Getting to Know Cuba - 3 stars
Day 1 - Sunday Arrival, accommodation and dinner in selected hotel. Day 2 - Monday Havana Breakfast in the hotel. Pick-up at the hotel. Visit to the Morro-Cabaña lookout. Tour of Old Havana City's Historic Centre, Cultural Heritage of Mankind, Plaza de Armas, walk along Calle de los Oficios up to Plaza de San Francisco de Asis. Visit the Rum Museum to become acquainted with Havana Club rum manufacturing process and also taste it. Continue along the Plaza Vieja (Old Square). Return on Mercaderes Street up to Ambos Mundos Hotel (where renowned American writer Ernest Hemingway lived). Cathedral Square; the famous bar-restaurant La Bodeguita del Medio. Panoramic bus tour by Revolution Museum, Central Park, Gran Teatro de la Habana, National Capitol and the Malecon sea-front drive. Lunch at a local restaurant. The tour continues along Modern Havana; Revolution Square and Havana University. Back to the hotel and dinner. Optional night: Under-the-Stars Tropicana Cabaret. Day 3 - Tuesday Havana / Viñales / Havana Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to Viñales Valley in Pinar del Rio, Cuba's most western province where the world's best tobacco is grown. Exotic landscape with valleys crowded with royal palms, Cuba's national tree. An in-transit visit to a cigar factory in Candelaria and "El Paraiso" farm, where you will learn about the lifestyle of local peasants as well as growing tobacco. Whilst in Viñales, visit to the Pre-historic Mural (cave painting on the country's most ancient rocks) and the Indian Cave, boating along its underground river. Lunch at a local restaurant. Stop at Los Jazmines lookout to admire the Viñales Valley. Back to the hotel for dinner. Night at leisure. Day 4 - Wednesday Havana /Guama / Cienfuegos Breakfast in the hotel. Departure for Cienfuegos. In-transit visit to Fiesta Campesina, first contact with the endemic flora and fauna of Zapata Peninsula. Lunch at local restaurant. Arrival in Cienfuegos. Tour of Cienfuegos' main streets and avenues. Founded by the French, Cienfuegos is located at a wonderful bay guarded by Castillo de Jagua (Jagua Castle) where you can find the largest coral site ever discovered in Cuba that was christened Notre Dame. Visits to: Marti Park, the Palacio del Valle, Tomas Terry Theatre, the House of Cultural Assets and the Purisima Concepcion Cathedral. Accommodation in Cienfuegos. Night at leisure Day 5 - Thursday Trinidad Breakfast in the hotel. Panoramic tour of Trinidad, one of the first villages founded by the Spaniards at the beginnings of the 16th century. It was declared by UNESCO Cultural Heritage of Mankind. Visit the Main Parochial Church of the Holy Trinity housing a luxurious altar decorated with local precious stones and 300 year old images; Plaza Mayor, and Count Brunet Palace (at present a Romantic Museum). Visit to La Canchanchara bar to enjoy a cocktail of the same name. Lunch at a local restaurant. Back to the hotel for dinner. Night at leisure. Day 6 - Friday Trinidad /Camaguey Breakfast in the hotel. Departure for Camaguey. In-transit visit to Manaca Iznaga Sugar Cane Plantation. Arrival in Camaguey. Lunch at a local restaurant followed by a panoramic tour around the city with visits to Nuestra Señora de la Merced Church and the Ignacio Agramonte House. Accommodation at selected hotel. Tour around Plaza del Carmen and dinner at El Ovejito restaurant. Back to the hotel. Night at leisure. Day 7 - Saturday Camaguey / Santiago de Cuba Breakfast in the hotel. Departure for Santiago de Cuba. In-transit panoramic visit to Bayamo city. Lunch at local restaurant. In-transit visit to "El Cobre" sanctuary. Arrival in Santiago de Cuba and accommodation in selected hotel. Night at leisure. Day 8 - Sunday Santiago de Cuba Breakfast in the hotel. Tour of Santiago de Cuba, capital of the island during the first half of the 16th century. It is the most Caribbean city of Cuba. Famous for its history, hospitality, delightful people, traditional rhythm and dance. Visit the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery where the remains of Jose Marti, National Hero of Cuba, rests; panoramic tour by the Antonio Maceo Square and July 26 Museum. Next a walking, sightseeing tour around the historical heart of the city visiting Cespedes park, the Cathedral, Padre Pico and Heredia streets and Plaza Dolores. Visit the Morro Castle with lunch. Dinner at the hotel. At night, take in the "Traditional Trova House" show Day 9 - Monday Santiago de Cuba / Baracoa Breakfast in the hotel. Departure for Baracoa, enjoying lunch on the way. Walking tour around the city, the first village founded by Spanish colonizers in the American continent and first capital of the country. Visit the "Nuestra Señora de la Concepción" church, where the first cross planted by the Spaniards in America (reportedly brought in by Christopher Colombus and considered to be the oldest symbol of Christian religion in Cuba) is still kept. Also visit to Fuerte Matachin municipal museum. Dinner at the hotel. Day 10 - Tuesday Baracoa / Guantanamo / Santiago de Cuba Breakfast in the hotel. Visit Duaba Farm with banana, coconut, cacao, mango and coffee plantations. Lunch at Duaba Farm. Departure for Santiago de Cuba. Arrival and accommodation. Dinner at the hotel. Day 11 - Wednesday Santiago de Cuba / Havana Breakfast in the hotel. Departure for airport to take a domestic flight to Havana. After arrival in Havana, transfer to your hotel. Day 12 - Wednesday Havana After breakfast at the hotel, transfer from hotel to airport for your international departure.