DMC Cuba 7-8 Days Package

Cuba for travel

Office Transnico International

Lonja del Comercio 6D

Plaza San Francisco

Havana Cuba

Tel: + 5352630309

www.cubafortravel.com

Cuba for Travel is a DMC operating in Cuba since 1997. We have offices in Havana

and Varadero. Our head office (Transnico International) is in Brussels Belgium. We

set up incentive trips, group roundtrips and private a la carte tours for mainly

European and American guests.

During the years we have organized successful incentives for important European

incentive houses for their multinational clients. We pride ourselves in listening to

our clients and setting up programs according to their wishes with quick replies to

their email communications. We and our guides are on the spot to guarantee correct

handling of services, and to be sure your client is really satisfied.

Cuba is a country with surprising options like cigar and rum dinners, classic

vintage car transfers, fun rides in old historic trains, catamaran sailings to remote

tropical islands and discovering the historic centre of Old Havana. We love to offer

you genuine Cuban culture with live music with all meal venues, salsa dance

lessons, famous Tropicana cabaret. And of course the night life in Havana is there

for you to explore.

Despite the travel restrictions for Americans to Cuba we organize many tours for

mid and high level visitors from this country. In cooperation with the American TSP

Vayasojourns and its President Lee Marona, based in California, the necessary

licenses of OFAC are provided for the most demanding clients. American agencies

that have groups and individuals interested to come to Cuba encounter in Cuba for

Travel/Vayasojourns a reliable and legal partnership. In agreement with the rules

set out by OFAC a program is agreed with the client and executed during the visit to

Cuba. Guests can enter the direct charter flights from the US to Havana or other

destinations in Cuba. On their return guests present the necessary documentation to

the US immigration for re-entering the US without problem. We offer a secure and

professional organization as well on the Cuban as on the American side.

In the area of Havana and Varadero we can offer quality 5 stars accommodations

with international standards with facilities for congresses and meetings. In the

interior of Cuba we can set up authentic programs off the beaten track.

Cuba is a very different country with a unique atmosphere right in the middle of the

sunny Caribbean.


Havana-Varadero Incentive Program

Day 1: Arrival in Havana airport. Welcome by your English speaking guide. Transfer in air

conditioned bus to hotel Parque Central.

HOTEL PARQUE CENTRAL

Hotel Parque Central is one of the best 5* hotels of Havana. It has a location right at Parque

Central, a centrally located square in Old Havana, the colonial quarter of the city. Rooms

are in colonial style with all 5* facilities. There a swimming pool at the roof top terrace

with bar and snack restaurant. The hotel has all facilities like business centre, buffet and a

la carte restaurants, fitness centre and meeting rooms.

For more info check : www.hotelparquecentral.com

On arrival guests receive a welcome cocktail during check in. Luggage personnel takes care

of the luggage.

Later on after freshening up we walk to the Plaza de la Catedral where we have dinner in

the restaurant El Patio with seating on the square and the Cathedral. The menu is:

Welcome cocktail

Crêpes of Smoked Salmon

Beef filet Migon with mushroom sauce and pasta

Brownie with vanilla sauce

Coffee

Included water and ½ bottle of house wine

http://www.hotelparquecentral.com/


Day 2: Breakfast in the hotel.

At 09.30 AM classic American vintage cars are waiting at the hotel. With 3 persons per car

we do a city tour along the Havana Malecon, passing by the Tribuna Anti-Imperialista,

visiting a fruit and vegetables market, the cemetery Christopher Columbus and the famous

Plaza de la Revolucion. (2 hours ride).

Lunch is served at La Mina restaurant. After a welcome cocktail we get a vegetable salad/

choice out of chicken and fish served with potatoes, steamed vegetables and rice with bean

sauce, flan caramel as dessert and coffee. (welcome cocktail, coffee and 3 free drinks

included

La Mina

La Mina restaurant is located in a former monastery of the Jesuits order dedicated to the

care of the cities’ orphans. It has beautiful terraces right at the Plaza de Armas and a

refreshing patio inside.

In the afternoon the guide will walk with the guests through Old Havana visiting the

different squares like Plaza de Armas, Plaza de La Catedral, Plaza San Francisco, Plaza

Vieja. We make a stop at the colonial patio of Florida hostal for a dance lesson of Cuban

salsa. We provide a dance partner for each participant.

From there we walk back to the hotel.


In the evening colonial horse coaches take us to the Conde de Villanueva mansion in

Havana for an evening of tobacco and rum.

CONDE DE VILLANUEVA

The count of Villanueva was a succesfull merchant in 19th century Havana. His

residence palace in the Old Quarter is restored into a small luxury hostal with restaurant

facility. The decoration is around the tabacco theme. The patio of the house is an ideal

location to feel back the age of tabacco smoking colonial inhabitants. (check:

www.habaguanexhotels.com/en/hotels/hotelcondedevillanueva.asp

The meal is served in the patio of the house on a long table. The area is exclusive for the

group. On arrival there is a quality band playing and cocktails are served. The band plays

the Cuban music that is famous over the world as Buenavista Social Club. The band is

called Ecos de Siboney and a few members are grandsons of the legendary leadsinger of

Buenavista Comapy Segundo. There is an area where a torcedor is rolling cigars that are

offered to the guests. A variety of Cuban cocktails are served. There is possibility to enter

the cigar shop to admire the collection. After cocktails guests take a seat at the table.

Entry is a chicken salad with ginger mayonnaise.

Lobster Villanueva with rice.

Dessert is ice cream with tropical fruits

After the meal there is a house dessert and coffee. With the coffee a hand rolled Cuban

cigar is offered. Whole the time the music is playing suitable traditional Cuban Buenavista

music. There is a dance couple doing some show dancing and trying to motivate guests to

dance.

Drinks included are a welcome cocktail, water, ½ bottle of wine, coffee and a shot of old

rum. They receive also a Cuban cigar at the end.

Return to the hotel is on foot with the possibility to visit the many music bars of Old

Havana in the Obispo street.

http://www.habaguanexhotels.com/en/hotels/hotelcondedevillanueva.asp


Day 3 : Breakfast in the hotel.

We make a tour by bus visiting a cigar and a rum factory, 2 items of Cuban culture. We

have lunch a Bodeguita del Medio restaurant:

Welcome mojito

Fresh Vegetable salad

Picadillo Habanera or Havana minced beef

Dessert

Coffee

1 drink incl.

BODEGUITA DEL MEDIO

This restaurant as a small grocery store or ‘bodeguita’ in the middle of a street or ‘del

medio’. As Hemingway’s publisher was in front he often stayed in the store waiting for

papers to be printed and as such drank many mojito’s which the owner served as an extra

income. As the place became famous in the fifties the groceries were dropped in favour of a

bar and restaurant. The bohemian and political scene of that age hanged out in the place and

left their signature on the walls just like Hemingway.

Now it is a popular restaurant specialized in Cuban creole cuisine. And of course

Hemingway´s mojito is the most wanted cocktail. The Bodeguita is now also a franchise

with many Bodeguita’s in other countries like Mexico and Paris.


The afternoon is at leisure with time free for shopping.

In the evening we have a short transfer to Hotel Nacional where we have dinner in the

stately Comedor de Aguiar: rose salmon/ fish filet with mashed potatoes/ice

cream/coffee/water and ½ bottle of wine.

After the dinner we pass on to the Cabaret Parisien for a typical Caribeean shor. Welcome

cocktail is included.

Around midnight return to the hotel.

Day 4: Breakfast in the hotel.

Check out of the hotel and transfer to Varadero. After 30 min. we stop at the small train

station of Guanabo where we board the exclusive Hershey train. On board we have an open

bar (drinks included) and a music band. During the ride along Cuban countryside of about

an hour and a half guests dance, drink and have fun. At the end of the ride we have lunch at

a small restaurant farmers style in the middle of the fields. After lunch the bus shows up

and we continue to Varadero. Arrival at Paradisus Princesa del Mar.


On arrival we receive a welcome cocktail and check in of the rooms. Evening at leisure in

the all-inclusive.

PARADISUS VARADERO

This is the best all inclusive resort in Varadero at present. All rooms are spacious junior

suites with king or twin size beds, huge bathrooms, and a cosy salon with satellite TV, mini

bar and coffee machine, and of course a balcony to overlook the tropical garden. The hotel

has one of the largest pools in the country, a beautiful beach and green gardens. The

restaurants are plenty and varied with good international and Cuban kitchen. Animation and

activities are available without disturbing the general quietness of the resort.

Check : www.solmeliacuba.com/cuba-hotels/hotel-paradisus-varadero/

Day 5: Day at leisure in the all-inclusive hotel.

Day trip with a catamaran to Cayo Blanco. On the way we make a stop at a reef for

snorkeling, and at a dolphin centre where we go in the water with dolphins (both included).

We end up at Cayo Blanco island where we have a seafood lunch (included). There is some

time at leisure at the beach before sailing back to Varadero. All day drinks are included.

The catamaran is exclusive but not the island.

http://www.solmeliacuba.com/cuba-hotels/hotel-paradisus-varadero/


Day 6 : Day at leisure in the all inclusive. Check out of the rooms is at 12.00h but the

guests can continue to enjoy the services of the hotel till departure time.

In due time transfer to Havana airport. On the way we stop at the view point over the valley

of Yumuri where we get a delicious freshly pressed Piña Colada.


Tailor Made Individual Round Trips through Cuba

This round tour is possible starting 2 persons (with your own guide.) Visit the 3 beautiful

cities of Cuba: Havana the swinging capital city, Cienfuegos, the third city of Cuba full of

French influence and Trinidad, the colonial city from 1514. This program has a variation of

culture and the beautiful nature of Cuba.

Description of Program day by day

Day 1 You arrive in the airport of Havana or Varadero. Welcome by our representative

and transfer to your Havana hotel. Here you stay at the 4 stars hotel boutique hotel Conde

Villanueva. Overnight in bed and breakfast.

Day 2 At 09.00 AM you meet your guide in the lobby for a 3 hours tour through Havana

in a classic American vintage car cabriolet. Lunch is included today in the famous

Hemingway restaurant Bodeguita del Medio. Afternoon gives you a walking tour through

Old Havana passing by the fascinating colonial squares and streets. Overnight in bed and

breakfast.

Day 3 Day at leisure. Overnight in bed and breakfast.

Day 4 At 08.00 check out and meeting of the guide. From today onwards you have the

vehicle at disposition. We suggest an excursion to Pinar del Rio, and the Valley of Vinales

where the best tobacco of Cuba grows and a unique landscape with “mogotos” rock

formations can be seen. We include the visit to the cigar factory. The tour ends back in

Havana.


Day 5 At 09.00 AM you drive to Cienfuegos. You visit the historic city centre. You then

continue to Trinidad. Overnight at the 4 stars hacienda lodge La Casona at walking distance

of the center (bed and breakfast).

Day 6 At 09.00 AM we suggest a walking excursion into the historical center of Trinidad

and a visit to the Valley of the Sugar Mills. Overnight at the 4 stars hacienda lodge La

Casona at walking distance of the center (bed and breakfast).

Day 7 At 09.00 AM we have planned an excursion to the Escambraye mountains on

horseback. You will visit a waterfall and have lunch at an isolated farm. Overnight at the 4

stars hacienda lodge La Casona at walking distance of the center (bed and breakfast).

Day 8 Check out. In due time we bring you to the airport of Varadero or Havana for

departure. If you wish to extent your stay in a beach resort in Varadero we drop you off

there. We can offer several all inclusive resorts of quality.


Havana-Trinidad People to People tour for the American market

Program:

Day 1: Arrival in Havana with morning flight from Miami. Welcome by your English

speaking guide. Transfer to hotel Iberostar Parque Central. On the way we visit the Plaza de

la Revolucion and the Cemetery Columbus. Lunch at Aljibe restaurant. Drive through

Miramar and drop off at hotel Iberostar Parque Central. Check in. At 5.30 PM meeting

room at the hotel for lecture about Cuban History, Cuba-US relations and the Cuban

economy. Time for questions. 7.30 PM Dinner at the hotel main restaurant Mediterraneo.

Day 2: Breakfast. 9 AM City tour by bus visiting a cigar factory. Walk in Old Havana (the

different squares and streets, Cathedral, Museum of Captain Generals). Lunch is served at

Doña Eutimia private restaurant at Plaza de la Catedral.

In the afternoon walk through Old Havana with visit to a primary school at the Plaza Vieja,

Rum Museum, and Workshop of the painter Choco. Return to the hotel by horse coach.

Overnight in Parque Central. Dinner is served at the private restaurant of chef Ivan Justo at

walking distance of the hotel.


Day 3: Breakfast. Visit of the Modern Arts Museum in Havana. Then visit of the Callejon

de Hamel and Museum of Decorative Arts. Lunch at La Fontana private restaurant in

Miramar (AC salon). In the afternoon visit of the house and street of Fuster and the

photographer Roberto Salas, private photographer of Fidel Castro in the 60ies.

In the evening dinner at Café del Oriente restaurant at the Plaza San Francisco.

Day 4: Breakfast. 9.30 AM Tour by classic American vintage cars to the mansion of Ernest

Hemingway Finca Vigia. Visit of the House. Visit of the village Cojimar where the novel

“The Old Man and the Sea” was set, view point of the city from Morro Castle. Return to

Old Havana for lunch in the Hemingway hang-out Bodeguita del Medio with a classic

mojito. Afternoon walk to Ambos Mundos hotel where Hemingway had his room, and

Floridita bar.

In the evening dinner in the Spanish Association restaurant (El Gijon) (on foot 50 m).

Day 5: Breakfast. Transfer to Cienfuegos passing by Bay of Pigs. Lunch is served in the

Palacio Valle museum-restaurant. Visit of the historic centre with Teatro Terry, Boulevard,

Prado, Parque Martí. In the afternoon we continue to Trinidad. Overnight in Iberostar

Trinidad with dinner.


Day 6: Breakfast. 9.30 AM Train ride to Valle de los Ingenios. Visit of the Valley of the

Ingenios with lunch at the Manaca Iznaga hacienda. Return to Trinidad. Visit of the historic

centre of Trinidad with streets and squares, the Romantic Museum and the Casa Cantero.

Afternoon time free at the Trinidad artisans market.

In the evening dinner in a paladar restaurant Solananda in the centre of Trinidad. Then

visits of the Music cafés like Casa de la Musica and Casa de la Trova.

Day 7: Breakfast. Transfer to Sancti Spiritus. Visit of the Municipal Museum. Continue to

Santa Clara. Visit of the Mausoleum of Che Guevara. Lunch in Santa Clara. Continue

return to Havana. Check in Iberostar Parque Central. Early dinner at the hotel. 8.15 PM to

ballet at the Teatro Nacional at the Plaza de la Revolucion.


Day 8: Breakfast. Free morning. Check out and transfer to airport.

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…see you in Havana.