TENTATIVE ITINERARY CUBA PEOPLE TO PEOPLE May 31 – June 8, 2013 Friday, May 31 - Miami . Arrive Miami, check in at Hilton Miami Airport . Dinner on your own. Group meeting at 7:30 p.m. Meet in hotel lobby. Saturday, June 1 - Havana . Transfer to Miami International Airport [5:30 a.m.] . Arrive Havana from Miami . Transfer to hotel with lunch included . Visit Plaza de Revolución . Visit the Museum of the Revolution . Conversation with Rafael Hernández on “Cuba in Transition” at the hotel . Dinner Sunday, June 2 - Havana . Walking tour of Old Havana . Visit Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes . Conversation with Jorge and Tomás Rodriguez re: US/Cuba relations . Dinner Monday, June 3 - Havana . Presentation by Fernando Saez, Ludwig Foundation, “Cuba, A Dancing Island” . Attend rehearsal of contemporary Cuban dance company . Briefing with American official from U.S. Interests Section, Havana . Dinner Tuesday, June 4 - Cienfuegos . Drive to Cienfuegos . Check in at hotel . Walking tour of city center . Dinner . Musical performance Wednesday, June 5 - Trinidad . Meeting with UNEAC (National Union of Cuban Writers and Artists) . Visit artists’ studios . Depart for Trinidad . Visit National Botanical Garden . Continue on to Trinidad with hotel check-in . Dinner Thursday, June 6 - Trinidad . Walking tour of Trinidad . Conversation with local cuentapropista (self-employed worker) . Visit Oscar Santander ceramics studio . Relax on the beach . Dinner Friday, June 7 - Havana . Return to Havana . Visit FincaVigía (Ernest Hemingway Estate) . Free afternoon in Havana . Dinner Saturday, June 8 – Return flight to Miami . Depart hotel for Jose Martí Airport and return to Miami [8:00 a.m.] Do not book a return flight from Miami earlier than 5:00 p.m. Meals: Program includes breakfast each day at hotel (except Sunday in Miami), lunch on arrival in Havana and all dinners (except Miami). Figure CUC 15-20 per person x 5 for lunches. *Note: Some planned activities cannot be confirmed until arrival in Cuba and are therefore subject to change. FUN THINGS TO DO DURING FREE TIME IN HAVANA Visit the Taller Experimental de Gráfica, Experimental Workshop of Graphic Arts, where you will find prints of higher quality, and higher prices, than those offered by street vendors. Callejón del Chorro, a short alley jutting from the southwest corner of the Plaza de la Catedral. Visit Hemingway haunts in Old Havana – El Floridita where local lore says the writer invented the daiquiri, the Ambos Mundos hotel where Hemingway lived before he bought the estate in San Francisco de Paula (his room there is a shrine – you can visit it for a dollar), or La Bodeguita del Medio. Walk along the Malecón and then take the short ferry ride to El Morro. The fortress that guards Havana Harbor took 40 years to complete and for years protected Havana from pirates and in 1762, from the British attack. There is a museum inside, and great views of the city. Walk to the Havana University campus from the Hotel Nacionale. Have an ice cream cone nearby at Coppelia – the wildly popular and HUGE Cuban ice cream parlor nestled in a pocket park near the University. Visit the shops along Calle Obispo and the open air market at Plaza de la Catedral (except Sunday). Have a nightcap at El Patio, Plaza de la Catedral. Enjoy the music and the romantic atmosphere. Visit one of Havana’s famous jazz clubs: Two of the best are La Zorra y La Cueva (calle 23 Esq. a O, El Vedado) and the Jazz Café (third level of the Galerías Paseo mall, Avs. Paseo and 3, Vedado). 10 CUC minimum. The drinks are cheap, the music is great. We do not recommend the food. .