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Moments Reiseprogramm JAGUAR OWNERS CLUB N° 1 | 03 | 15 MOMENTS REISEPROGRAMM VIVA KUBA! Die Perle der Karibik! RHYTHMUS, RUM UND REVOLUTION. Kuba – das ist die pure Lebensfreude. Eine tempera- eingebettet in herrlich grüne Tropengebirge, die immer mentvolle Lust am Leben und der allgegenwärtige Rhyth- wieder geprägt sind von weitläufigen Tabakplantagen. Sie mus, dem weder koloniale Vergangenheit noch revolutionäre liefern den Rohsto für einen Exportschlager der Insel: Gegenwart jemals Einhalt gebieten konnte. Jeder, der die feinste Zigarren, deren Entstehung Sie hautnah miterleben Perle der Karibik erlebt hat, fängt an zu schwärmen – vom können. Ebenso erstklassig ist der kubanische Rum, über morbiden Charme Havannas, von Kultur und unvergleichlicher den wir alles im Rum-Museum Fundación Havana Club Natur, Sonne und Salsa, Cuba libre und feinsten Zigarren erfahren – und natürlich verkosten wir ihn. sowie von legendären Orten wie dem Tropicana Club, Ein Gläschen des Lebenselixiers genießen wir vielleicht Hemingways Finca oder dem Hotel Nacional, in dem einst auch mit Rhythmus-Genie Amadito Valdés – Meister der der internationale Jetset und die großen Mafiabosse zu Gast Timbales und eines der letzten Original-Mitglieder des waren. berühmten Buena Vista Social Clubs – der uns persönlich Unternehmen Sie mit uns eine Zeitreise und besteigen in die Geschichte und Geheimnisse kubanischer Rhythmen Sie amerikanische Straßenkreuzer, mit denen wir wie in den einführt. 50er-Jahren durch Havanna fahren – so werden Sie selbst Geschichte(n) treen wir überall – in Havanna Teil der Geschichte und Ära von Ernest Hemingway und ebenso wie im kolonialen Trinidad mit seiner UNESCO- vielen Stars und Sternchen, die hier feierten. Überhaupt geschützten Altstadt und dem prächtigen Palacio de Valle, begegnen wir den Spuren der Stars auf Schritt und Tritt, so der an die Zeit der Zuckerbarone erinnert. Dem einen oder auch im La Guarida, dem beliebtesten Privatrestaurant anderen Nachfahren begegnen wir vielleicht beim Dinner der Stadt und „hardest table to get in Havana“ – wo schon im exklusiven „Club Havana“, wo ein Galamenü und ein für Robert Redford, Sting sowie die spanische Königin der eigens für uns gegebenes Konzert des bekannten Kammer- Tisch gedeckt wurde und das auch als Filmkulisse diente. orchesters Camerata Romeu auf uns warten. Sie werden Viel Glamour, zu dem die Begegnung mit Kubas Landschaften das Feuer dieses Landes in sich aufnehmen – dem Land einen echten Gegenpol darstellt: Wir besuchen die zahllo- der Gastfreundschaft, des Rhythmus und der Revolutionäre. sen schönen Gebiete Kubas mit gigantischen Naturkulissen, Viva Kuba! PROGRAMM 1. TAG, SONNTAG, 8. NOVEMBER 2015 10.25 bis 11.50 Uhr: Flug von Frankfurt nach Paris Mit Air France – auf Anfrage auch von anderen deutschen Flughäfen. 13.40 bis 18.05 Uhr: Flug von Paris nach Havanna Mit Air France – Flugzeit ca. 10 Stunden, 25 Minuten, Zeit- verschiebung -6 Stunden. Begrüßung durch unseren Tour-Guide Transfer zum Hotel Unser 5-Sterne-Hotel Saratoga, das führende, stilvolle Bou- tiquehotel in der Altstadt von Havanna, liegt nur wenige Gehminuten vom Gran Teatro entfernt. Von der Panorama- Dachterrasse mit Pool erönet sich ein grandioser Blick über die Stadt. Welcomecocktail und Abendessen Vielleicht haben Sie danach noch Lust auf einen kleinen Spaziergang zum romantisch beleuchteten Platz der Kathedrale und auf einen Drink in der berühmten Bar Floridita, wo sich schon Greta Garbo oder Jean-Paul Sartre amüsierten und Hemingway heute in Bronze gegossen über seine Nachfolger wacht. 2. TAG, MONTAG, 9. NOVEMBER 2015 Erste Erkundung Havannas Havanna lernen wir zunächst bei einer Fahrt mit Pferde- kutschen kennen. Wir fahren über den Prado und entlang der Hafenpromenade – vorbei an prächtiger Architektur und verfallenem Glanz. Unsere Entdeckungsreise setzen wir bei einem Spaziergang durch das koloniale Alt-Havanna fort und machen Stopp an den wichtigsten Sehenswürdig- keiten und schönsten Plätzen. In Hemingways Mojito Bar Bodeguita kosten wir zwischendurch einen typisch kuba- nischen Cocktail. Lunch mit kubanischen Rhythmen Unser Mittagessen genießen wir untermalt von traditioneller Livemusik auf der Terrasse des Restaurants La Mina an der Plaza de Armas. Oldtimer, Rum und Coco-Taxis Am Nachmittag erleben wir die Mischung aus morbidem Charme und karibischem Flair ganz stilecht in amerika- nischen Oldtimern bei einer 3-stündigen Fahrt durch das Havanna der 50er-Jahre mit dem Platz der Revolution, der Uferpromenade und dem Villenviertel Miramar. Unterwegs machen wir Halt im Parque Almendares, einem Märchenwald mit Ceiba Bäumen. Spätnach- mittags besuchen wir noch das Rum-Museum Fundación Havana Club, wo Sie alles über das kubanische Lebenselixier erfahren und dieses auch kosten. Rückfahrt mit den originellen Coco-Taxis. Dinner im Kult-Paladar Am Abend stimmen wir uns bei einem Aperitif im Garten des historischen Hotels Nacional ein – mit Anekdoten zur Mafia und anderen „Celebrities“ der 50er-Jahre. Danach werden wir zum Dinner im Kult-Paladar La Guarida – the „hardest table to get in Havana“ – erwartet. Die Location des für den Oscar nominierten Films „Erdbeer und Schokolade“ ist noch immer eines der beliebtesten Privatrestaurants der Stadt. Hier speisten schon Staats- gäste und Künstler aus aller Welt. 22.00 bis 24.00 Uhr Besuch der berühmten Tropicana Show 4. TAG, MITTWOCH, 11. NOVEMBER 2015 Danach sollten Sie den Besuch der weltberühmten Tropicana Show „Paradies unter den Sternen“ nicht verpassen, der optional zu buchen ist. Das Tropicana ist Die Welt der Zigarren seit den 30er Jahren eine Institution – ein absolutes Muss Der Morgen beginnt mit dem Besuch der bekannten für Liebhaber kubanischer Rhythmen. Erleben Sie die Zigarrenfabrik Partagas. Hier können Sie die geschickten nostalgische Open-Air-Show mit über 200 Künstlern und Hände der Torcedores bei der Produktion der besten Live-Orchester in einem traumhaft schönen Gartenambiente. Zigarren der Welt beobachten. Wir besuchen dann noch das kleine Orisha-Museum und machen einen kurzen Abstecher zum Markt Cuatro Caminos. 3. TAG, DIENSTAG, 10. NOVEMBER 2015 So klingt Kuba! Unser Mittagessen hat nicht nur Kolonialambiente, son- dern lässt uns darüber hinaus einen Höhepunkt der Reise Herrliches Viñales erleben. Im Restaurant Vuelta Abajo des kleinen Tabak- Entlang der Tabakroute geht es heute in Richtung westliche Hostals Conde de Villanueva wird uns eines der letzten Provinz Pinar del Rio zur UNESCO-geschützten Kultur- noch lebenden Original-Mitglieder des Buena Vista Social landschaft Valle de Viñales. Zwischen roter Erde und Clubs erwarten. Nach Empfang und Welcomecocktail grünen Tabakpflanzen recken sich bizarre Kalkriesen sehen wir zunächst Ausschnitte aus dem legendären in den Himmel. In Kuba gehört Rauchen zur Kultur. Wir Film von Wim Wenders, bevor der jetzt 70-jährige besuchen einen Tabakbauern und gewinnen Einblicke Amadito Valdés – Meister der Timbales und begnadeter in das Leben auf dem Lande im karibischen Kommunis- Perkussionist – uns persönlich begrüßt und in die Geheim- mus. Unsere Fahrt geht weiter nach Viñales – einem Ort, nisse der kubanischen Rhythmen einführt: Son, Danzon wo die Zeit stillzustehen scheint. Vom Aussichtspunkt und Cha-Cha-Cha! 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In der Perle des Südens erinnert der prunkvolle Palacio de Valle an eine Zeit, in der das süße, weiße Gold Kubas die Zuckerbarone reich mach- te. In der Markthalle erleben wir die heutigen Pioniere der Marktwirtschaft und im Teatro Tomás Terry, in dem einst Caruso sang, das koloniale Flair der Innenstadt. Unser Mittagessen nehmen wir im Yachtclub ein. Auf dem Weg nach Trinidad Anschließend führt uns der Weg entlang der Küstenstraße zum malerischen Städtchen Trinidad. Mit
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