Cuba, among orchids and cigars

Breakfast at the hotel and briefing.

Departure to visit the colonial city, starting from the Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, a fortress overlooking the city and where it is possible to enjoy a breath-taking view of Havana.

Then, we will discover its Old Town and squares: Plaza de la Catedral, Plaza de Armas, Plaza de San Francisco de Asís and Plaza Vieja. Visit the Museum of Rum Havana Club.

Lunch in a local restaurant.

In the afternoon we will visit the classic and modern part of the city.

Return to the hotel and dinner. Evening at leisure.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to Viñales Valley, in the province of Pinar del Rio, the westernmost of Cuba. Here the best tobacco in the world grow. Visit to a handmade cigar factory. The tour continues to Viñales Valley visiting the Mural de la Prehistory, designed by a famous Cuban artist on the wall of a local mountain, a type of rock well known as "mogotes".

Lunch in a local restaurant.

Optional visit to the Cueva del Indio (not included). And visit to the House of Veguero, to discover the secrets of the tobacco plantations and its processing, if the tour is undertaken in the right season.

At the end we will stop in the viewpoint of Los Jazmines. Once arrived, dinner at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to Havana, during the route we will stop to visit the famous botanical garden of Soroa dedicated to endemic orchids of the island. Then the tour continues to Las Terrazas, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, located in the Sierra del Rosario, visit to its lively community and to the Cafetal Buena Vista, ancient French coffee plantations.

Lunch in a local restaurant.

In the afternoon time for a refreshing swim in the River San Juan.

Return to Havana and dinner at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Then, we will discover the places where Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954, left his footprints. In fact, we will visit one of his favorite restaurants, the "Floridita", famous for its "Daiquiri"; the room n. 511 in the Hotel Ambos Mundos, that was usually reserved for him and the museum dedicated to him.

The tour continues to the town of Cojimar, a small fishing village near the capital.

Lunch at the restaurant "Las Terrazas de Cojimar". These were two places frequented by the famous writer.

Return to the hotel in Havana or transfer to Varadero to continue your vacation.