1.Day ISTANBUL – HAVANA
We meet at the international departures terminal of Istanbul New Airport three hours before the flight. After luggage, ticket, and boarding procedures, our flight to Havana with Turkish Airlines begins. After arriving in Havana, we transfer to our hotel with our private vehicle waiting for us at the airport. Accommodation is at our hotel in Havana with free time.
2.Day HAVANAAfter breakfast at the hotel, we depart for the Vinales Valley & Pinar del Rio & Indian Cave tour with lunch included. We head to the Vinales Valley, known for its UNESCO World Heritage status and the world-famous Cuban cigars. After approximately a 3-hour journey, we visit the Vinales town center, tobacco fields, and a local tobacco farm. Afterward, we have lunch at a restaurant located in the valley. We then head to Pinar del Rio to closely observe the production and culture of Cuban cigars at the officially recognized factories. Guests may purchase original Cuban cigars here if they wish. At the end of the day, after enjoying drinks at a viewpoint overlooking the entire Vinales Valley, we return to Havana. Transfer back to the hotel after the tour and free time.
3.Day HAVANAAfter breakfast at the hotel, we depart for the Following the Trail of Revolution Tour with lunch included. We start our tour with vintage American cars imported from the USA before the Cuban revolution, which were never allowed back into the country due to the subsequent embargo, and are still actively used today. After a short drive through the streets of Cuba in these colorful vehicles, we will visit the neighborhood decorated by the renowned Cuban artist Jose Fuster, known as the Picassos of Cuba, which has transformed into an open-air exhibition through his art. Following this visit, we will proceed to Hamel Street, the center of modern artists named after Fernando Hamel. Then, we will visit the home of Cuba’s legendary hero, Che Guevara, where we can overlook Havana. We will enjoy lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, we will head to one of Havana’s most pleasant streets, Prado, and explore the Museum of the Revolution, which was used as a palace during Batista's regime and opened to the public as a museum after the revolution. In the largest museum in Cuba, we will see weapons, artifacts, and belongings from the Cuban War of Independence and the Cuban Revolution. Transfer back to the hotel after the tour and free time.
4.Day HAVANAAfter breakfast at the hotel, we will go on a tour of Ernest Hemingway. We will travel to Cojimar, a small fishing village just 20 minutes from Havana, where the famous writer Ernest Hemingway spent 20 years and wrote his famous novel “The Old Man and the Sea” and where he used to have his lunches. We will visit La Finca, the magnificent estate where he owned and lived, which is now a Hemingway museum. We will have lunch at a local restaurant.
5.Day HAVANA – CIENFUEGOS – TRINIDADAfter breakfast at the hotel, we set off for Cienfuegos, one of the most beautiful cities in Cuba. We will have our lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, we will explore the beautiful city of Cienfuegos, founded by French settlers in 1819 and under UNESCO protection since 2005. We will see Jose Marti Park, the Tomas Terry Theater, and the Colegio de San Lorenzo governmental offices. After exploring the city, we will head to Trinidad. After a pleasant journey, we will transfer to our hotel in Trinidad and have free time. All-inclusive accommodation at our hotel.
6.Day TRINIDAD – SANTA CLARA – VARADEROAfter breakfast at the hotel, we will closely explore Trinidad, a city that prospered during the sugar production between the 18th and 19th centuries and is a source of pride for Cubans, known for its well-preserved colonial architecture and registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site. We will feel as though we are taking a journey back in time as we walk through its cobblestone streets, refreshing ourselves with a Canchanchara, a mix of lemonade, honey, and Cuban rum exclusive to Trinidad. After the tour, we will head to Villa Santa Clara, a significant front in the Cuban revolution that immortalized Che. After our lunch, during our city tour, we will visit the armored train museum park seized by the legendary Comandante Che Guevara during the war, and Parque Vidal, where bullet marks from that period can still be seen on the old Hilton hotel. We will also see the mausoleum of Che Guevara, who was captured and executed in Bolivia on October 9, 1967, with a small guerrilla group, and his famous farewell letter inscribed on a monument. After our visit to Santa Clara, we will head to Varadero, transfer to our hotel in Varadero, and enjoy some free time. All-inclusive accommodation at our hotel.
7.Day VARADEROAfter breakfast at the hotel, the entire day is free. You can enjoy the beautiful beaches of Varadero or spend quality time at our hotel, where we will be staying on an all-inclusive basis. Accommodation at our hotel.
8.Day VARADERO – HAVANA – ISTANBULAfter an early breakfast at the hotel and checking out of the rooms, we will head to Havana. Upon arrival, we will start our city tour. During our tour, we will see Old Havana, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Malecon Boulevard, the Revolution Square, Colomb Cemetery, Miramar, and the Morro Castle, where you can get a panoramic view of the city. We will have our lunch at a local restaurant. After the tour, there will be free time. We will head to Havana airport at the time indicated by your guide. After luggage, ticket, and boarding procedures, we will begin our flight to Istanbul with Turkish Airlines. We spend the night on the plane.
9.Day ISTANBULWith our arrival at Istanbul New Airport according to local time, our tour and services conclude.
- Economy class flight ticket for Istanbul (IST) - Havana (HAV) round trip with Turkish Airlines scheduled flights
- Airport taxes
- 4 nights accommodation with breakfast in a 5-star hotel in Havana
- 1 night all-inclusive accommodation in a 5-star hotel in Trinidad
- 2 nights all-inclusive accommodation in a 5-star hotel in Varadero
- Airport-hotel-airport transfers
- Lunch included Vinales Valley & Pinar del Rio & Indian Cave tour
- 2-hour Havana city tour in American cars with lunch included
- Lunch included Ernest Hemingway Tour
- Lunch included Cienfuegos city tour
- Lunch included Santa Clara tour
- Trinidad city tour
- 6 lunches & 3 dinners
- All city transfers with our private buses
- Professional Turkish and English guiding services
- Hotel taxes
- Tourist city taxes
- TURSAB professional liability insurance
Mandatory Travel Health Insurance
Domestic connection ticket
Cuba visa fee, service charge (75 EUR) - MANDATORY
Lunch and dinner not specified in the program
All personal expenses and hotel extras
International departure tax
Entrance fees to museums and archaeological sites (150 Euro)
Driver tips 5 Euro / per person (optional)
Revolution Museum + Che Guevara’s House + Ernest Hemingway Museum
Local Guides: 150 € per person
***Payment to our guide will be made during the tour***
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ACCOMMODATION NOTES & FLIGHT DETAILS |
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The participant accepts in advance to pay the amounts specified in the tour program for expenses that arise, such as local guides, museum & archaeological site entries, city taxes, and audio system headphones, based on their participation in the tours indicated in the tour program and that they will not disrupt the program. The participant has been fully and adequately informed on this matter.
- Our tour program is organized with a minimum participation of 20 people. If the sufficient participation is not met, the final cancellation notification date is 20 days before the tour departure. Tours canceled due to insufficient participation will be notified to you through your agency.
- When only category information is provided without specifying names and/or there are alternative options for the same destination, the hotel(s) will be informed by your agency 48 hours before the trip.
- During periods such as fairs, congresses, concerts, events, and sports tournaments, hotels may be located further than the specified km. In such a case, your agency will provide information at least 15 days before the tour departure.
- Triple rooms may be allocated depending on hotel availability, and the bed assigned to the 3rd person in these types of rooms is smaller than standard beds. Triple rooms consist of 1 large bed + 1 extra bed. Since extra beds are either foldable or coach beds, participants acknowledge that they accept the potential tightness and bed type in triple reservations. Child discounts are only applicable for one child within the age group staying with two adults.
- Services included in the tour program, breakfasts provided at the hotel are offered with a limited menu typically consisting of butter, jam, bread, tea, or coffee according to the breakfast culture of the visited country, and may be served in a separate room allocated for the group.
- Panoramic city tours included in the tour package are organized for general introduction to the cities and are maximum 2-3 hours long tours conducted from inside the vehicle without including museum or archaeological site entries. In case the panoramic tours cannot be conducted due to restrictions by local authorities on the designated days and times, or due to bad weather conditions, the agency shall not be held responsible. Some tours may be conducted by public transport or on foot when restrictions on closed roads or no vehicle entry are in place.
- Extra tours are organized by the local agency we collaborate with, provided there is a minimum participation of 20 people. If sufficient number is not met, these tours may be canceled or the extra tour prices, content, and transportation arrangement may vary depending on the number of participants. Additionally, the days and times of the tours may change as per the accessibility of the museums and archaeological sites they will visit and weather conditions as per the guide's discretion.
- Participation in extra tours is optional and not mandatory. Passengers who do not wish to participate in extra tours organized during the trip accept to wait at a suitable rest facility along the way. These passengers will be dropped off at the roadside rest area before the extra tour begins and will be picked up from the point they were dropped off after the tour completes.
- When only category information is provided and/or alternative information exists for the same destination, you may learn about the hotel(s) you will stay at 48 hours before the trip.
- In promotional and early reservation campaigns, guests cannot make cancellations or changes.
- The agency acts as an intermediary between the airline and the passenger and is subject to the Hague Protocol of 28.09.1955. There may be risks of delays on scheduled and charter flights or changes of hours before existing trips and flights. The agency is obliged to inform about these changes as soon as possible. Our passengers have purchased the tour knowing and accepting that flight details may change. Children aged 0-2 do not pay airport tax and airport service fees.
VISA
- There is a visa requirement for Turkish Republic citizens. For visa application, it is required to submit the documents listed in the "Documents Required for Visa" list from our agency with a passport valid for at least 6 months from the date of travel.
- Guests traveling with a Turkish Republic green passport must renew their passports if their passport issue date is older than 10 years. Otherwise, they may not be accepted into the destination country and/or may not be able to travel as per the airline companies. In such a case, the responsibility lies with the passenger.
- There is no visa requirement for holders of a green passport; a passport valid for at least 6 months from the date of travel is sufficient.
- Having a visa does not guarantee entry into the country, as the immigration officer has the authority to deny entry. The agency is not responsible for this situation; the responsibility lies with the passenger.
- To avoid issues with customs police at the border of the visited country due to torn, worn, wet, or similarly damaged passports; it is recommended to renew such passports, and if a visa is required for Turkish Republic citizens, the relevant visa must be in the new passport. In the case of non-compliance, the responsibility lies with the passenger.
- For our guests under the age of 18 traveling alone or with only one parent, it is advisable to show a document of mutual consent from both parents, as there may be a possibility that airport police will ask for it at entry-exit points.