Highlights of Cuba

Departure from your chosen airport and arrival at the Havana airport with connecting flights on the way. Here you will meet with our partner in Cuba, who is standing ready with a sign with your name on it. A driver takes you to your accommodations in Havana. The trip takes approx. 30 min. The rest of the day is at your leisure.

After breakfast, our partner in Cuba will meet you at your accommodation and hold a short welcome meeting of approx. 30 minutes. This is an opportunity for you to run through your tour together and get answers to any questions you may have about the tour or other practical questions about travelling around Cuba.

You will then set off on your exciting guided walk around Havana’s beautiful old town, which is on UNESCO’s list of sites worthy of preservation. Look forward to experiencing the cosy cobbled streets, where impressive squares, cathedrals and colonial-era buildings take you back to ancient times.  You’ll experience the contrast between the newly-renovated and well-maintained streets and buildings, and the more dilapidated areas that make Havana so unique. Highlights of the tour include Plaza Vieja, Plaza de San Francisco, Plaza de la Catedral and Plaza de las Armas, which is the city’s oldest square where the city museum and the Governor’s Palace are located.

You have the afternoon and evening to yourself.

There is no set itinerary, so it’s entirely up to you what the day will bring.

You might like to go for a stroll in Havana’s cosy streets, chill at a pavement café or take in the city from the back seat of a brightly-coloured American car? We highly recommend purchasing one of our exciting excursions that will take you a step closer to the heart of Cuban culture.

Here is a selection of tours in Havana available for purchase:

Today, you’ll be leaving Havana and heading for the Viñales Valley, where stunning nature experiences await you.

On the first part of the tour, you’ll be driving along the main road, but the last stretch into the small village, takes you along cosy, narrow, winding country roads. The drive takes about 4 hours.

In the afternoon, you’ll be visiting the highlights of Viñales Valley. The tour starts with a lovely lunch at a traditional Cuban restaurant. Your hunger sated, you’ll be accompanied by your guide to a small tobacco plantation, where you gain a fascinating insight into the work of the tobacco farmers who produce Cuba’s world-famous cigars. The Viñales area is known to have some of the best tobacco plants in the country. This is where the tobacco for the famous Cohiba and Montecristo brands of cigars comes from.

You’ll visit, Cueva del Indio, a limestone cave once inhabited by indigenous people. After a short walk in the cave, you’ll board a small boat and sail gently down the river, back to the daylight outside.

Just outside Viñales, you’ll find a pride and joy of the town; Mural de la prehistoria, a gigantic mural which symbolises the evolution of mankind. It was painted by local artist, Leovigildo González.

The last stop of the tour is at a vantage point affording an incredible panoramic view of Viñales Valley, with its characteristic limestone mountains, also called “mogotes”, rising dramatically from the lush fields. You’ll then be driven back to your accommodation.

The day is yours to do whatever you please. You can explore the scenic Viñales area on your own or pick one of the excursions below. We highly recommend a hike in the area.

After breakfast, you’ll be picked up from your accommodation, and a scenic drive to Cienfuegos then awaits you. The drive takes around 6 hours, so you can just sit back and enjoy the Cuban scenery zipping past. On the main roads of Cuba, you don’t just encounter other cars and buses. Pedestrians, cyclists, ox carts and horse carriages co-exist here in surprising harmony with one another. And yes, you can certainly lose your mind a little over the gorgeous old American cars, which are such an iconic part of the Cuban street scene.

On your arrival in Cienfuegos, you will be driven to your accommodation. The rest of the day is yours to do as you please.

Cienfuegos was founded in 1819 by a group of French immigrants from the USA. The city entered the global map in 1957, when a group of young people with Fidel Castro’s guerrilla took over its military base. This was a short-lived victory, and the uprising was quickly defeated by Batista.

Today Cienfuegos is a pleasant town with very well-preserved buildings, and is for this reason included on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Take a walk down to Parque Marti, the city’s central square. Here you can find locations including the well-preserved “Tomas Terry” theatre from 1890, and the spectacular mayor’s office.

You can also walk along the boardwalk to Punta Gorda, where you can find some of the most beautiful buildings in the city.Enjoy a drink at Palacio de Valle, a stunningly beautiful building that looks like something straight from an Arabian fairytale.

You have the morning to explore the city on your own. You can also choose to purchase a guided tour of the city.

At midday, you will head back to Trinidad, a bus ride of around 3 hours. On your arrival, you will be picked up and driven to your accommodation. The rest of the afternoon is yours to do as you please.

Today, you are going on a guided city tour of Trinidad’s beautiful old quarter. Get your good walking shoes on, as Trinidad’s charming topped cobblestone streets are very uneven.

You visit locations including the picturesque square, Plaza Mayor and the city’s cathedral, “Iglesia Parroquial de la Santisima Trinidad”, one of the biggest churches in Cuba. Your guide tells you about the city’s exciting history and architecture on the way. The tour naturally also includes a drink at one of the lovely local bars.

The rest of the afternoon and evening is at your leisure. We recommend that you go to town in the evening and enjoy the atmosphere. At Plaza Mayor, you can find the popular dancing spot “Casa de la Musica”, and just 100 metres away is another dancing spot, “Casa de la Trova”, which always features live music too. If you can’t dance yourself, you have every opportunity to learn it here. Of course, you can also simply enjoy the sight of the happy, dancing crowds around you.

You have the day at your leisure in Trinidad. Approx. 15 km from Trinidad is the lovely Ancón Beach, where you can head out for a refreshing swim and unwind on the sand. You can also purchase an additional excursion from home.

The time has come to say goodbye to Trinidad, and you head back to Havana by bus, arriving in the afternoon. You have the option to purchase an excursion, so instead of driving straight to Havana, you drive via Santa Clara and visit Che Guevara’s exciting museum, where you learn about his life and see his mausoleum.

After arriving in Havana, you can enjoy your last night in Cuba at one of Havana’s many wonderful restaurants serving great food and music.

Today the tour takes you back home. You are picked up at your accommodations and driven to the airport.

You will arrive at your chosen airport after an exciting tour of Cuba.