sign in sign up
<<
Home , Havana, Varadero

world—like nothing you have seen before. Interact with members of the neighborhood to discuss the project’s impact on the surrounding area. This afternoon’s highlight includes a workshop at the ANGELES DEL FUTURO TURNING TRAVEL DREAMS INTO REALITY SM Community Project, where you’ll meet young children DISCOVERY learning acrobatics and circus skills. You’ll be amazed Tour 8700—9 days from Miami to Miami at their talents and impressed with the skills they have mastered at such a young age—definitely a trip highlight! Before dinner this evening, meet members of the local Old Styler Car Club. Hear why ’s streets are filled with vintage American automobiles, and converse about how these cars are obtained and what it takes to keep them running. Ride in an OLD STYLER CAR to your farewell dinner, the perfect ending to your time in Cuba. (B,L,D)

Day 9 HAVANA–MIAMI, USA. After breakfast, depart for the airport and your return flight to Miami. Please schedule connecting flights after 6:50 pm. (B)

Meredith College March 11 - 19, 2017

CUBAN FLAGS Per person price based on double occupancy:$3278.00 Single: $3603.00 this part of the world home. Spend the next two nights at Price includes: land program, excursions, meals and a Casa Particular (a privately owned bed & breakfast). Here accommodations as specified in the itinerary, charter flights is the unique opportunity to interact with a local family and between Miami and Cuba and taxes, Cuban visa fees, pre- immerse yourself in the Cuban culture. Before you know paid gratuities, and the services of a Cuban National it, you’ll be part of the family and will be made to feel very Program Director. .� special. (B,L,D) Journey's Club members save $150 per person! Day 7 VIÑALES. Since we are in the heart of Cuba’s tobacco Travel Protection Plus is available for an additional region, we’ll visit a FACTORY and interact with $209.00 per person tobacco rollers. Learn about the importance of tobacco, both Please refer to Travel Protection Plus policy for more information culturally and commercially, for Cuba. Afterward, we visit a local COMMUNITY ART PROJECT and have a discussion about their program that helps children with Down Syndrome. Please make checks payable to Cosmos Lunch will be served at a local farm, where you will have Deposit Due: $1000 per person the opportunity to chat with the staff and owners. This With Travel Protection: $1209 per person afternoon, meet a local farmer and his family at a TOBACCO Travel Protection must be purchased at time of deposit FARM. Learn about the process of growing, drying, and rolling tobacco. You can even try rolling a cigar yourself! Take Shrouded in mystery for the past 50 years, the island nation of Cuba is waiting to be rediscovered. some time to get acquainted with the owner and his family † Be among the first American travelers in five decades to visit Cuba, as Cosmos presents this rare over coffee. (B,L) Group Voyagers Inc. is an organization licensed by the Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), CFR 515.565(b) and authorized to provide those who register as participants in opportunity to experience the colorful history and lively culture of this captivating country. Join us our programs to visit Cuba legally for educational People-to-People interactions. Our itineraries provide a full- Day 8 VIÑALES–HAVANA. Return to bustling Havana and time schedule of People-to-People educational exchange activities designed to result in meaningful interactions on this special People-to-People program designed around daily interactions with local residents between our travelers and individuals in Cuba. United States law requires that all participants in our programs visit artist JOSÉ FUSTER’S STUDIO, cleverly nicknamed the adhere to the full-time schedule of People-to-People activities. that deliver insight into the past, present, and future of this fascinating place. “Picasso of the .” Here, you’ll discover a surreal †Group Voyagers, Inc. is the company that markets and sells the Globus family of brands. GF061564_8700 Day 1 ARRIVE IN MIAMI. Arrive in Miami and transfer to stopping at Bridge, the tallest bridge in your hotel. Tonight, meet your Cosmos Group Leader for a 6 Cuba. Enjoy incredible views and time for pictures at this pm welcome meeting. This is a good time to meet your fellow spectacular lookout point. Arrive at your beautiful waterside program participants and get last-minute questions answered. resort for a 2-night stay. Enjoy an interactive DANCE LESSON before dinner tonight. (L,D) Meredith College Day 2 MIAMI–HAVANA, CUBA–. A short Denise Parker flight brings you to Havana, where you’ll meet your Cuban Day 3 VARADERO. EXCURSION TO & [email protected] (919) 760-8051 National Tour Director. Travel through Cuba’s countryside, CÁRDENAS. This morning, visit Matanzas, known as the LEISURELY ON THE GO

LEISURELY ON THE GO

LEISURELY ON THE GO

CIGAR ROLLERS CUBAN SPECIALTIES LOCAL MUSICIANS

LEISURELY ON THE GO

“Athens of Cuba” for the many renowned artists and intellectuals it has produced. Visit TRIOLET PHARMACY, 1 Miami which dates back to 1879 and is preserved in its entirety. Then, interact with workers at EDICIONES VIGIA, a print LEISURELY ON THE GO and binding shop, and learn about the traditional craft that Gulf of is still done by hand. This afternoon brings us to Cárdenas, where we’ll visit with several ARTISTS and learn about their works and inspirations. Before returning to your hotel, stop

Havana at CASA DUPONT, built in 1926 by American millionaire 3 2 Varadero Irénée du Pont. See the lavish grounds, and admire the Cárdenas Matanzas detailed architecture of this former mansion, nicknamed Viñales 2 CUBA “Xanadu” by its owner. (B,L,D) Day 4 VARADERO–HAVANA. This morning, travel to THE BEAUTIFUL VIÑALES VALLEY Havana, the bustling capital of Cuba and your home for the Overnights Start City next two nights. Start your time in Havana with a visit to a Day 5 HAVANA. Start the day with a panoramic tour End City local ORGANIC FARM, where you’ll join a discussion with around Havana that includes REVOLUTION SQUARE, the the workers. Enjoy lunch at the farm’s paladar (a special, , the Capitol Building, and Prado. privately owned restaurant). Over dessert, discuss with the Next, join a local ARCHITECT for a walk in Old Havana, Your Travel Package Includes: owner and staff their farm-to-table process and the free a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Discuss the different Inside visits and special features: Shown in UPPERCASE in the tour enterprise system in Cuba. Then, visit a DAYCARE CENTER types of architecture found throughout the city, the description including admission charges where applicable. to interact with the children and the nuns who run the progress of restoration projects, and how they receive program. The children may even delight you with a song or their supplies and funding. Afterward, visit the SANTO Scenic Highlights: Bacunayagua Bridge, Varadero, Viñales Valley two. Next, visit FINCA VIGIA, ’s beloved ANGEL NEIGHBORHOOD to interact with local community Guides: Services of a professional Cosmos Group Leader and English- home. Hemingway lived in Cuba for 30 years and is well members. You’ll learn how their project was founded to speaking Cuban Tour Director respected by the Cuban people. Also see his fishing boat, better the neighborhood by offering services such as a Transportation: Airport transfer in Miami; touring by private, first- El Pilar, used to patrol for German U-boats during WWII. beauty school, cafeteria for the elderly, and art galleries. class air-conditioned motorcoach Tonight, enjoy dinner at El Aljibe Restaurant, famous for its We’ll end the day with a stop at the FERIA DE ARTESANIA Hotels: Listed below or equivalent; includes rooms with private bath open-air ambiance and special slow-roasted . (B,L,D) to meet local artists and see the wares sold at this area or shower, hotel taxes, porterage, tips, and service charges market. (B,L) MIAMI Courtyard Miami Airport (F), VARADERO Memories Varadero Day 6 HAVANA–VIÑALES. Today we travel to the western Beach Resort (MF), HAVANA Memories Miramar Havana Hotel (MF), end of the island to the of Pinar del Río. With VIÑALES Casa Particular (BA) some of the country’s most beautiful scenery, you’ll see Meals: 7 breakfast (B), 7 lunches (L), 5 dinners (D), including a lush emerald-green tobacco fields and dramatic limestone farewell dinner in Havana formations, called mogotes, which are the height of skyscrapers and tower over the Viñales Valley floor. Visit NOTES: The “Cuba Discovery” program requires walking on cobblestone streets and uneven pathways, climbing stairs, and participating in a full-time schedule of people- a COFFEE PLANTATION and learn about the traditional to-people activities. techniques still used today. Interact with the plantation Due to special requirements to visit Cuba, participants will be required to complete visa staff as well as local community members to learn more application ($80 visa fee is included in vacation price) and travel reservation forms, and sign about their daily lives. Enjoy a guided NATURE WALK to an affidavit confirming that they are traveling under a people-to-people license and are aware learn about and discuss some of the unique flora and of the travel rules. Participants are also required to send a copy of their passport photo page. These items must be sent to Globus within 7 days of making a reservation. fauna found in this region of Cuba. Upon arrival in Viñales, In Cuba, activities that have been scheduled far in advance can sometimes become your Tour Director will take you on a walk through the unavailable for a number of different reasons. The purpose of the trip is to have handsome square and along the wide main street lined with meaningful interactions with the locals and if the planned people-to-people turn-of-the-century cottages with red-tiled roofs. During educational exchange isn’t available, rest assured that another will be substituted DANCERS TRADITIONAL COLOR that will be just as enriching. your walk, share in a discussion with the people who call