Sweet Cuba

Day 1: Havana

Havana
Personalized welcome at the Havana airport by the guide who will accompany you on the tour. Private transfer to accommodation.
Included services: Transfer.

Day 2: Havana

Havana of dreams and traditions (30 kilometer) (Breakfast, Lunch)
Since its foundation in 1519, Havana has lived a love story, between history and traditions. From a classic American car, a panoramic tour will begin looking for perfect views, one of them from the Morro fortress and the Havana seawall (el malecon) where the city and the sea merge. We will have a stop in the city's enchanted forest, where many restaurants and local entrepreneurs join in the effort to clean up the river and promote environmental projects as part of the beautiful panorama of the place. Later during lunch, you will live an unforgettable gastronomic experience at the restaurant: La Guarida, one of the most famous in Cuba and location of the Oscar-nominated film “Fresa y Chocolate”. We continue the walk through the El Vedado neighborhood with its modern mansions and of course, we will visit the historic center of the city in the afternoon. Calle Obispo, La Plaza de Armas, as well as La Plaza de la Catedral will remind us of colonial times with their magnificent buildings. In this historic setting we invite you to a delicious Cuban cocktail. At the end of the afternoon, return to the accommodation.
Included services: tour in classic car, Morro lighthouse, visit to the Locomotive Museum, visit to the historic center of the city, cocktail.

Day 3: Havana

Havana - Las Terrazas - Havana (170 kilometers) (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Today we will go on an excursion to the Las Terrazas community, very close to the capital. This place is one of the main nature tourism destinations in Cuba. It is located in a mountainous environment of exuberant beauty, converted into a protected area with excellent environmental practices, declared a Biosphere Reserve. This forested area has been carefully studied and presents great diversity in flora and fauna. In addition, there are small lakes, rivers, waterfalls and natural trails that are maintained in perfect harmony with the local population through ecological projects. You will spend time relaxing in the middle of this green environment and on the way back to Havana you will visit a private farm, where you can see various crops such as sugar cane and some others. There are its owners, a Peruvian and a Nicaraguan who lived for some years in France, with their experience and their love for nature, during an exquisite lunch, will tell interesting stories about agriculture and how they currently manage their lands. In the evening a pleasant dinner awaits you in the studio of contemporary artists who have great renown, with the possibility of an exchange of ideas about their art and cultural proposals.
Included services: Excursion to the Las Terrazas community, visit to a private estate, dinner at the studio of a Cuban artist.

Day 4: Havana

Havana and its flavors (70 kilometers) (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Today we will be testing, tasting, feeling, experiencing flavors and new experiences. During a visit to the Rum Museum, we will learn about the process of making the famous Cuban rum, from the sugar cane plant to the fermentation of molasses and the formation of rum. Then, we will be cooking traditional Cuban dishes with the help of a chef that will delight everyone. To finish with a high-level tasting and pairing with tobacco, rum and coffee, all the senses will be in celebration during these activities. In the evening, dinner will take place in a cozy and familiar atmosphere in a paladar with excellent cuisine close by your accommodation, so afterward you can take a walk to the Malecón (seawall) and enjoy the sea breeze.
Included services: visit to the Rum Museum, cooking class, tasting and pairing with tobacco, rum and coffee and dinner at a Paladar.

Day 5: Trinidad

Havana - Madruga - Cienfuegos - Trinidad (345 kilometers) (Breakfast, Lunch)
We will head to the Cuban countryside; it will give us another perspective on Cuba and away from the hustle and bustle of the city we will find the other side to the country and its people. We will leave towards Matanzas province; there we will visit an old Sugar Mill . The magic of this place introduces us to a fascinating world where old machinery extracted the valuable elixir from freshly cut sugar cane transforming it into sugar. In Cuba there were around 160 sugar mills at the time of the splendor and sugar boom in the 1950s. Today only about 50 remain active. Lunch will take place in an idyllic Agroecological Farm. Leaving onto the national highway, you can see the cane fields of the western region and then we will arrive at the beautiful city Cienfuegos. In this port city, founded by a group of French and Spanish settlers at the beginning of the 19th century, you can see one of the most important bays in the country as well as a beautiful neoclassical architecture. You will visit the Palacio de Valle, an emblematic palace located in the Punta Gorda neighborhood that recalls Spanish-Moorish architecture with Gothic, Romanesque, Baroque and Mudejar influences; Next, we leave for the villa of Santísima Trinidad, the third town founded by the Spanish Crown in Cuba at the beginning of 1514, and which is today one of the best-preserved colonial cities not only in Cuba, but also in the Americas. Free night.
Included services: Visit to a Sugar Mill, lunch at a country estate, visit to the Palacio del Valle.

Day 6: Trinidad

Trinidad city of Mansions and the sugar mill Valley with its sugar tradition (60 kilometers) (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Just 12 kilometers from Trinidad is the famous “Valle de los Ingenios”, one of the largest sugar regions in Cuba during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, due to its favorable natural conditions and fertile lands. Several archaeological sites and farms from the period are still preserved. The old Manaca- Iznaga hacienda, today a museum, with its watchtower, which served as a surveillance post over the slave´s population in the sugar cane fields. During a horseback ride through the landscapes of the Valley, you will reach a waterfall and a typical ranch to enjoy a picnic lunch. After returning to the city of Trinidad, with its narrow cobblestone streets full of stories, we will begin a city tour on foot to discover its secrets. In the evening after a spectacular dinner at the Alameda Mansion, you can explore Trinidad's nightlife with a visit to the Casa de La Trova or La Música.

The climb to the Manaca Iznaga tower is at your own risk.
For the client who does not wish to ride a horse, they are transported to the waterfall in a volanta (cart carried by a horse driven by a farmer).
Included services: horseback riding to a waterfall, visits to San Isidro de los Destiladeros and Torre Manaca-Iznaga; tour of the city of Trinidad, visit to Museums, Casa de La Trova or La Música, dinner at La Mansión Alameda.

Day 7: Trinidad

Trinidad - Playa Ancón - Trinidad (30 kilometers) (Breakfast, Dinner)
Today will be a day of relaxation where you can enjoy the warm turquoise blue waters of the beautiful Playa Ancón, one of the best beaches on the southern Caribbean coast of the Island. Among palm trees and picturesque beach bars, with a tasty piña colada in hand, you will have the pleasure of feeling in a tropical paradise. In the afternoon return to the city and free time to see its markets that offer all kinds of crafts and souvenirs. In the evening, dinner at a renowned restaurant with the perfect view of the city and its lights, accompanied by a high-level culinary proposal.
Included services: Transfer and dinner in a typical Paladar.

Day 8:

Trinidad - Santa Clara - Varadero / Havana (345 kilometers / 420 kilometers) (Breakfast)
With endless moments lived and new experiences to remember, you will depart to Varadero for an extension in this tourist center of beautiful beaches or to Havana; ending a journey that took you hand in hand with a unique Cuba in all its aspects.
Included services: Transfer.