Cuba

GRAND MEMORIES – VARADERO

Flight to Varadero via Mexico City. Stay at GRAND MEMORIES – VARADERO Indeed the Memories of this Private Luxury Resort will be in our mind for ever. Only the photos can speak on this Resort.

CUBA – VARADERO – CIENFUEGOS – TRINIDAD

20 MARCH  2019 We left for Trinidad passing by Cienfuegos the name means “Pearl of the South”. The colonial town of Cienfuegos was founded in 1819 in the Spanish territory but was initially settled by immigrants of French origin. It became a trading place for sugar cane, tobacco and coffee. …

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TRINIDAD- SANTA CLARA

21 MAR 2019 City tour in Trinidad, the province of Santi Spiritus, is one of the main tourist attractions on the island, because of its unspoiled colonial character and the old Spanish architecture.The old city is declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Trinidad was founded by the Spanish conqueror …

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SANTA CLARA – HAVANA – VINALES

22 MAR 2019 We are today going to Vinales (3 hours drive proximately). We are taken to the region Pinar del Río. here we  visited witness the process of manufacturing the Cuban cigars – so called puros, also the local places of importance, tobacco plantations and old famous tobacco farms. …

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‘CHE’ GUEVARA MAUSOLEUM – SANTA CLARA

The Che Guevara Mausoleum &Museum  was open in October 1997, 3 decades after his death in Bolivia in 9th October 1967.Che Guevara was a prominent communist figure in the Cuban Revolution who went on to become a guerrilla leader in South America. Executed by the Bolivian army in 1967, he has since …

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VINALES – CUEVA LOS PORTALES

23 MARCH  2019 Departure to Pinar del Rio to visit Cueva de los Portales. We stop at the natural monument Cueva de los Portales, the Cave of Che, where he stayed with his armed group during the revolution in 1962. Then continue to Havana….. arrive to La Habana and city …

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CUEVA LOS PORTALES

23-03-2019 During the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara transferred the headquarters for 45 days, of the Western Army to this vast and spectacular cave, 11km west of Parque la Guira and 16km north of Entronque de Herradura on the Carretera Central. The Cave is still  with some …

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HAVANA CITY

24-03-2019 The fascinating history of Cuba’s capital awaits everyone to know about the revolutionary heroes of the country, walk through the cobbled streets of Old Havana and see the beautiful Cuban Baroque Buildings, the historic forts, museums, legendary restaurants, and the lively public squares. Havana is a city made of …

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REVOLUTION SQUARE –HAVANA -CUBA

23-03-2019 Batista was a Cuban military officer and politician who served as the elected President of Cuba  who twice ruled  Cuba —first in 1933–44 with an efficient government and again in 1952–59 as a dictator, jailing his opponents, using terrorist  methods, and making fortunes for himself and his associates.In 1956, Fidel Castro  …

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HAVANA

24 MARCH 2019 Transfer to the enjoy a panoramic view of Hemingway Museum Continue to Cojimar fisherman town to visit Las Terrazas de Cojimar. Lunch is not included. Visit El Floridita’s bar and Hotel Ambos Mundos. At 15:00 hrs, panoramic tour in Old American classic car (1 hour/ 4 pax …

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