You will touch down in Havana José Marti International Airport. While we don’t currently offer flights from the USA, please get in touch if you need advice on traveling to the island.

Your tour begins with a guided walk through Santa Clara, a key location during the Cuban Revolution. You’ll wander its historic city center and visit several important sites related to the 1953-1959 rebellion, including the famed Che Guevara monument, museum and mausoleum complex. Che made history in this city when he and a band of 18 other revolutionaries derailed an armored train carrying 350 Batista troops and secured their surrender, a turning point in the revolution. You will visit the exact spot where these events took place.

You’ll complete your tour of Santa Clara with a visit to the city’s tobacco factory, one of Cuba’s best. You’ll see how the country’s most famous brands of cigars – Montecristos. Partagás, and Romeo y Julietas – are made.

You’ll begin the day by journeying from Santa Clara to Remedios. This tranquil town obtained its charter in 1550 as Cuba’s eighth settlement, though it is thought that the Spanish colonized the town several decades before that. Today, it boasts a number of interesting colonial sites to visit, including a stunning church with 13 gold altars.

Remedios is perhaps best known for its Christmas festival, “Las Parrandas de Remedios” the largest and oldest carnival in the Caribbean. It is a time of huge community involvement both in the city itself and amongst the Cuban diaspora, who send materials for the festival’s elaborate costumes and floats. Your guide will take you to the Museum of Parrandas to see photos and artifacts related to the event.

You’ll leave Santa Clara after breakfast and head to what is arguably Cuba’s most charming city, Trinidad.

Strolling the cobbled streets of the town center, you’ll learn about Trinidad’s colonial heyday. Your first stop is the city’s central square to visit the 18th-century Church of the Holy Trinity, home of the venerated Christ of the True Cross (1713). You’ll also visit Palacio Brunet, set on the same impressive plaza, for an insight into the life of Trinidad’s colonial elite. Once owned by a wealthy sugar baron, the building is one of Cuba’s finest mansions and today houses a vast collection of antique furniture.

Your tour continues with an educational libation at Casa de la Canchanchara. Canchancharas, a basic rum-based cocktail, are thought to have been invented by Cuban guerilla fights during the 19th-century wars of independence. You’ll visit the site where Padre Bartolomé de las Casas – “Protector of the Indians” – delivered his first mass before concluding the tour at an artisan market.