Adelman Vacations Refers… Collette Vacations Rediscover - A Cultural Exploration April 29 – May 7, 2014

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Collette Travel Service, Inc. d/b/a Collette Vacations (“Collette”) has been issued a license (license number CT-2012-299283-1) by the Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) which authorizes registered guests of our programs, under the auspices of Collette, to legally travel to Cuba, to participate and engage in a full time schedule of authorized educational exchange activities in Cuba, which will involve meaningful interaction between you and people in Cuba. Prior to departure, Collette will provide you with a Letter of Authorization to confirm your legal travel status, the authorized travel agenda and activities, and your recordkeeping responsibilities.

For more information contact Brian Garrison Adelman Vacations (417)888-4488 [email protected]

9 Days ● 19 Meals: 8 Breakfasts, 5 Lunches, 6 Dinners BOOK NOW see please note section for details Double $4,269 * $ Single $4,669 100 Regular rates: Double $4,369 Single $4,769 Included in Price: Round Trip Air from Lambert St Louis Intl, Air Taxes and Fees/Surcharges, Hotel Transfers Air from Springfield is Available, please add $50 to above rates.

Not included in price: Cancellation Waiver and Insurance of $230 per person * All Rates are Per Person and are subject to change IMPORTANT CONDITIONS: Your price is subject to increase prior to the time you make full payment. Your price is not subject to increase after you make full payment, except for charges resulting from increases in government-imposed taxes or fees. Once deposited, you have 7 days to send us written consumer consent or withdraw consent and receive a full refund. (See registration form for consent.)

Cuba

HIGHLIGHTS… Trinidad, Pottery Demonstration, , , Cuban Fine Arts Museum, Casa Fuster

Day 1: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 Fly to Iznaga’s former sugar factory and estate, Miami, Florida - Tour Begins Join us as located in the beautiful “Valle de los you come to know the people of Cuba and Ingenios,” or “Valley of the Sugar Mills.” explore the cultural treasures of this island Learn about the history of sugar just 90 miles off the coast of the United production and its integral importance to States. Fly into Miami, our gateway to the island’s economy and the Cuban way Cuba. Tonight, get acquainted with your of life. Your guide offers insight on the fellow travelers during a welcome types of agriculture that are significant reception and trip briefing. today. Enjoy lunch at the estate before learning about the local art of linen- Day 2: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 Miami - making from the residents who make their Trinidad, Cuba Your journey begins as you living via this craft. This afternoon, visit a fly from Miami to Cienfuegos Airport. ceramic studio and enjoy a pottery Transfer to Trinidad, known for its demonstration. The owners will be on- cobblestone streets and pastel-colored hand to discuss traditions that have been houses. Tonight, a welcome dinner at a passed down from generation to local restaurant introduces you to the generation. Perhaps take a turn at the vibrant culture of the Cuban people. potter’s wheel for a hands-on experience Mingle with the locals and enjoy some with this craft. (B, L, D) live traditional music. Your evening includes a fascinating interactive lecture Day 4: Friday, May 2, 2014 Trinidad - on the instruments used to produce the Cienfuegos - Trinidad This morning, set distinctive “Sounds of Cuba.” (B, D) off for “La Perla del Sur” – the city of Cienfuegos, referred to as the Pearl of the Day 3: Thursday, May 1, 2014 Trinidad - South. Visit the Cienfuegos Province Manaca Iznaga - Trinidad Today, discover Botanical Gardens, the oldest of its kind Trinidad and walk with a local expert who on the island. During a fascinating will guide you through the Palacio walking tour, learn about the garden’s ties Cantero, the city’s history museum with Harvard University and its founding housed in a restored Neoclassical palace. as a research center where a sugar mill This is the perfect opportunity to ask once stood. After a picnic lunch, explore about the unique houses that make up this the historic Plaza Mayor. Peruse the museum of a city. Next, visit Manaca shops, converse with the shopkeepers and get a true taste of the local culture. Learn countryside to Havana, Cuba’s capital. how Cuba’s ration system works and Explore the Hotel Nacional, an iconic discover which types of goods are national landmark. Tonight, enjoy Cuban available for to purchase. favorites as you dine at El Aljibe, in the Afterward, visit a working Cuban cigar most modern part of the city. (B, L, D) factory! Learn about the life of the Day 6: Sunday, May 4, 2014 Havana This workers and get an in depth look at how a morning, learn about Cuba’s revolutionary typical Cuban factory runs. Later, visit literacy campaign of 1961. While visiting Tomas Terry Theatre, an impressive opera the Literacy Museum, engage with its house on Plaza Mayor. Sit back and enjoy director who offers his personal a charming choral performance, followed perspective into the education system in by time to meet the performers. Return to Cuba and efforts to reach even the most Trinidad for dinner in one of the city’s rural communities. Then visit a local restaurants for an authentic Cuban dining health care facility to meet the staff and experience. (B, L, D) learn more about the health care system in Day 5: Saturday, May 3, 2014 Trinidad - Cuba. Then, savor lunch at a traditional Havana Embark on a scenic drive this restaurant in Old Havana, the perfect morning, past lush mountains and forests, setting to immerse yourself in the culture pleasant country towns and farms, and the of the city. You are in for a treat when you pristine Caribbean Sea. Enjoy lunch at La visit a local performing arts school and Cueva de los Peces, which is named for meet its creative students. Dinner is the nearby “Cave of the Fish,” a “cenote” included tonight as you visit one of the or sinkhole filled with multicolored sea area’s paladars, a small specialty life. You may even spot Cuba’s national restaurant with its own organic farm. Meet bird, the Tocororo, and some of the the proprietors of this family-run and island's most colorful fish. Visit the privately-owned business. They will share historic sugar mill which stories about opening a privately-run once used as his headquarters during the restaurant in Cuba. Perhaps you will share . Climb aboard a stories from your own life. (B, L, D) steam train and be whisked away through Day 7: Monday, May 5, 2014 Havana farmlands, stopping along the way to see Today, explore the strong connections of farmers at work. Strike up a conversation this community as you spend time visiting and discover what a typical work day is the benefactors of a local charity that like for them. Next, travel across the focuses on caring for the elderly. Afterwards, visit a local park where local at La Ferminia, a popular restaurant that antique car owners gather. Discuss how resides on legendary 5th Avenue. Later, car ownership in Cuba works, along with learn about policies between the U.S. and the ingenious ways they keep these Cuba during an interesting discussion led classics running after all these years. by a Cuban scholar. This evening, take a Next, visit a historic hotel in Old Havana trip around Havana in one of the antique to interact with some professional American cars that the city is known for. dancers. Learn about the Cuban national Finally, savor dinner in one of Havana’s dance, Salsa. Strike up a conversation finest restaurants as you celebrate an with the dancers about their lives and amazing journey and your new Cuban Cuba's dance culture while learning some friends. (B, L, D) of the basic steps of this remarkable Day 9: Wednesday, May 7, 2014 Havana - dance. (B) Miami, Florida - Tour Ends Fly from Day 8: Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Havana - Havana to Miami. Your tour ends today. Casa Fuster - Havana Walk through the (B)

dramatic evolution of at the Cuban Fine Arts Museum. Enjoy a ITINERARY AT A GLANCE presentation given by a passionate local Day 1 Marriott Miami Airport, art historian. Travel to Casa Fuster for an Miami,Florida insider’s look at the work and life of Days 2 – 4 Hotel Las Brisas, Trinidad Cuban artist Jose Fuster. One of his Days 5 – 8 Hotel Nacional de Cuba, apprentices or even the artist himself will Havana be on hand to talk about his art, inspired by Gaudi. Experience a lunch that On some dates alternate hotels may be used. captures the energy of daily life in Havana

PLEASE NOTE: returning back to the United States.

Book Now rates valid until Oct 29, 2013, valid To complete your vacation, we include roundtrip on air inclusive packages only. airport-to-hotel transfers when purchasing Collette Please note that a departure tax of 25 CUC (Cuban airfare with your tour. If you have arranged for your Pesos Convertibles), approximately 30 USD, must be own air, we are pleased to provide you the option of paid for in cash upon departing Havana Airport and purchasing these transfers. Please note that all For important reservation information visit www.collettevacations.com/link/573710. You can also find this information on your tour documents. transfers will leave at pre-scheduled times. better facilitate meaningful educational exchanges.

Single accommodations are limited and are available Due to unforeseen circumstances and schedule on a first come, first served basis. changes, educational visits may be interchanged with similar activities. Due to heavy demand for this destination and our ability to provide intimate cultural interactions with Record Keeping Requirements per OFAC (Office of the local people of Cuba, this tour will operate with a Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the maximum of 30 passengers. Treasury): Each passenger is required to keep a general written record of each day's activities in This tour may also operate in reverse on certain Cuba as to the various sites visited and transactions dates. or activities engaged in. Such records shall be kept Please note that triple accommodations are not and retained by passenger to be made available for available on the Rediscover Cuba program. examination upon demand (by OFAC) for at least five (5) years from the date of each transaction. This is an educational program that requires full-time participation; therefore, we require participants to be Collette Travel Service, Inc. d/b/a Collette Vacations at least 15 years of age. (“Collette”) has been issued a license (license

The domestic flights to/from Miami are not included number CT-2012-299283-1) by the Department of in the land price of your vacation. Domestic flights Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) may be arranged separately if you decide to which authorizes registered guests of our programs, purchase your own air. Charter flights to/from Cuba under the auspices of Collette, to legally travel to are part of your package cost to Cuba. Cuba, to participate and engage in a full time schedule of authorized educational exchange Due to flight schedules on your return from Havana activities in Cuba, which will involve meaningful to Miami, you may require a post night in the Miami interaction between you and people in Cuba. area at your own expense. Prior to departure, Collette will provide you with a Return flights from Miami should not be booked prior Letter of Authorization to confirm your legal travel to 4:00 PM. status, the authorized travel agenda and activities, In order to fulfill OFAC’s licensing requirements on and your recordkeeping responsibilities. this tour, you will have a full-time schedule of This tour includes moderate physical activity. The educational exchange activities that will result in a itinerary blends some longer days with shorter days meaningful interaction between the traveler, you, and more leisure time. Walking tours, as well as and individuals in Cuba. The itinerary has been walking slightly longer distances, up stairs or on designed with these requirements in mind and there uneven walking surfaces should be expected. will be no leisure time on this program as on other Collette tours. The days and order of sightseeing Air rate and schedule are applicable for groups of 10 or more traveling on the same flights and dates. may change to best utilize your time on tour and to

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For more information visit www.collettevacations.com/link/573710