Fascinating West of Cuba

HAVANA - LAS TERRAZAS - VIÑALES - SOROA - CAYO LEVISA / 10DAYS and 9NIGHTS
Cuba is a country that can't be singularly defined. Just when you think you have it pegged by the raw energy and hustle of Havana, its urban hub, its softer side – the outlying rustling tobacco fields, the farms tended by ox-driven plows – beckons to be explored. Bespoke Trips have desingned this tailor made program with the goal to take you around the most beautiful parts of West Cuba; from Havana to Pinar del Río and Viñales.
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HAVANA - 2nights

Day 1: Welcome to Havana! After clearing immigrations and customs, our airport representative lead you to your driver who will transfer you to a private house in the heart of the historic center. *Light lunch and meet and greet with your concierge. *Get your feet wet with an afternoon orientation walk. Later that evening, celebrate your arrival with a welcome dinner at a private restaurant. (*For morning arrivals)

Day 2: Meet with with our local expert guide and walk in the footsteps of Havana's colonial past visiting the four key squares of Old Havana. After lunch in a lovely new restaurant next to the Museum of the Revolution you will be collected by an open top classic vintage car with our expert guide who will share with you along interesting 4hrs insights into the life and places related with Ernest Hemingway. On the way back you'll have an opportunity to see some of the most spectacular sunset views of the city from El Morro fort across the harbour from Havana. Dine in a high-ceilinged room inside, or al fresco under the canopy beneath the 80ft chimney stack. Great seafood and delicious, modern Cuban cuisine with a twist.

LAS TERRAZAS - 1nights

Day 3:After check-out, we will depart to Las Terrazas eco-community project. Walk around a nature reserve and self-sufficient community founded with the idea of involving the development of the rural areas with its sorroundings. Have a lunch at a local resutaurant before to visit the ruins of the Buena Vista coffee plantation, that is a good example settlement by French immigrants in the early 19th century, with the knowledge of our local expert guide. Relax by waters of Rio San Juan. Stay and dinner at an smart-rustic hotel embedded in the mountain foliage of Las Terrazas eco-community afford intimate views of birds and nature.

VIÑALES - 2nights

Day 4: After check-out, we will depart to Pinar del Río region and there we will visit the West Cuban city of the same name, which is famous for the best tobacco in the world. During our guided tour through the tobacco factory we will witness the process of the making of the cigars. Then we will go on to Viñales. We will see the local places of importance, tobacco plantations and characteristic hilly landscape known as mogotes, then we will have lunch in a typical local restaurant. In the afternoon the tour will continue visiting the Cueva del Indio, part of the large cave network situated under the famous Mogotes, you enter this cave by foot, exploring the geology as you walk. Then embark on a small motor boat to venture deeper into the cave on the underground river on the way back to your hotel stop at Mural de La Prehistoria, 120m-long painting on the side of Mogote Dos Hermanas that was designed in 1961 by Leovigildo González Morillo, a follower of Mexican artist Diego Rivera. Dine great tapas and cocktails in the best restaurant option in Vinales for light food.

Day 5: For this day we have planned an excursion to Cayo Jutías. An small island on the North Coast of Pinar del Río. One of the major attractions of this place is its lighthouse, one of the oldest in Cuba with a history of more than 100 years at the service of the navigation. Access to Cayo Jutía is through a man-made causeway, which links the small island with the main land. There we will have the chance to relax on this beautiful beach with crystal-clear turquoise water. We will have lunch there. In the afternoon, we can enjoy the fantastic scenery of the Cuban Western Coast on our way back to Viñales.

SOROA - 1night

Day 6: Our journey continues to the Orchid Garden in Soroa, more than 25000 orchid species, including around 100 endemic of Cuba, lots of species of other ornamental plants, trees, and flowers do of this garden a representative of the national flora of several countries. Have a lunch before a relaxing afternoon at Salto del Arco Iris, 22m of waterfall (most impressive in the May to October rainy season). Pre-dinner cocktails at Castillo de las Nubes, a romantic castle with a circular tower on a hilltop above the Orquideario with a nice view of the valley. Evening drinks, music and pig roast with all trimming at a local house.

OPTION 1: CAYO LEVISA - 3nights

Day 7-9:This morning set off for Palma Rubia where we will take a 35-minute boat trip until Cayo Levisa. Small island with three kilometers of excellent white-sand beaches, 23 diving sites, comfortable beachfront cabins, coconut trees and keeps a natural treasure in its surrounding sea turn Cayo Levisa into an excellent destination for diving enthusiasts, and those who want to spend their leisure time surrounded by quietness and silence. Separation from the mainland obviously helps. While you're not going to feel like Robinson Crusoe here, it does make a refreshing alternative to some of Cuba's larger beach resorts. Take into account that there are 2 boat transfer scheduled each day from Palma Rubia to Cayo Levisa nad back way so we'll adjust your transfers according it. (From Palma Rubia/Cayo Levisa 10:00AM/6:00PM and Cayo Levisa/Palma Rubia 09:00AM/05:00PM)

Day 10: After breakfast, bid farewell to Cuba and take a boat transfer back to Palama Rubia and private transfer onto Havana airport as you board your flight home.

OPTION 2: VARADERO - 3nights

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Day 7-10: If you are more of big resorts and want to know the most famous beach of Cuba we can spend our last days at Varadero. On the way stop for a drink or coffe at Bacunayagua Bridge that considered one of the seven marvels of the Cuban civil engineering. Dine from the mafia menu at Al Capone's house, a cute blue and stone outsized cottage, right on the turquoise waters of the country's longest golden strand. After lunch meet with our local representative at your hotel who will assist you with the check-in and will be in touch with you throughout your stay. He has great local knowledge and inside contacts. And now! time to recline and relax on the deserted sands in front of the hotel while sipping cocktails.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Many of the places we visit are not tourist destinations and are thus not always available. Therefore, this program should be considered as a sample only – please keep in mind that your bespoke travel plan is designed with our staff according to the specific interests that you would want to highlight in your trip. Final itineraries and quotes are sent 24hrs after we receive your request to our contact email: enquiries@bespoketriptocuba.com

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