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Cuba People To People-General Culture

Experience the Culture & Beauty of Cuba.

Our General Cuban Culture Tour begins in Old Havana. After getting settled into the city, we will begin to explore the historic city, discuss its culture and experience, first hand, the entrepreneurial spirit of local business. Further discovery of Havana will include local markets and several locations that tie Havana to the late author, Ernest Hemingway.

After discovering Havana, we will travel to a beach resort Cayo Levisa and later discover the luscious tobacco fields of Vinales before returning to Havana. A Cayo is an island.

Tour Program

Day 1

Check-In and Orientation

Travel day to Havana. Check into hotel. We will have an orientation and a welcome dinner that evening.

Day 2

Old Havana

Morning lecture on Cuba’s history and culture. We will then go on a walking tour of Old Havana. We will visit the four main squares and meet with several entrepreneurs who can now operate small businesses in Havana. We will compare business styles in this people to people interaction. Each square has its own character and history as well as art story.

Day 3

Community Life / Entrepreneurs

Today will be devoted to studying community life in Havana. We will visit a senior community center and learn how Cubans support and interact with each other. We will have lunch and then in the afternoon we will observe the spirit of entrepreneurship in Cuba today. We will visit and interact with farmers and produce vendors at a community garden and the agromercado.

Day 4

Hemmingway in Cuba

Breakfast in the hotel, followed by a talk on Hemmingway in Cuba. Visit Vigia, Hemmingway’s finca outside Havana and lunch in nearby fishing village Cojimar. Afternoon visit to orphanage and artist Fuster’s studio and return to Hotel Riviera. Fuster is well know artists that has infiltrated his style with the neighborhood he lives in, now deemed “Fusterlandia”. If there is time we will also stop by Murialando, a community art project that focuses on mural art. Dinner will be on your own.

Day 5

Cayo Levisa

Breakfast in the hotel. Then we will depart for Cayo Levisa , a small island beach resort, where we will study the flora and fauna, as well as the marine life of the cayo. Local residents will share their knowledge of and respect for the sea in a community-based sea food and spiritual exercise.

Day 6

Vinales

Depart for Vinales. After a scenic drive through Pinar del Rio, the province west of Havana, we will visit the beautiful valley of Vinales, famous for its tobacco where we will visit fields of tobacco and talk with farmers. After lunch. we will enjoy a cultural- dance interaction in the afternoon.

Day 7

Art in Cuba

After breakfast in the hotel, we will visit the Gallery of Contemporary Art, followed by lunch and shopping in the San Jose arts and crafts market. Return to Havana. We will end the day with a farewell dinner. There are constant changes in the cultural, art and community project arena. We will find the best and most current venues.

Day 8

Departure

Depart for Home.