Tour of the West: Tours in Cuba
This is one of a series of articles dedicated to promote escorted Cuba tours. The idea is to let you realize how convenient and cost effective is to know the island through an expert tour guide.
DAY 1: On arrival at Jose Marti Airport you will be met by an English speaking guide and be transferred to your selected hotel in Old Havana where you will stay for the next two nights on a Bed & breakfast basis.
DAY 2: After breakfast, you will be picked up from the lobby of your hotel and will commence a full-day city tour of Havana begins with visits to all the important sites of old and Colonial Havana. Horse carriage drive around the perimeter of the old city. Vist to the well-known artists’ studios of Nelson Dominguez and Carmen Montilla. Lunch at the Cafe Taberna. Afternoon tour of modern Havana in 1950’s classic American car. Terminate at hotel. Dinner at La Mina restaurant and attendance to The Cannon shooting ceremony in evening.
DAY 3: Early in the morning you will be transferred to Las Terrazas complex and you will be staying at La Moka hotel for the next 3 nights on bed and breakfast basis. Your first afternoon in this resort will be at leisure so you can explore the magnificent nature surrounding the complex.
DAY 4 : You will have a guided tour in this complex visiting coffee plantations, rivers, waterfalls and from the place you will have lunch you will be able to appreciate one of the most fantastic views Cuba Has to offer.
DAY 5: Full day excursion to Cayo Levisa, where you will spend all day at leisure enjoying the remote white sandy beach (lunch included).
DAY 6: Departure for Vinales Valley arriving at your hotel at lunchtime. Rest of the day free to enjoy the hotel’s peaceful surroundings. Your overnight accommodation will be at Los Jazmines or La Ermita, for the next 2 nights on Bed & breakfast basis.
DAY 7: Half day visit to the Viales valley including visits to a cave, tobacco plantations, underground rivers and so much more. The Lunch will be at a local restaurant called The Mural of Prehistory.
DAY 8: This is the last day of the tour and after breakfast you will be transfer to either the airport in Havana to take your international flight or to your next destination in Cuba. This transfer is also included in the package. As you can realize this guided tour last only one week, it is not packet with activities so you will be able to appreciate Cuba without having to rush from one place to the next.