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Tlctravels.Ourcuba.Com Wild Cuba Adventure Cubans rank high on the world happiness index. Constant hellos, jokes, and smiles greet American guests. Free education and health care, no homelessness, and a negligible rate of violent crime boost spirits. Photo Ana Lorena. TLCTravels.OurCuba.com 1-336-675-5280 Wild Cuba adventure Day 1 • Saturday • Say hello to adventurous Cuba Arrive at Havana’s José Martí International airport (HAV). Enroute to your boutique accommodations savor the sights and sounds of one of the oldest and most stunning cities in the New World. At your lodging, enjoy a welcome cocktail, freshen up, and get comfortable. Group arrival dinner with your guide and tourmates. Evening entertainment options: Groove to live jazz, relax in a lounge, or revel in a dicey dance show – all within walking distance of your lodging. Day 2 • Sunday • Romancing Old Havana, old cars + castles You're gonna love Cuba Copyright © 1997-2021. All rights reserved. Like us on facebook Plaza de San Francisco de Asís is one of Havana’s four historic squares. The plaza was built in the 1500s as a rest-stop for Spanish galleons carrying gold and other South American treasures to Spain. It sported Havana's first water fountain as a source of drinking water for residents. The original well was replaced in 1836 with the marble Fountain of the Lions (seen here). Photo TLCTravels.OurCuba.com 1-336-675-5280 Norlys Pérez Padrón. Greet the day with tasty breakfast at your boutique accommodations. Time warp. We’ll cruise the ancient ruins of the iconic El Morro Castle and adjacent Cabaña Fortress in 1950s classic American convertibles. The fortresses are the oldest and most expansive Spanish colonial installations in Latin America. There are more functional US vintage autos in Cuba than in the United States. We’ll visit the recently renovated Capitolio de La Habana, home to Cuba’s National Assembly. The imposing monument is reminiscent of the US Capitol but taller and less austere; chocked full of grand statuary, breathtaking ornamental details, and jaw-dropping art. The building supports the sixth-largest dome in the world – clad in 24 karat gold plated panels. You will learn all about this magnificent structure from staff who work at the Capitolio. You're gonna love Cuba Copyright © 1997-2021. All rights reserved. Like us on facebook TLCTravels.OurCuba.com 1-336-675-5280 Guided walking tour of Old Havana. “In terms of beauty, only Venice and Paris surpassed Havana,” penned Ernest Hemingway. He was alluding to Havana’s incredible architecture, arts, and, of course, the joie de vivre the city’s engaging people. Old Havana’s four ancient plazas are full of color and personality, with a mix of palatial buildings, monuments, museums, galleries, churches, lively entertainment, restaurants, and bars. Together, the four plazas of Old Havana contain the most extensive collection of Spanish colonial-era architecture in Latin America. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, restoration and care of Old Havana’s wonders is the responsibility the Office of the Historian of Havana – Cuba Explorer’s island sponsor. We’ll visit Cathedral Square, the Square of Arms, San Francisco Square, and Plaza Vieja. Lunch at El Rum Rum de la Havana private restaurant. In Cuba, eating establishments are full of rum (the vital ingredient for mojitos) and ‘rum rum’ (a Cuban term for gossip). Gossip we must, because El Rum Rum is the talk of Habana Vieja paying homage to seafood, Spanish gastronomy, cigars and throat-warming shots of the hard stuff. Guided tour of the Museum of the Revolution, former opulent palace of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Learn the story of Cuba from colonial times to the present. Exhibits include the yacht Granma in which Fidel Castro and 81 rebel combatants returned to Cuba from exile in México in 1956 to launch the Revolution. You’ll see relics from the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis. It tells a story not only of Cuba but for much of Latin America. Return to your boutique accommodations to freshen up. Group welcome dinner at the private restaurant Mojito Mojito. Ideally situated near Plaza Vieja, it’s friendly atmosphere, fantastic food, and terrific mojitos gives it a top ranking on TripAdvisor. International guests and Cubans love this place. Day 3 • Monday • Viñales Valley, land of the gods You're gonna love Cuba Copyright © 1997-2021. All rights reserved. Like us on facebook When Christopher Columbus reached Cuba in 1492, he observed aboriginal people “drinking smoke.” They’d been doing so for centuries. Thus the habit was introduced to the rest of the world. By 1515 the Spanish were exporting tobacco from Cuba to Europe and gleaning more profits from cigars than from gold. Cubans use traditional harvesting and processing techniques TLCTravels.OurCuba.com 1-336-675-5280 inherited from their indigenous Taíno ancestors. Photo Norlys Pérez Padrón. Greet the day with tasty breakfast at your boutique accommodations. We’re off to voluptuous Viñales Valley, an idyllic mountaintop hamlet in the heart of Cuba’s celebrated tobacco-growing region. The village sits in the center of an expansive valley surrounded by stunning karst hill formations known locally as mogotes. Mogotes are irregularly shaped steep-sided hills that can rise a thousand feet, and have bases ranging from just a few hundred yards in diameter to more than a mile in width. In commendation, UNESCO lists exalted Viñales Valley’s natural wonders as a World Heritage Site. We’ll hike the fields of Finca Agroecologica El Paraiso organic farm and learn how this family reclaimed a rocky mountainside to grow vegetables, herbs, and exotic fruit trees. Lunch at an organic farm Finca Agroecologica El Paraiso. All of its menu selections are cooked up from organic farm-fresh local ingredients. “So incredibly delicious,” say many hundreds of TripAdvisor diners. You're gonna love Cuba Copyright © 1997-2021. All rights reserved. Like us on facebook TLCTravels.OurCuba.com 1-336-675-5280 Visit a privately-owned small tobacco plantation that produces the rarified leaves for Cuban’s world-renowned cigars. We’ll meet the owners – the third generation of women – who operate the farm using horses and oxen. They’ll give a personal demonstration on how to craft hand-rolled Habano cigars. Boat ride through the aquatic veins of Cueva del Indio [Indian cave]. Float on the underground river that runs through a vast limestone cavern. You’ll get bat’s eye view of mammoth-sized stalactites and stalagmites lining the interior of this mini-mountain karst formation, known as a mogote in Cuba. These camel-hump formations date back to the Upper Cretaceous era. Check-in to your boutique accommodations in Viñales. Time to relax and freshen up for an entertaining evening. Dinner tonight at El Campesino Yuri y Nino private restaurant and guest house. Another occasion to savor the best of centuries-old Cuban cuisine comprised of indigenous ingredients. How about taking in some Viñales nightlife? Your guide can suggest all the hot spots. Day 4 • Tuesday • Cayo Levisa beach, tropical splendor You're gonna love Cuba Copyright © 1997-2021. All rights reserved. Like us on facebook Surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, Cuba is the eighth largest island nation in the world. It’s 3,570 miles of coastline is 1100 miles longer than the distance between New York and Los Angeles as the crow flies. Cubans and international guests enjoy over 300 dreamy beaches – their powdery sands vary in color from dazzling white to deep black. Photo Ana Lorena. TLCTravels.OurCuba.com 1-336-675-5280 Greet the day with tasty breakfast at your boutique accommodations. Cayo Levisa. Early morning escape to a tiny island rimmed with coconut trees and mangroves, home to endemic bird species. Sink your feet into the island’s smooth white sands, or venture into the warm waters to explore the pristine coral reefs. Enjoy snorkeling (included), or optional scuba diving. Essential: You must have a scuba certificate for this activity. Along Cayo Levisa’s two-and-a-half miles of beach, there are 21 diving spots. In the shallows, you’ll see sponges, rare black coral, and myriad species of tropical fish. The remains of Spanish galleons shipwrecked during the 17th and 18th centuries lie beyond the depths of the shore. You’ll delight over a traditional criollo lunch during your captivating Cayo Levisa excursion. Return to your boutique accommodations in Viñales, time to freshen up for the evening. You're gonna love Cuba Copyright © 1997-2021. All rights reserved. Like us on facebook Thrill-seekers and adrenaline junkies delight. Zipline across Cuban tobacco fields and around mogotes (prehistoric mini-mountains). Photo Norlys Pérez Padrón. TLCTravels.OurCuba.com 1-336-675-5280 Dinner not included in tour cost – an occasion to sample the stellar private eateries and sample the variety of Cuba’s distinctive cuisines. We’ll provide suggestions for restaurants most popular with Cubans and our travelers. Think about taking in some of Viñales local nightlife. Your guide can suggest venues. Day 5 • Wednesday • Horseback riding and zipline thrills Greet the day with tasty breakfast at your boutique accommodations. Great fun required in few words: Time for horseback riding through the trails and paths of Viñales Valley. Zipline perk! What more can we say about the exhilarating possibility of racing across a magical tropical valley on a narrow cable at many yards per second? Hold on to your britches. You're gonna love Cuba Copyright © 1997-2021. All rights reserved. Like us on facebook Nooks, crannies, and secret places discovered when biking through the streets of Old Havana. With very few hills, biking around the city is effortless.
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