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Experience Cuba Tours Grande 15 Days Cuba is not a holiday, it’s an Experience! GRANDE - 15 Days Small Group Tour - Escorted Program Your Experts in Tailor Made Cuba Tours experiencecubatours.com.au [email protected] 1300 79 55 31 Travel as part of a small group of up to 7 PAX maximum. Come and experience Cuba; a place where time appears to have stood still. Enjoy not just the old American cars in the streets or the colonial architecture in Old Havana, feel the sense that the world of modern tourism has somehow largely bypassed the Caribbean’s largest island. Cuba is one of the few remaining communist countries in the world. Its isolation from the modern world has perhaps helped to conserve the Cuban society’s personality where you can feel like “the pulsating heart of what it means to be Latino”, with music, dance, and the fiesta being core. Come and Experience Cuba: an undeniably fascinating and unique destination. Starting Days: Sunday End Days: Sunday Inclusions: o Personalised welcome and greeting at Havana airport by ECT representative. Transfers from Havana airport on arrival. Transfers from Havana airport on arrival. o Domestic flight from Santiago de Cuba to Havana. * o Twin share comfort accommodation in "casas particulares" (guesthouses or home-stays) with private bathrooms/ensuites and air-conditioning. ** o Daily breakfasts. o Transfers as specified below. *** o Same private local Cuban guide throughout. o Activities/excursions as specified below. o Travelers Information Package with lots of practical advice (PDF). o Cuba Tourist Map, advised by MINTUR, Minister of Tourism in Cuba. **** o All ECT personnel tips. 1 Tailored Journeys Pty Ltd, WA, 6153. Trading as Experience Cuba Tours 2018. Included Activities: o Old Havana walking tour. o Classic Convertible Car tour of Modern Havana. o Viñales Valley orientation tour. o Bay of Pigs, Playa Giron museum visit (entry fee included). o Panoramic and cultural tour of Cienfuegos, Trinidad, Camaguey, Bayamo and Santiago de Cuba. Not included: o Transfers to the airport on departure. o International flights. o Travel insurances (required to participate in our tours). o Visas and passport fees. ***** o Meals (except daily breakfasts). o Drinks. o Additional optional activities not specified in the tour below. o Tips (except ECT personnel). Itinerary Highlights: (All times are approximate and subject to change) Day 1: Havana. Arrival. Greeted and welcome at airport by our Experience Cuba Tours representatives. Look for our logo and your group leader name, which is usually the person that made the booking. Transfer to your accommodation. Day 2: Havana. Old and Modern Havana Tour: Enjoy a walking tour of the colonial district Havana Vieja (Old Havana) accompanied by your private local guide. Learn about the city’s nearly 500-year-old heart, now a pedestrian-only UNESCO World Heritage Site and discuss the city’s architecture and historic restoration efforts. a genuine living museum. This colonial and historic centre is a museum at open air of architecture, art and culture. Bask in a beautiful Classic Convertible Car, while you take in the highlights of modern Havana. Visit Central Havana, Cerro and Vedado neighbourhoods, making stops at diverse points of interest. Today’s tour is a real treat for history and culture enthusiasts. Tips: Due to its preservation degree and architectural richness of its monuments and buildings, Old Havana was acknowledged in 1982 by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Dress appropriately for the weather, wear sunscreen, and good walking shoes. Start 09:00. Duration: Walking tour 3 hours. Classic Convertible ride 1 hour. 2 Tailored Journeys Pty Ltd, WA, 6153. Trading as Experience Cuba Tours 2018. Day 3: Pinar del Rio. Viñales Valley Tour. Today you travel with your local guide to the Western province of Pinar del Rio. An area of great importance, though it may not have the large cities and infrastructure that you would normally associate with importance, to Cuba as it is an area that produces some of the world’s finest tobacco. Still stereotyped as a simple area with pure country folk it has withstood the temptation to adopt the big tourist developments and remains an area of simple houses and homes in basic small villages and towns. Viñales in the Viñales valley where you will be based has an almost prehistoric feel to it thanks to the Mogotes, or flat-topped mountains. The Valle de Viñales is a fabulous national park abundant in fertile red soil, incrusted in green fields of tobacco plantations. Viñales offers Cuba’s best hiking, mounting, caving and landscapes views, based around the serene farming town on the edge of the park. This is Cuba at its most attractive. Refer to our Catalogue of Activities for tour ideas. Overnight in Viñales. Start 09:00. Transfer 3.5 hours. Day 4: Pinar del Rio. Viñales Valley. Free day. Refer to our Catalogue of Activities for tour ideas. Day 5: Pinar del Rio – Playa Giron (Bay of Pigs) – Cienfuegos. Playa Girón & Museum Girón. One of the two main landing sites in the ill-fated April 1961 CIA-sponsored attempt to overthrow the new Cuban government led by Fidel Castro and was the last occupied area of the invading force. Located in the beautiful Cienaga de Zapata, this area has become better known to most as the ‘Bay of Pigs’. Today there is a small museum dedicated to this pivotal time in modern Cuban history, the Museo Girón. Continue to Cienfuegos, also known as ‘the Pearl of the South’. This city earned a UNESCO World Heritage Site listing in 2005 and owes its founding and large parts of historical architecture to French settlers from Bordeaux and Louisiana. Founded in 1819 it has a steeped nautical and musical history with a monument dedicated to one of its favourite sons, Beny Moré who was born in the province. It is also the site of one of Cuba’s oldest and finest theatres, Thomas Terry. Enjoy a panoramic and cultural walking tour around this vibrant, eclectic city. Overnight in Cienfuegos. Start 9:00 am. Transfer to Playa Girón 5 hours, stop for lunch around 13:00, transfer to Cienfuegos 2.5 hours, panoramic tour of Cienfuegos 2 hours. 3 Tailored Journeys Pty Ltd, WA, 6153. Trading as Experience Cuba Tours 2018. Day 6: Cienfuegos – Trinidad. Departing from Cienfuegos continue to the UNESCO World Heritage Site Trinidad and enjoy a panoramic and cultural tour of Trinidad city. Founded in 1514 by the Spanish it was known as the “Villa de la Santisima Trinidad” but has now just come to be called Trinidad. It has undergone great restoration and conservation works which has made it one of the best-preserved colonial cities of the Caribbean and South America. The oldest part of the city, comprising of an area of 55 blocks, is one of its greatest attractions containing some beautiful churches and public squares. Cuban music fills the streets from the almost countless cafes, bars and restaurants giving it a very lively and jovial atmosphere. Overnight in Trinidad. Start 9:00 am. Transfer to Trinidad 1.5 hours, panoramic tour of Trinidad 2 hours. Day 7: Trinidad: Free day. Refer to our Catalogue of Activities for tour ideas. Day 8: Trinidad – Camaguey. Departing from Trinidad travel to Camaguey. Cultural panoramic tour of Camaguey: Enjoy a stroll along the UNESCO heritage and rich in colonial- style Camaguey city centre. Learn from the guide and the local community to uncover its asymmetrical and complex street web while admiring the architectural attractiveness of San Juan de Dios Square, Ignacio Agramonte Park and the Worker’s Square among other local attractions. Camagüey’s historic centre is considered the largest as well as the best preserved on the island. Our guide will help you to delight in the city’s many lavish churches and the twisted maze of streets, formerly designed to confound marauding pirates. You’ll find plenty of tinajones [earthenware jars] decorating the streets. The people of Camagüey originally produced the jars to collect rainwater during a drought. Today, they are one of the city’s decorative hallmarks. Overnight in Camaguey. Overnight in Camaguey. Start 9:00 am. Transfer to Camagüey 4 hours, panoramic tour of Camagüey 2.5 hours. 4 Tailored Journeys Pty Ltd, WA, 6153. Trading as Experience Cuba Tours 2018. Day 9: Camaguey – Bayamo. Cultural panoramic tour of Bayamo. Learn about the rebellious spirit of Bayamo on a walking tour offering the city’s highlights. Accompanied by your local guide, stroll around the metropolis centre to learn about fascinating chapters in the history of Cuba. Regular everyday life in Bayamo rotates around Céspedes Park, the Hymn Square and Céspedes birthplace. The city has a rich tradition of Cuban national pride and is often referred to as "the Birthplace of Cuban Nationality" and "the Cradle of Cuban Revolution." It was an early stronghold of revolutionary Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, who freed his slaves and declared war against colonialist Spain. During the ensuing battles, Bayamo exchanged hands several times and was once burned to the ground by Cuban rebels as the city was being sacked by the Spanish. Overnight in Bayamo. Start 9:00 am. Transfer to Bayamo 3 hours, panoramic tour of Bayamo 1 hour Day 10: Bayamo – Santiago de Cuba. Discover Santiago de Cuba and their genuine and welcoming people in a cultural panoramic tour of the city. Visit Céspedes Square, a lively park named for Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, a Cuban planter who freed his slaves and declared Cuban independence in 1868. Parque Céspedes is the spiritual centre of Santiago. On the south side of Parque Céspedes is the handsome Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción.
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