Trips · Cuba

The Real Cuba

📍 Cuba 🗓 9 days / 8 nights 🔖 Code R11
  1. Havana
  2. Santa Clara
  3. Trinidad
  4. Cienfuegos
  5. Guamá
  6. Varadero

Nine days in the real Cuba — Havana and its vintage cars, revolutionary Santa Clara, colonial Trinidad, Cienfuegos of UNESCO fame, and all-inclusive Varadero.

Highlights

  • A guided tour of old and modern Havana, with a ride in vintage American cars
  • An optional excursion to the Viñales valley, in Pinar del Río province
  • Santa Clara and the battle that decided the revolution
  • Colonial Trinidad
  • The historic centre of Cienfuegos, a UNESCO World Heritage site
  • Varadero, Cuba's ‘golden coast’

Itinerary

Day 1

Athens / Thessaloniki – the flight to Havana

We depart via a connecting airport and land in Havana, where our representative meets us. Transfer to the hotel.

Day 2

Havana — a guided tour & a ride in vintage cars

After breakfast, a pleasant surprise waits at the hotel entrance: a panoramic tour of the old and modern city, in vintage American cars.

🍽 Breakfast

Day 3

Havana — a free day, or Viñales as an option

The Viñales valley, in Pinar del Río province west of Havana, is among the island's most striking sights, with its distinctive limestone hills and tobacco fields.

🍽 Breakfast

Day 4

Havana, a free day

A free day to wander atmospheric Havana on your own, with all the charm of another era.

🍽 Breakfast

Day 5

Havana – Santa Clara – Trinidad – Cienfuegos

We leave Havana for historic Santa Clara, known for the battle that decided the revolution. We continue to colonial Trinidad and end in Cienfuegos.

🍽 Breakfast

Day 6

Cienfuegos – Guamá – Varadero

A visit to the city's historic centre, a UNESCO World Heritage site. We continue by way of Guamá to Varadero.

🍽 Breakfast, All inclusive

Day 7

Varadero

A free day on Cuba's ‘golden coast’ — a name it owes to its fine golden sand.

🍽 All inclusive

Day 8

Varadero – Havana airport, the return flight

Breakfast and time for one last swim, with the run of the hotel. We then leave for Havana airport.

🍽 All inclusive

Day 9

Arrival in Greece

We land back in Greece via a connecting airport, carrying the memory of a singular, atmospheric trip.

Included

  • Economy-class flights from Athens, with Air Europa or Iberia via Madrid, Air France via Paris, or Turkish Airlines via Istanbul
  • Selected 4*, 4*sup & 5* hotels
  • Breakfast in Havana and Cienfuegos, all inclusive in Varadero
  • Transfers in air-conditioned vehicles
  • All transfers, guided tours, excursions and visits, privately, as listed in the programme
  • An experienced Greek escort who knows Cuba well (subject to availability)
  • Entrance fees
  • Visa fees

Not included

  • Personal expenses
  • Additional meals and drinks
  • The optional excursion to Viñales
  • Anything not listed under what is included, or listed as optional

Notes

  • Departures from Athens and Thessaloniki.

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