Cuba La Habana – Varadero 8 Days

Cuba is a colorful country with warm and friendly people, Spanish colonial cities and 3,500 miles of unspoiled Caribbean coast line, making it one of the most sought after destinations in the Caribbean. We’ll take you to the heart of it all.

Join Cuba, the most trusted name in legal people-to-people travel and get an inside look at two of Cuba’s most popular cities, Havana and Varadero. We’ll show you what makes each of these cities so popular, with people-to-people excursions that let you dive right in.

DIA 1: ARRIVAL IN HAVANA
Arrival at Jose Marti airport in Havana. After passing through Immigration, Customs and collect luggage; you will leave the airport and will be transferred to the chosen hotel. After check-in at your hotel, you will have the rest of the afternoon free at your leisure. We have picked three optional activities for you that are recommended while your stay in La Havana:

•  NIGHT TOUR: CEREMONY OF CAÑONAZO AND CABARET NOCTURNO (PARISIEN OR TROPICANA):
  08:00 pm Pick up in old cars towards the Fortress of San Carlos de la Cabaña where the command of El Che was located. Enjoy the ceremony of the cannon at 9 pm, an old Havana tradition that indicated the closing of the gates of the disappeared wall that surrounded the city. Transfer to an evening show and return by air-conditioned bus.
• PARISIEN SHOW 
  Class show and world recognition, which includes in its cast the best dancers, choreographers, musicians and singers from Cuba. They develop a cultural show, avant-garde, with live music, live singers and the most exuberant and showy costumes. The Cabaret Parisien, famous for its musical magazines full of colorful and rhythmic Cuban music, sets the nights of Havana and is among the preferences of visitors from all over the world. Includes Cover and a welcome cocktail.
• SHOW TROPICANA
  Transfer and Show to the Cabaret Tropicana, is known worldwide as «A paradise under the stars.» It was built in 1939. The founder kept the estate grove, which is why the tropical atmosphere of the cabaret is located in a kind of forest atmosphere with large trees. It also gave to its shows all the highlight with the best artists of the time. Its main room has capacity for a thousand people distributed around the stage or mobile track, surrounded by palm trees and aerial ramps used by the artists on the show. The shows usually involves the participation of hundreds of artists among dancers and musicians.

DAY 2: HAVANA CITY TOUR WITH LUNCH IN TYPICAL RESTAURANT
Breakfast. Pick up from the hotel in old cars. Visit to Colonial Havana, declared by UNESCO Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Walking tour through the historic center, with its main squares, fortresses and buildings built between the 16th and 19th centuries. Visit in transit to La Bodeguita del Medio and main streets and avenues of Old Havana. You will make a stop at the Capitol, continuing the tour with panoramic view of the University of Havana, where you will have time for photos. You will be able to purchase of handicrafts during the tour as well. Lunch included with a beverage at the Tipico Cubano restaurant. Back to the hotel.

DAY 3: TOUR TO VIÑALES
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Pinar del Río. Walk through the Viñales Valley, declared Cultural Landscape Protected by UNESCO and National Natural Monument. Visit to the Casa del Veguero, where you can enjoy a welcome cocktail and also appreciate the tobacco plantations that are cultivated there. Visit the Mirador de Los Jazmines, place that offers a beautiful overview of the Viñales Valley. Visit to the Cave of the Indio with boat ride on the river that runs inside. Lunch at a local restaurant. Your tour will continue, visiting the Mural of Prehistory that shows the evolution of life in the Sierra de los Organos, from the mollusk to the first indigenous inhabitants of the place. End of the tour you will return to the Hotel in Havana.

DAY 4,5,6,7: HAVANA – VARADERO – ENJOY THE ALL INCLUSIVE HOTEL IN VARADERO
Breakfast. In the morning you will departure from your hotel in la Havana to the city of Varadero. Accommodation at selected all inclusive resort in Varadero. “Varadero, located on the sinuous 20km-long Hicacos peninsula, stands at the vanguard of Cuba’s most important industry – tourism. As the largest resort in the Caribbean, it guards a huge, unsubtle and constantly evolving stash of hotels (over 60), shops, water activities and poolside entertainment; though its trump card is its beach, an uninterrupted 20km stretch of blond sand that is undoubtedly one of the Caribbean’s best.”

DAY 8: EXIT FROM VARADERO TO THE AIRPORT IN HAVANA
Breakfast. In the morning, you will be transferred to Havana airport for your return international flight.

END OF OUR SERVICES

• Transfer from airport to selected hotel in La Havana in private service
• Transfer from selected hotel in La Havana to selected hotel in Varadero in private service
• Transfer from selected hotel in Varadero to airport in private service
• Tour to La Havana with lunch included in shared services
• Tour to Viñales with lunch included in shared services
• 3 nights in selected hotel in La Havana with breakfast included
• 4 night in selected resort in Varadero ALL INCLUSIVE
• Cuban tourism card