Excursions

We have made a careful selection, so you can enjoy the best of the city and its life, culture and history. In comfortable transportation, our friendly and professional guides and drivers will introduce you to one of the most fascinating cities of the world. Learn about the past, present, and future...legends and truths!

While in Cuba our staff members can arrange all the details for low impact tours for physically challenged customers. The tours can be accommodated to your personal demands; don't hesitate to contact us!

Get to Know the City

Havana is the capital city of Cuba, with over 2 million people. Get to know historical sites, and landmarks:

• Visit to the main squares of Old Havana (Cathedral Square, Plaza de Armas...)
• Tour through the modern part of the city
• Stops at your convenience for pictures at main landmarks, Revolution Square, University of Havana, National hotel, Capitol Building, etc

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Old Havana Architecture

Featuring on UNESCO's World Heritage List, Old Havana contains hundreds of well preserved examples of 17th-century Spanish colonial architecture, slowly being restored to their former glory. One of the most vibrant cities in the Caribbean, Havana retains its mystery today and it is in the colonial old town that the magic remains strongest

• Tour through the most outstanding buildings of Old Havana, Palace of Segundo Cabo, El Templete, Cathedral Church, etc
• Tour through the most picturesque streets
• Visit to "Museum of the City", previous Palace of Captain Generals

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The legend of Habanos

On his second landing in Cuba, Christopher Columbus saw a group of ¨Indians¨ who smoked roughly rolled tobacco leaves which they called Cohibas. Today, these leaves continue to delight the palate of those who taste them. Our Habanos have been recognized as the best cigars in the world.

• Visit to a Cigar Factory
• Visit to the Cigar Museum
• Visit to the Habano Hotel, Conde de Villanueva and meeting with the cigar roller and tasting of a Cuban cigar

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Classic Cars

A great variety of old cars exists in Cuba. On the streets you can find cars from the first half of the 20th century in magnificent condition, which takes you back in history and makes you feel the old atmosphere of the cities. Colors, brands, styles, structures, are different in each one of these cars. Riding in them makes an unforgettable adventure and a very pleasant memory

• A visit to the Museum of the Automobile
• Tour of the Havana of the 40's and 50's in a classic car
• Hear from the driver himself, and pictures session
• Cocktail in one of Havana's famous clubs

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Havana of E. Hemingway

"Mi mojito en la Bodeguita, mi daiquiri en el Floridita".

The famous American writer Ernest Hemingway, Literature Nobel Prize, stayed at the hotel Ambos Mundos at the beginning of the 1930´s. He wrote there the first chapters of his novel ¨For whom the bells toll¨ and left his indelible trace in the room (today a museum) that he himself chose. The Cojímar fishing area was also a perfect place as an inspiration source for the wonderful work ¨The Old Man and the Sea¨. You can also enjoy the cooling taste in warm Havana of the two famous cocktails Papa was so fond of, in his two favorite bars!

• Visit to Hemingway's room at the Ambos Mundos Hotel
• Visit to La Vigia farm, former residence of the famous American writer.
• Tour along the fishermen village Cojimar
• Visit to the two famous bars La Bodeguita del Medio and El Floridita

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Art and Color

A special tour for plastic arts lovers! This tour allows you to see Cuba from a different perspective, meet some contemporary artists and appreciate the value of a rich culture.

• Visit to Museum of Beaux Arts, Cuban Art
• Visit to galleries from Obispo Street
• Visit to the Taller de Gravado (engraving workshop) in Callejón del Chorro (Sprout Alley)
• Visit to Gallery La Casona and Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales (Center of Development of Visual Arts)
• Visit to the manufactured paper workshop

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Religion in Cuba

A Caribbean island, conquered by Catholic Spanish who brought Africans to work as slaves after annihilating the first Cuban inhabitants, shows today Sincretismo. Learn about religions in Cuba and how they are expressed

• Visit to Museo de Regla
• Visit to Sanctuary of Virgen de Regla, on the other side of the bay of Havana
• Visit to Callejón de Hammel
• Visit to Church of Las Mercedes
• Visit to the Greek Orthodox Church, last church built in the island
• Visit to Museum of Religious Art
• Drop by Synagogue Adaht Israel (optional)
• Drop by a Protestant Church (optional)

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Art of Rum

Rum has played an important role in the Cuban economy; it is made out of sugar cane, which was for many years the most important industry in the country

• Visit to Museum of Rum
• Tasting Havana Club rum, the most famous Cuban rum, while the barman shows how to prepare a favorite Cuban cocktail
• Tour through the most popular bars: Floridita and Bodeguita del Medio
• Cocktail included in hotel Ambos Mundos or hotel Beltrán de Santa Cruz

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The Fortresses

A rich port attracted pirates and corsairs...fortresses were a priority to protect the city...

• Visit to Castillo de la Real Fuerza
• Ruins from the wall that surrounded the city can be appreciated
• Visit to fortress San Carlos de la Cabaña
• Visit to Morro Castle

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One day at the beach

The beaches of Havana are a perfect spot for a day of relaxation in the warm waters of the Caribbean, only twenty minutes east from the city...why not?

• Transportation to and from the beaches
• Welcoming cocktail
• Lockers in a hotel
• Parasol and beach beds
• Lunch in local restaurant (optional)

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Just at 9pm..boom

Fortress San Carlos de la Cabaña, the biggest in Latin America, gets a costume every night at 9:00 pm, to follow an old tradition, and everyone in the city would know!

• Tour through the fortress San Carlos de la Cabaña. Visit to Museum of Arms
• Visit to Che Guevara headquarter, located in the fortress in the 60's
• Legendary ceremony of Cañonazo de las 9:00 , cannon shot to announce the doors of the city were being closed, when there was a wall surrounding the city

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