11 DAY INTIMATE CUBA TOUR
Our 11-Day Vintage Havana Tour can be completely customised to suit your group, and the order or make-up of the excursions can be altered to fit in with your preferences. We can also lengthen or shorted the tour to fit in within your available timeframes.
Join our amazing Vintage Havana Tour for the best city adventure in Cuba! See the wonderful faded facades of some of the city’s oldest buildings, visit historical squares and plazas and see the vibrant Artists Quarter. Be transported back in time as you stroll through the cobbled streets the Old Town, while the sounds and rhythms of Cuba creep into your soul and captivate you. The Vintage Havana Tour incorporates all the nostalgic elements you would expect, like antique cars, cigars and Salsa rhythms, but you will also have a chance to meet a few local Cubans and hear their stories at first hand, giving you a rare insider glimpse into the history, culture and rhythms that make Havana unique.
Highlights on our Havana Tour
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Soak up the exciting street vibe on an Old Havana Walking Tour
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Cruise along the Malecon at sunset in a Classic American Car
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Sample Havana’s lively nightlife to experience the sounds and rhythms that make Cuba special
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Walk in Hemingway’s footsteps on a classic Hemingway Tour
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Visit historic plazas, squares and the Museo de la Revolucion to learn about Cuba’s troubled past
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Enjoy the Artists Quarter as you explore Callejon de Hammel in central Havana
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Sample Cuban cuisine at some of Havana’s hottest neighbourhood restaurants
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Sleep in an Historic Hotel or a Casa Particular – a B&B where you will get to know some of the locals
Inclusions on our Havana Tour
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Airport transfers – Classic Car Transfer on arrival (depending on arrival time), regular transfer for departure.
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Lunch every day at our favourite Cuban Paladar’s in Havana Vieja, Vedado, Miramar and Centro
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3 Nights accommodation at your choice of a Historic Hotel, or Authentic Casa Particular including Breakfast
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Hemingway Tour
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Old Havana Walking Tour
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Visit to the Artists Quarter
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Afternoon Classic Car Tour around the most interesting sites and districts
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Havana tour extensions available
It’s your choice! There are a host of extra activities and excursions we can include on our Havana tours including: Art Deco Tour, Hemingway Tour, Vinales Day Tour, Baseball or Boxing, Scuba Diving, Salsa lessons, Cabaret Tropicana and Beach visits.
Sample Itinerary
DAY 1
Arrival in Havana
Transfer to Hotel
Free time
Introductory group briefing
Dinner at paladar
DAY 2
Breakfast at hotel
Visit Ernest Hemingway’s haunts in COJIMAR - guided walking tour
Interact with locals in Cojimar neighborhoods
Lunch at paladar
Old Havana city tour
Visit the Optical Tower; Old Havana model; Museum of the Revolution, Chocolate museum and Hotel Nacional de Cuba
Shopping and strolling in Old Havana
Dinner at paladar w/ musical entertainment
DAY 3
Breakfast at hotel
Antique car cruise of Havana
Salsa dancing lesson and exhibition
Lunch at paladar
Visit Callejon neighborhood and take part in folklore show
Stroll the Malecon
Free time
Dinner on our own
Clubbing on the terrace with salsa dance instructors as optional dance partners
DAY 4
Breakfast at hotel
Leave Havana for Las Terrazas UNESCO biosphere reserve
Hike the Las Terrazas hillsides
Tour coffee plantation and Artist’s home
Lunch at Las Terrazas
Interact with locals in Las Terrazas region
Dinner and overnight at Las Terrazas
DAY 5
Breakfast at hotel
Transfer toward Vinales
Tour the limestone caves at La Moncada
Visit La Moncada monument; interact with locals at community field
Vinales - free time for shopping, massage, taking in the sights
Dinner at paladar
Overnight in Vinales
DAY 6
Breakfast at hotel
Hike or horseback in Vinales to tobacco plantation
Lunch at organico farm hilltop restaurant
Visit rum factory and famous tobacco plantation i
Learn about Cuba's unique medical services and visit medical office/hospital
Dinner at paladar
Overnight at farm
DAY 7
Breakfast at farm
Walk the farm; swim the lake; learn of Cuban agritourism
Box lunch in nature
Stop en route to Havana and visit small village
Play soccer/hacky-sack with locals in Havana parque
Swim and leisure at hotel
Dinner on our own
DAY 8
Breakfast at hotel
Visit Chocolate Museum and Hotel Nacional
Visit studio of “the Picasso of Cuba,” artist Jose Fuster; private lunch
Baseball game at Los Industriales (Havana’s national team) stadium
Free time
Dinner at one of Anthony Bourdain’s favorite Havana paladars
DAY 9
Breakfast at hotel
Stroll the Malecon to baseball field; interact with teams and deliver donations
Walk the Malecon to Patronato at the synagogue
Discussion on religion in Cuba and Cuba’s universal medical care system
Distribute medicines and pharmacy donations
Lunch @La Ferminia paladar; running spades menu
Visit Literacy Museum
Free time for shopping and strolling
Dinner at paladar
DAY 10
Breakfast at hotel
Visit handcraft market, Old Havana churches
Visit “the Hyde Park speaker’s corner of Havana” and chat with locals
Tour cigar factory and watch cigar rolling demonstrations
Lunch at Hemingway’s Ambos Mundos Hotel rooftop restaurant
Free time to stroll and shop
Take in the cannon ceremony at Morro Castle
Farewell dinner at paladar
DAY 11
Breakfast at hotel
Departure Havana airport
Arrival in the U.S.
Duration - 11 days, 10 Nights
Start - Havana, Cuba
Finish - Havana, Cuba
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Meals -
Accomodation -
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Inclusions - Local English-speaking guide, Airport transfers – Classic Car Transfer on arrival (depending on arrival time), regular transfer for departure. Lunch every day at our favourite Cuban Paladar’s in Havana Vieja, Vedado, Mirmar and Centro. 3 Nights accommodation at your choice of a Historic Hotel, or Casa Particular including Breakfast. Hemingway Tour. Old Havana Walking Tour. Visit to the Artists Quarter. Afternoon Classic Car Tour around the most interesting sites. Havana tour extensions available.
Exclusions - International flights, all lunches and dinners (unless specified), travel insurance, visa & passport costs, drinks, tips, optional activities, airport taxes.