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Colonial Cities of CUBA Featuring Havana, Camagüey, Trinidad & Cienfuegos Gladstone Parks and Recreation presents Booking Discount Save $100 per person! See inside for details! Colonial Cities of CUBA Featuring Havana, Camagüey, Trinidad & Cienfuegos March 10, 2016 - 9 Days Day 1: Flight to Miami and opportunity to interact with the local people and shop owners. Today transfer to the airport for your flight to Miami. Upon arrival Trinidad is one of the country’s oldest cities, founded by the Spaniards transfer to your Miami airport hotel. This evening an Informational in 1514. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it was established on orders Briefing will be held at the hotel about the day 2 charter flight to Ha- of the conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, who traveled to Cuba vana and the start of your people to people experience to Cuba. The with Columbus in 1493. Trinidad is a cobblestone showcase of colo- evening is at leisure. Overnight: Miami nial architecture and pastel-colored buildings and houses decorated with wooden shutters and wrought-iron grilles. Caged songbirds out- Day 2: Miami - Flight to Camagüey Cuba side the home is a Trinidad tradition still prevalent today. Enjoy time Early this morning transfer to the Miami International Airport and in a local craft market to interact with the local artists, craft makers check in for your flight to Camagüey, Cuba’s third-largest city. Upon and embroiderers with an opportunity to purchase handmade art and arrival, clear custom’s and meet your professional bilingual Cuban crafts by the locals. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant in Trinidad before guide. Enjoy a walking tour of Camagüey and the city’s beautifully re- departing to Cienfuegos or Santa Clara for a two night stay. Dinner is stored plazas and discover why it is nicknamed the “City of Squares.” included this evening. Overnight: Cienfuegos or Santa Clara (B,L,D) It’s one of the first seven villages founded by the Spaniards and de- clared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. After lunch at a local restau- Day 5: Cienfuegos rant, join in a discussion with local artists about the inspirations for Today is spent experiencing Cienfuegos, settled by French immigrants their work, importance to the community, and how art motivates more than 150 years ago, and is often referred to as the “Pearl of the people. Over dinner, enjoy traditional Flamenco Dance and Music South” because of its impressive beauty and colorful history. Enjoy a brought to Cuba by Spanish settlers. panoramic overview of its Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Overnight: Camagüey (L,D) and a fine example of the architecture of 18th century Cuba. Enjoy a guided visit and discussion to learn about the history of the beautiful Day 3: Camagüey - King Ranch Thomas Terry Theatre, built in 1889 by Leno Sanchez Marmol and com- Today, see a rehearsal by the Camagüey Ballet Company or local pletely in its original state adorned with incredible painted frescoes on contemporary dance group, which has performed in over 40 coun- the ceiling. Next enjoy a performance by the local Cienfuegos Choir or tries. You’ll have a chance to meet and interact with the dancers, Orchestra and an opportunity to meet and interact with them to learn teachers and ballet shoe makers as well. Next travel to King Ranch, more about the musical history of this choir group and the music culture. an expansion of the famous ranch of the same name in Texas, and Lunch is included at a local Pladar with an opportunity to talk with and its neighboring village, including stepping inside a rural home and interact with the owners and staff of a privately owned business in Cuba. school to discuss rural life and education. Then, over a barbecue Overnight: Cienfuegos or Santa Clara (B,L,D) lunch, an opportunity to interact with the Cuban cowboys who call the ranch home. Visit the Casanova Pottery Studio to learn about Day 6: Cienfuegos/Santa Clara - Bay of Pigs Museum - Havana Camagüey’s famous tinajones, large red pots found outside homes, Today we travel through the countryside, passing banana plantations the symbol of the city. See the traditional way of making them and and sugar cane fields. We’ll make a brief stop in the town ofPlaya Girón interact with the artists to learn about the this local process. Enjoy for a guided visit of the Bay of Pigs Museum, housed in an old sugar dinner this evening at a local Paladar. Overnight: Camaguey (B,L,D) mill and used by Fidel Castro as his center of operations during the 1961 invasion. We’ll see many historical artifacts, including a Sea Fury Day 4: Camagüey - Trinidad - Cienfuegos / Santa Clara fighter aircraft, photos, and maps which outline each step of the failed Travel to Trinidad, the crown jewel of Cuba’s colonial cities, founded plan. Over lunch, join in a lecture and discussion with a local Naturalist in 1514 and today a UNESCO World Heritage Site and charmingly about the Dapata National Swamp Land Marine Life Eco System. Fol- preserved. Drive through and have an overview of the Valle de los lowing lunch we travel along the Cuban National Highway and arrive in Ingenios (Valley of the Sugar Mills). This lush and picturesque valley Havana, Cuba’s vibrant capital city later this afternoon. A stop is made was once the center of the sugar trade industry and home to Old in the charming fishing village of Jaimanitas to visit the incredible home World haciendas. Arrive in Trinidad and enjoy a guided walking tour work shop and studio of world famous artist, painter and ceramicist,Jose Fuster, often called the “Picasso of Cuba”. He has adorned dozens of houses with colorful ornate mozaic murals and domes. Here we spend time with the Fuster family and staff as well as the local residents of the town to discuss the influence of the artist’s work and their lives and community. Check into your hotel in Havana for a three night stay. The evening is free to enjoy dinner on your own or relax at the hotel. Overnight: Havana (B,L) Day 7: Havana Next opportunity to engage with tobacco rollers at a cigar factory and to learn about the importance of tobacco, both culturally and com- mercially, for Cuba. Make a stop and learn more about the Plaza of the Revolution, the center of Cuban political life and Havana’s largest plaza where huge rallies are held. Your guide speaks below the grandi- ose portraits of national heroes Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos, and gives you time to reflect on the fact that you’re standing where millions of Cubans have stood while listening to speeches of Fidel Castro. Enjoy a guided Highlights & Experiences walking tour of pedestrian only Old Havana, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. See • Camagüey (UNESCO World Heritage Site) the beautiful Cathedral de la Havana, built in baroque style in 1748 and learn • King Ranch about its preservation and continuous restoration. Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier described the building as “music turned to stone.” Also see the Marqueta Vieja • Camagüey Ballet Company Havana Museum that houses the scale model of the City of Havana and learn • Casanova Pottery Studio about the city’s architecture and restoration efforts. Enjoy lunch in Old Havana • Trinidad (UNESCO World Heritage Site) before touring the famous Museum of the Revolution that displays documents • Thomas Terry Theatre and artifacts, weapons and planes from the revolution. See artifacts & learn more • Cienfuegos (UNESCO World Heritage Site) about the Bay of Pigs, the 1961 historic clash that defined US-Cuba relations for decades. The museum is housed in the former Presidential Palace which was the • Cienfuegos Choir or Orchestra home to Cuba’s leaders until 1959. End the day with a visit and time to explore the • Cigar Factory Visit San Jose Craft Market and Art Center to meet and interact with the local artists • Bay of Pigs Museum to discuss and learn of the importance of their art in Cuban culture. Learn from • Walking Tour Old Havana (UNESCO World Heritage Site) the artists who share their experiences of pursuing the arts with limited access to • Hemingway’s Farm - Finca La Vigia materials and funding. The evening is at leisure to experience the restaurants of • Plaza of the Revolution Havana on your own. Perhaps even take in the world famous Tropicana Cabaret Show on your own. The Tropicana Cabaret opened in 1939 and is an extravagant spectacle • Tour Home & Studio of Artist Jose Fuster with a revue of glamour and nostalgia. An evening of music and history at this famous • Old Style Classic Car Club Discussion nightclub show that presents song-and-dance reminiscent of the 1950’s Cuba. • Colon Cemetery Overnight: Havana (B,L) • Museum of the Revolution Day 8: Havana Religion has always played an important role in Cuban society that continues today. This morning enjoy a walking tour with a local historian of the fascinatingColon Inclusions Cemetery, founded in 1876 and named for Christopher Columbus. The cemetery • Round Trip Airfare from Kansas City (MCI) is noted for its many elaborate sculpted memorials and contains more than 500 • U.S. Air Departure Taxes & Fees major mausoleums, chapels and family vaults and is considered by many to be • Cuban Airport Departure Taxes the most ornate necropolis in the world and is the final resting place for noted • Hotel & Airport Transfers In Cuba Cubans including artists, writers, musicians and ballplayers. Next enter the world • 8 Nights Hotel Accommodations of Ernest Hemingway with a visit to Hemingway’s Farm, Finca La Vigia (meaning ‘lookout house’). This beautiful property hosts the house where the Nobel Prize • Professional Bilingual Cuban Tour Guide winner lived with his wife Martha.
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