Association of Teacher Educators Extension to Varadero June 1 - 4, 2019

Saturday, June 1, 2019 | Architecture and Local Caribbean. This evening, enjoy a Rumba Art performance by a local Afro-Cuban group, which This morning, depart the hotel in Havana to make will be followed by a question-and-answer session your way to Matanzas. Just outside of Matanzas, with the dancers. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) visit Finca Coincidencias, a ceramics workshop and farm in the outskirts of Matanzas. Interchange with Monday, June 3, 2019 | Cuban Art and Religion the Correa family to learn about the workshop Following breakfast this morning, depart Varadero before enjoying lunch at the farm. Following lunch, for Havana. Stop in the Matanzas neighborhood of embark on a walking tour of Matanzas with an Pueblo Nuevo to visit the sociocultural community architectural expert, stopping at Teatro Sauto and project, AfroAtenas. Meet with local artists to learn San Carlos Cathedral. End the tour at Ediciones about the local development initiative to have this Vigía, a workshop that produces hand crafted neighborhood become the hub of Matanzas art and books, where you will meet with local artists creativity. Enjoy lunch in Matanzas before returning demonstrating the extensive process. Then, drive to to Havana. En route, stop at Guanabacoa, a small the beach-side town of Varadero and check-in to neighborhood in eastern Havana. There, visit the your hotel, the Meliá Varadero. Enjoy dinner Guanabacoa Museum and Community Center to tonight at your hotel. (Breakfast, Dinner) learn about the neighborhood’s roots in Afro-Cuban culture and the Santería religion from some of the Sunday, June 2, 2019 | History and Dance members of the community. Later, check-in to your Today, visit the town of Cárdenas, a small town hotel, the Meliá Cohiba, in Havana and enjoy dinner southeast of Varadero. Learn about the former on your own. Take the opportunity to visit a sugar port’s history and involvement in the paladar, or privately owned restaurant that Cubans Revolution. Visit the Elian Gonzalez Museum, have been able to set up as one of the first accompanied by lawyers, to discuss the history of opportunities for private enterprise. (Breakfast) the legal aspects of the case, and the local impact in Elian’s home town, as well as the rest of Cuba. Tuesday, June 4, 2019 | Adios! Return to Varadero for lunch before visiting the Check out of the Meliá Cohiba and transfer to Jose Castle of San Severino in Matanzas. The castle holds Marti International Airport, Havana, Cuba for the Museum of the Slave Trade, which was opened individual flights home. (Breakfast) by UNESCO as a part of the “Route of the Slave” project. With the help of a local guide, view the museum exhibits and learn about the importance of this area in defining the history of slave trade in the

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Association of Teacher Educators Extension to Varadero June 1 - 4, 2019

Accommodations:

Meliá Cohiba Hotel, Havana, Cuba

The 22-story Meliá Cohiba is located in the modern Vedado district of Havana and faces the Havana coastline with its renowned Malecón ocean drive. Just a 10-minute cab ride from Old Havana, the hotel has comfortable rooms, a spacious and elegant lobby with fountains, classical furnishings, and panoramic windows. A wireless Internet connection is available in the lobby, and several restaurants, bars, and cafes are nearby.

Meliá Varadero Hotel, Varadero, Cuba

The Meliá Varadero is a beautiful Caribbean seaside property located in the beach town of Varadero. The five-star resort features direct access to a lovely beach, six restaurants, a 24-hour snack bar and grill, along with six bars which showcase the best of traditional Cuban drinks and tropical cocktails. All rooms are equipped with air-conditioning, telephone, TV, safe, minibar, coffee maker, iron, and en suite bathroom with a hairdryer. Enjoy the additional amenities of two freshwater pools, spa, fitness center, and club house used for evening entertainment.

Extension Prices:

 For double occupancy accommodations: $2,400  For single occupancy accommodations, add: $995  The program price includes most costs associated with participation. For a specific list of what’s included in the program price, visit the pricing tab of the ATE enrollment website.

For more information or to enroll, call 877.298.9677 or visit www.professionalsabroad.org.