This is a sample itinerary from one of my January 2025 tours. Each tour is a different, depending on the interests of the tour participants, and the availability of tour guides and venues. All group meals are included, but you are also welcome to take time off from group activities and go explore on your own, or just chill out.
| Day 1: |
| early afternoon arrival in Havana |
| meet tour guide, transfer to casa particular |
| walk to a nearby restaurant |
| overnight at a casa particular |
| Day 2: |
| breakfast at our casa particular |
| coffee and conversation with Liliana Fernandez, professor at the University of Havana |
| Classic Convertibles car tour of Havana |
| Walking tour of Habana Vieja: Understand Cuba with a Sociologist |
| salsa lessons (optional) |
| dinner at a waterfront restaurant |
| visit to Fabrica de Arte Cubano, Havana’s most exciting art and music venue |
| Day 3 |
| Drive to Cienfuegos |
| visit to the Playa Giron Bay of Pigs museum |
| swimming and snorkeling at Caleta Buena |
| sunset on the beach at Playa Rancho Luna |
| dinner and music at a top local restaurant |
| Day 4 |
| Drive to Trinidad |
| art tour of Cienfuegos, with visits to artists collective and studio of Lizzette Perez Castro |
| Topes de Collantes and El Cubano waterfall |
| music at Casa de la Musica |
| Day 5 |
| History and Art tour of Trinidad |
| free time to explore |
| beach time at Playa Ancona |
| music at Casa de la Trova |
| Day 6 |
| Drive to Havana |
| lunch and farm visit at Finca del Medio slow food farm in Taguasco |
| private concert at El Madrigal with Hera de Cuba |
| Day 7 |
| San Jose Artists and Crafts Market |
| visit to artist Jose Fuster’s Fusterlandia, a neighborhood full of fantastical art installations inspired by Antoni Gaudi. |
| farewell dinner |
| Day 8 |
| guided tour of Regla, working class neightborhood across the bay from Habana Vieja, and home visit with a Santeria babalawo |
| Departure for the airport |