Day 1. Havana Arrival

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*Day is at leisure

*Welcome to Cuba! Upon arrival to Havana International Airport you will be greeted by our Representative and the driver for transfer to your authorized private house (“casa particular”) in Havana. Check-in and the rest of the day will be at leisure to rest from the trip and to get familiar with the surrounding areas.

Overnight: Hotel in Havana
Meals: None

Day 2. Modern Havana City classic car & Old Havana walking private tour

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*Havana City full day private tour

*Discover Havana's secrets and beauty with our Havana City tour. You will see and visit some of the of the most interesting and famous cultural and historical sites in Havana, registered by the UNESCO as part of the World Heritage.
The first part of the tour is the “Modern Havana” panoramic classic car tour.
On the way to our first photo stop, the Havana University, the tour guide will make a short presentation of Cuba, so you have a clear idea about one of the most iconic Countries in the World, not only for its peculiar economic and political model but also because of its Friendly People; a feature that keeps its visitors coming back to such an amazing Country. During the panoramic tour, we will see and stop for photos in Havana University, the Revolution Square (Plaza de la Revolucion), Colon Cemetery, the second largest in the World; and in “el Malecon”. Drop off at The Capitol (El Capitolio).

 
The second part of the tour is the “Old Havana” City walking tour. starting with a visit to the famous just finished renovated “Capitolio” (Capitol Visit). Our tour will see among others Central Park (Parque Central), Bacardi building (edificio Bacardi) with a quick stop for a refreshing “Mojito” (not included) at la Bodegita del medio. Then, continue to la Plaza de la Catedral, the beautiful Castillo de la Real Fuerza (Real Fuerza Castle). The castle today houses one of Havana’s finest Museums; the Museo de Navegación (Navigation Museum).
Our journey will make a stop for a delicious lunch in Paladar los Mercaderes (drinks not included). In the last part of the tour, we will head to Plaza de Armas, where we will visit Havana´s City Museum (Museo de los Capitanes Generales), then a quick visit to Plaza Vieja and Plaza de San Francisco where the guided tour ends.
Here, you will have free time to continue exploring Havana at your own pace.
Transfer to hotel in Havana

We highly suggest a 30 minutes guided visit to the famous “Rum Museum” located in the area; or a visit to the San Jose Artisans´ Market (Handicraft market).

Highlights
*Panoramic “Modern Habana” classic car tour
*Visit the famous Revolution square and the majestic monument to Cuba´s national Hero Jose Marti
*The Capitol visit
*Old Havana City walking tour
*See why Havana is declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO
*Enjoy Cuba´s cobblestone streets, Colonial buildings, Baroque Churches and old American cars
*Palacio de Los Capitanes Generales (City Museum) visit.
Note: some museums may charge a small fee for using cameras

Overnight: Hotel in Havana
Meals: Breakfast
   Lunch during tour (drinks not included)

Day 3. Viñales Valley & Pinar del Rio tour

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*Viñales Valley & Pinar del Rio City tour

*Bring your expeditionary spirit and let yourself go on this journey to one of Cuba's most fertile areas where some of the world’s best tobacco is grown, harvested, dried and processed. We will visit a Tobacco plantation where we will have the opportunity to see and learn the worldwide famous handmade tobacco process and why not, take the opportunity to buy a souvenir. Viñales tour will provide you unforgettable vistas at “el Mirador de los Jazmines”. Here you will admire the beautiful tropical landscape. We will visit the prehistorical mural, a 120-meter tall replica of prehistoric paintings on a “mogote” and take a short boat ride to see “la Cueva del Indio” (the Indian cave). Then, continue with a visit to El Palenque de los Cimarrones, kind of “living Cuban Museum” that, between legend and history, makes the passing of Afro-descendants through western Cuba. Then, we will tour the Pinar del Rio City where we will visit “La Guayabita del Pinar” rum factory to see and learn the production of this famous traditional Cuban liquor. After the tour, the group will have a short free time brake before going back to Havana.

Highlights
*Panoramic tour to Viñales Valley
*Mirador de los Jazmines
*El Mural de la Prehistoria visit (Prehistorical mural)
*La Cueva del Indio short boat tour
*El Palenque de los Cimarrones visit
*Tobacco plantation & factory visit
*Pinar del Rio walking tour
*Enjoy the local cuisine lunch with beautiful views of the Valley (drinks not included)
*La Guayabita del Pinar, Rum factory visit

Overnight: Hotel in Havana
Meals: Breakfast in hotel in Havana.
Lunch during tour (drinks not included)

Day 4. Havana – Trinidad sightseeing Private transfer Tour

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*Havana – Trinidad sightseeing private transfer full day tour

*Experience an adventure day in Zapata National park. We depart from Havana at 08: 00 a.m. and head south east through the Sugar Cane and Citrus plantations towards the UNESCO preserved Zapata National Park where our first stop during our journey is Guama. A replica village of Cuba’s earliest settlers, the Taino Indians, who lived on the island in the 1100´s. Located on a string of small islands and reached by an exhilarating boat ride through the mangroves, there are also a number of life size sculptures describing the life of these early settlers. A crocodile sanctuary is also located here; we will enter the sanctuary to see the reptiles basking in the sun; a truly incredible experience. You can touch the baby ones, and take photos next to the large ones.
Continuing the journey into the Zapata National Park, we will reach the Bay of Pigs, site of the failed CIA backed invasion of Cuba that was repelled by Fidel Castro, the Che Guevara and their revolutionaries. We will briefly visit the museum to gain an insight into one of the major World events from the 1960´s and an important date in Cuba’s revolutionary history.
After a relaxing lunch in the area (drinks not included), we will travel along the south coast and stop at a wonderful oasis! The Cueva De Los Peces. It is a natural salt-water pool set in a beautiful and tranquil woodland location. Take an afternoon refreshing swim in the waters here or in the beach across the highway and spot the huge variety of tropical fish; or just take a cocktail or a cool beer (not included) and sit to enjoy the sun for a while.
As our journey continues, we will make a final stop at Cienfuegos known as the Pearl of the South, with a strong French colonial atmosphere and overlooking a beautiful bay. We will wander through the central squares and along the “Malecon” promenade before continuing along the coast road to the beautiful Colonial City of Trinidad where we will drop you off at your hotel at around 20:00 hrs. After a long but fantastic day!

Highlights
*Zapata National Park
*Guama Taino Village visit including boat ride
*Guama Crocodile farm guided tour
*Bay of Pigs Museum visit
*La Cueva de los Peces visit and refreshing swim
*Cienfuegos Panoramic City tour with photo stops

Overnight: Hotel in Playa Ancon, Trinidad
Meals: Breakfast in hotel in Havana
   Lunch during the tour (drinks not included)
   All-inclusive in Playa Ancon, Trinidad

Day 5. Trinidad Private walking tour

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*Trinidad private walking tour

*Enjoy the beautiful City of Trinidad; it is Cuba's best-preserved Colonial town; the old part of Trinidad has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1988. Our tour guide will share with you his knowledge and amazing histories. During our tour, we will walk around the most significant historical sites. Trinidad’s urban ensemble of domestic buildings has an exceptional typological homogeneity. The heart of the historic Centre is Plaza Mayor, overlooked by the campanile of the Convento de San Francisco and two noteworthy buildings, the Cantero Palace (City Museum) which we will visit, and the Romantic Museum. Then, our journey will continue with a visit to the famous “Canchanchara Tavern”, where we will enjoy a refreshing traditional cocktail of the house (not included).
In the second part of the tour, you will have 60 minutes free to continue exploring Trinidad at your own pace; Then return to Playa Ancon, Trinidad hotel

You will have free time at leisure to continue exploring Trinidad at your own pace
**We highly suggest Valle de los Ingenios & Manaca Iznaga plantation tour after Trinidad walking tour (+€)
**In the evening, we suggest you to visit “La Casa de La Musica” live salsa patio/bar

Highlights
*Trinidad City walking tour
*Cantero Palace (City Museum) visit
*Canchanchara tavern cocktail stop.

OOvernight: Hotel in Playa Ancon, Trinidad
Meals: All-inclusive in Playa Ancon, Trinidad

Day 6. Trinidad – Cayo Santa Maria transfer

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*Transfer to Cayo Santa Maria. All-inclusive stay

*Today, proceed with private group transfer to one of the most beautiful white sandy beaches of Cuba; Cayo Santa Maria. At arrival, forget about schedules, and enjoy the day, the sun and the beach with all services, amenities, theme parties and non- motorized water activities the All-inclusive hotel offers.

Overnight: Hotel in Cayo Santa Maria
Meals: All-inclusive

Day 7 & 8. Beach days Cayo Santa Maria All inclusive

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*Days on the beach

*These days, relax on the white sandy beaches in Cayo Santa Maria. Forget about schedules, and enjoy the day, the sun and the beach with all services, amenities, theme parties and non motorized water activities the All-inclusive hotel offers.

Overnight: Hotel in Cayo Santa Maria
Meals: All-inclusive

Day 9. Cayo Santa Maria – Varadero private transfer with Che Mausoleum visit in Santa Clara

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*Cayo Santa Maria – Che Mausoleum visit (Santa Clara) – Varadero

The trip will continue towards one of the most traditional, famous and beautiful beaches of Cuba; Varadero. In the middle of our journey from Cayo Santa Maria to Varadero, we will stop in Santa Clara to visit one of the most famous sites in Cuba; the Che Mausoleum, in honor to one of the most polemics leaders in Cuba, El Che Guevara. This place is one of the most visited sites in Cuba, in honor to the controversial leader.
Later, we will arrive to our final destination to enjoy the Beach, the Sun, services and amenities besides theme parties the All-Inclusive hotel offers in Varadero Cuba.

Highlights
*Che Guevara Mausoleum visit, Santa Clara.

Overnight: Hotel in Varadero
Meals: All-inclusive hotels in Cayo Santa Maria and Varadero

Day 10 & 11. Beach days Varadero

    All inclusive

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*Days on the beach. Varadero All inclusive

*These days, relax on the white sandy beaches in Varadero. Forget about schedules, and enjoy the day, the sun and the beach with all services, amenities, theme parties and non motorized water activities the All-inclusive hotel offers.

Overnight: Hotel in Varadero
Meals: All-inclusive

Day 12. Varadero – Havana private transfer

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*Private group transfer to hotel in Havana

*Today, relax on the white sandy beaches in Varadero in the morning, to proceed with private group transfer to hotel in Havana. At arrival, free day at leisure to continue exploring Havana at your own pace.

We suggest to have early lunch before group transfer to Havana

Overnight: Hotel in Havana
Meals: All-inclusive until 11:00 hrs. in Varadero

Day 13 Havana – Cancun flight

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*Transfer to Havana International Airport for departure from
Cuba. Connection flight to Cancun, Mexico

Suggested Interjet flight 903 at 15:30 hrs.

*Today, after early lunch, meet your driver for transfer to Havana International Airport for departure to take the flight to Cancun, Mexico

*Welcome to Mexico! Upon arrival to Cancun International Airport you will be greeted by our driver and transferred to your hotel in Cancun. Check-in to your hotel and the rest of the day will be at leisure to rest from the trip.

Highlights
*Private transfer to the Havana International airport
*Private transfer to Cancun hotel from Cancun International airport

Overnight: Hotel in Cancun
Meals: Breakfast in hotel in Havana
   Cancun All-inclusive hotel

Day 14. Beach day Cancun All inclusive

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*Day on the beach. Cancun All inclusive

*Today, relax on the white sandy beaches in Cancun. Forget about schedules, and enjoy the day, the sun and the beach with all services, amenities, theme parties and non motorized water activities the All-inclusive hotel offers.

Overnight: Hotel in Cancun
Meals: All-inclusive

Day 15. Chichen Itza / Ik Kil Cenote Tour

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*Chichen Itza / Ik Kil Cenote full day Private Tour – Merida, Yucatan

*Chichen Itza, meaning "at the mouth of the well of the Itza", one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is Mexico's most-visited archaeological site. During the tour, you will see and visit a magnificent display of the advanced civilization of the Maya people and the ceremonial center. Included as part of the UNESCO World Heritage site, it is made up of many stone buildings in various states of preservation, all connected by a network of roads called sacbeob. The three most well-known of these monument complexes are El Castillo, the Temple of Warriors, and the Great Ball Court.
The highlight of Chichen Itza's Mayan ruins is the Kukulcan Pyramid, known as El Castillo. Mesoamerican cultures occasionally built larger pyramids on top of smaller ones, and this is the case for the 79-foot (24-meter) step pyramid of El Castillo, where an excavation discovered a temple with an elaborate jaguar throne. History and stories of the Mayas will be share with you by our experienced local tour guide.
After the visit, you will enjoy a delicious traditional lunch (drinks not included) in a local restaurant. Here, we will visit what is consider a Sacred Cenote, Ik Kil, where you will have 1 hour to refresh the heat swimming on it. (lockers not included). Then, we will head to the beautiful City of Merida; “La Blanca Merida” as it is well known for the traditional white way of dressing of the local people.

Highlights
*Private transportation with English – Spanish licensed driver
*Chichen Itza Private Tour
*Visit to Ik Kil cenote with time to swim
*Enjoy lunch of Yucatecan cuisine in a beautiful Colonial mansion

Overnight: Hotel in Merida, Yucatan
Meals: Breakfast in hotel in Cancun
   Purified bottled water and soft drinks during the tour
   Buffet lunch (drinks not included) in Chichen Itza
   Purified bottled water and soft drinks during the transfer

Day 16. Merida tour / Uxmal tour

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*Merida, Yucatan panoramic tour with photo stops
Uxmal archaeological site private tour

*In the first part of the tour, enjoy the best of Merida, Yucatan founded by the Spanish Francisco de Montejo. Visit the main sites like the Cathedral, located in the socket, which is also la Casa de Montejo, Learn all about Paseo de Montejo, which has its colonial buildings like the Palace and Canton, a beautiful monument to the country. Admire la “Plaza de la Independencia” (Independence Square) and visit the local market to enjoy souvenir shopping. Before heading to Uxmal, enjoy a delicious Yucatecan Lunch (not included) at “La Chaya Maya” restaurant.
Then, in the second part of the day tour, uncover the ancient mysteries of Uxmal, legendary archeological sites in the Yucatan Peninsula. Our professional guide will explain the rich legacy left by Mayan civilization as you visit the Temple of the Magician, the Governor's Palace and the temple dedicated to Chaac, God of rain.
At the end of the tour, we will accommodate in a traditional hotel in Uxmal where you can admire local flora and fauna, besides listening to the “sounds” of the jungle like the local monkeys and birds

Highlights
*Private transportation with English – Spanish licensed driver
*Merida, Yucatan panoramic tour with photo stops
*Uxmal Private Tour
*Enjoy the Yucatecan cuisine lunch at the local market (not included)
*Time for shopping handicraft souvenirs at the local market

Overnight: Hotel in Uxmal
Meals: Breakfast
   Purified bottled water and soft drinks during the transfer

Day 17. Valladolid “Magic Town” tour

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*Mayapan Aquave Tequila Distillery, Ex Convento de San
Bernardino, & Chocolate Museum tour in Valladolid, Yucatan

*Enjoy the best of Valladolid, Yucatan; consider “Pueblo Magico” (Magic Town) based on its natural beauty, cultural and historical relevance to the country. Our tour will start in the Mayapan Aquave Tequila Distillery, where we will learn about the tequila making process; form blue agave, to burning, to distilling and finally storage. In addition, of course, at the end of the tour Tequila tasting wearing sombreros and ponchos for a great Mexican traditional picture!
Then, our tour will stop at San Bernardino Ex-convent, which was the first Franciscan Monastery built in Mexico, and one of the first in the Americas. Built in 1592 and re-built after a fire in 1804 is one of the most visited sites in this beautiful town. Finally, we will stop at the Chocolate Museum where we will learn about the chocolate process; from the cocoa grown, harvested, dried and processed into delicious chocolate. We will learn as well the story of this consider “chili” before the Spaniards arrive to America, to the way the Europeans mix it with milk and sugar to know what is consider one of the best sold products in the modern world.
During the tour, we will make a stop at a local restaurant suggested by our experienced tour guide for lunch (not included), to finish with drop off at our Valladolid hotel.

Highlights
*Private transportation with English – Spanish licensed driver
*Tequila distillery tour
*Ex Convento de San Bernardino de Siena visit
*Chocolate Museum tour
*Enjoy Yucatecan cuisine lunch (not included)

Overnight: Hotel in Valladolid, Yucatan
Meals: Breakfast in hotel in Uxmal
   Purified bottled water and soft drinks during the transfer

Day 18. Coba - Tulum - Coba tour

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*Coba & Tulum full day tour

*Enjoy a day of adventure visiting 2 of the most important Mayan sites in the Riviera Maya, Coba & Tulum. During this tour, you will enjoy a “different Temple” in Coba. Situated in the heart of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, this ancient Maya city is considered one of the most important settlements in Mesoamerican history. During its peak between AD 500 and 900, Coba housed 50,000 residents and was the central terminus for the complex Maya system of roadways. The jungle site is still being excavated, but visitors can experience the already discovered remains of these sacbes, or stone causeways, as well as a number of engraved and sculpted monuments. Here, it is common to hear and watch the monkeys living in the area.
Our journey will continue with a visit the impressive archaeological site of Tulum, an icon of the Mayan culture in the Mexican Caribbean, whose location is unique as it is on the coast of Quintana Roo. Enjoy spectacular views of the Caribbean Sea from a privileged spot and contemplate the turquoise color of the ocean. Explore this ancient ceremonial center and get to know the history of this place with a certified guide that will reveal secrets of this walled city. After the tour, you will have time to swim and explore the beautiful beach of Tulum at your own pace. During the tour, our experience tour guide will suggest restaurants to choose for lunch (not included). Our journey will finish with transfer to Playa del Carmen hotel.

Highlights
*Private transportation with English – Spanish licensed driver
*Coba archaeological site
*Tulum archaeological site
*Free time to swim on Tulum beach

Overnight: Hotel in Playa del Carmen
Meals: Breakfast in the hotel in Valladolid
   Purified bottled water and soft drinks during the transfer

Day 19. Playa del Carmen beach day

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*Free day at leisure

*Today, relax on the white sandy beaches in Playa del Carmen. Forget about schedules and enjoy the day, the sun, the beach and your loved ones

Overnight: Hotel in Playa del Carmen
Meals: Breakfast in the hotel

Day 20. Departure from Cancun

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*Beach day – Departure from Cancun Intl. Airport

*Free morning at leisure. We suggest late flight departure to continue enjoying Playa del Carmen

*Private transfer to Cancun International airport for departure.

*Flight departure

Meals: Breakfast in the hotel

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Overnight on the plane to Europe
 

Day 21. Home arrival

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*Arrival to your home Country