecture on race relations in Cuba, dinner with Cuban students. Wednesday, December 30 Hotel check-out. 8:00 AM depart for Santa Clara, visit Che Memorial and Museum, lunch, visits to Parque Vidal, cigar factory, Tren Blindado and the site of the Provincial Headquarters of the Communist Party, check-in and dinner at Hotel Los Caneyes. Thursday, December 31 9:00 AM depart for Remedios, visits to Iglesia de San Juan Bautista and the Museo de las Parrandas, lunch, return to Santa Clara, New Year’s Dinner and Show at hotel. Friday, January 1 Hotel check-out. 8:30 AM depart for Cienfuegos, Afro-Cuban Show at Cabildo Santa Barbara in Palmira, lunch, visits to Parque Marti and Catedral de la Purisima Concepcion, afternoon departure for Trinidad, check-in and dinner at Hotel Cuevas, live music at Casa de la Musica. Saturday, January 2 9:00 AM morning visits to Museo Historico, walking tour of Trinidad with visits to Plaza Mayor and Iglesia Parroquial Mayor, Convento de San Francisco de Asis, Museo Nacional de la Lucha Contra Bandidos, Barrio de las Tres Cruces, lunch, visit to Templo Yemaya and to the Valle de los Ingenios-World Heritage site with visit to Torre Manaca Iznaga, dinner at hotel. Sunday, January 3 Hotel check-out. 8:00 AM morning departure for Camagüey, lunch, visits to Plaza and Iglesia de Carmen, Catedral de Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria, and Iglesia de la Merced, check-in at Hotel Colon, evening visit to Plaza San Juan de Dios and dinner at local paladar. Monday, January 4 Hotel check-out. 8:00 AM morning departure for , enroute visit Basilica of Virgen de la Caridad de El Cobre, lunch, panoramic tour of Santiago de Cuba: visits to Parque Cespedes, Catedral de Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion and Casa de Diego Velazquez, check-in and dinner at Hotel Casa Granda. Tuesday, January 5 Hotel check-out. 9:00 AM visits to Barrio El Tivoli, Casa de las Religiones Populares, and Casa del Caribe, lunch, departure for Baracoa, check-in and dinner at Hotel Porto Santo. Wednesday, January 6 9:00 AM morning walking tour and visits to Plaza Independencia, Catedral de la Asuncion, Museo del Cacao, lunch, visit Indigenous Community and show with group Nengon y Kiriba, visit of Museo Arqueologico “La Cueva del Paraiso”, dinner on own. Thursday, January 7 Hotel check-out. 8:30 AM morning departure for Santiago de Cuba, lunch en route, visits to Museo de la Lucha Clandestina and Iglesia del Carmen, check-in at Hotel Casa Granda, Farewell Dinner. Friday, January 8 End of program, check-in for flight K8 8501 at 6:50 AM for 11:00 AM departure from Santiago de Cuba.

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Page 2 of 3 Hotel Plaza (12/27-12/30): ○ Address: Ignacio Agramonte No. 267, Habana Vieja, La Habana, Cuba ○ Telephone: +53 7 8608583

Hotel Los Caneyes (12/30-1/1): ○ Address: Av. de los Eucaliptos and Circunvalacion, Santa Clara, Cuba ○ Telephone: +53 42 218140

Hotel Cuevas (1/1-1/3): ○ Address: Finca Santa Ana, Trinidad 62600, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba ○ Telephone: +53 41 99 6133 al 35 (Fax: +53 41 99 6161)

Hotel Colon (1/3-1/4): ○ Address: Republica 472, Camaguey, Cuba ○ Telephone: +53 32 254878

Hotel Casa Granda (1/4-1/5 & 1/7-1/8): ○ Address: Heredia No. 201 e/ San Francisco y San Félix., Santiago de Cuba ○ Telephone: +53 22 68 6600, +53 22 65 3021 /34 (Fax: +53 22 68 6035)

Hotel Porto Santo (1/5-1/7): ○ Address: Carretera del Aeropuerto Rpto. Jaitesico, Baracoa 97330, Cuba ○ Telephone: +53 2164 5106

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