Cigar Tour - 7 days/6nights - Itinerary

At the arranged time you choose, your professional guide will meet you at your BnB to begin your day. You will receive a completely comprehensive education on Cuban culture, history, folklore, and much more on an Old Havana Walking Tour. You will be walking through the city to learn of and visit some of its most historic and romantic sites like the Castle of the Royal Force, Plaza Vieja, the Havana Cathedral, La Bodeguita del Medio (a place made famous by Hemingway), and so much more. You will meet local artists at their shops and might even bump into a few of Havana’s personalities. Who knows, you might even find yourself dancing to traditional Cuban music with locals in the street! Your Old Havana Walking Tour will begin in the morning in the oldest part of the city, and following lunch at the location of your choice (your guide can give recommendations), you will complete the walking tour in the Capitol Area visiting locations like an artisan’s market, Central Park, the Capitol, the Original Partagas Cigar Factory, and the Museum.

After your walking tour is complete, you will have the time and freedom to rest and clean up before dinner if you so choose. For dinner, you will experience an incredible dinner and enjoy cigars with drinks and live jazz at a private venue! The private evening includes a four-course dinner, a shot of premium Cuban rum, a premium Cuban cigar, and some of Cuba's best jazz! Following, you may want to explore more of Havana's nightlife on your final night, but if not, your guide will escort you to your BnB.

After breakfast, at a predetermined time, you will take off for Viñales in a private car. After your arrival, you will get settled into your BnB, then walk into town for lunch at a restaurant of your choice on the city’s main street!

You will then have the opportunity to kick back and rest a bit as you get acclimated to the slow pace of Viñales. Following, you will be transported to what many claim as the best view in all of Cuba, a panoramic view of the Viñales Valley. It is there that you may enjoy a fine Cuban cigar and a drink while looking out over the valley’s farms and mogotes (random mountainous formations in the valley), dreaming of what life was like as the natives roamed the land.

Following a time of relaxation and photographs at the viewpoint, you will be taken just a short walk away to a restaurant with one of the best views in all of Viñales. You will taste their exquisite cuisine and relax as you soak in the view and assume the slow-paced lifestyle of the Campesino (farmer). And if you’re one to enjoy a Cuban cocktail, this restaurant places a bottle of rum on your table and simply explains, “Here is a bottle for your table, in case you would like to add more rum to your cocktail.”

After dinner, if you so choose, your guide will drop you off at your BnB. If you desire to explore the nightlife of Viñales, you will be free to do so.

At the arranged time you choose, your professional guide will meet you to begin your day. You will first be escorted to a local farm for an extensive education on Cuban coffee from a local farmer. There you will have the opportunity to learn the entire process that Cuban coffee undergoes from plant to espresso. Depending on the season and availability of coffee, you might even get to help in harvest and join in the process from picking the beans to brewing your own!

After the coffee experience, you will eat lunch at their little restaurant situated right in the middle of the farm. Following lunch, you will then be escorted to the Cave of the Indian. There you will take a short and relaxing tour, where you will encounter a performance by natives, explore the insides of Viñales’ most famous cave, and finish on a boat through the cave’s small river.

Upon completion, you will return to your BnB where you will have the opportunity to light up a smoke and enjoy the company of locals as they teach you how to play Cuban dominoes. This just might be the most incredible experience you have with our local friends. You will not only get to know their favorite family game, but will learn about them, their families, and culture, and you might even learn some Cuban vernacular as you play along.

To finish your evening in the most immaculate style, after cleaning up, your private car will take you into the valley to a former tobacco farm that has been converted into an acclaimed restaurant manned by a Cuban chef who can’t be matched (he was trained by the King’s Chef in Spain). You will dine at what we claim is Cuba’s best restaurant and experience true Cuban hospitality and the fine food that comes with it! We can guarantee that this will be the best dining experience that you will have in all of Cuba. The view, the hospitality, the cuisine, and the atmosphere simply can’t be beat.

If you choose, after dinner, your guide will drop you off at your BnB to relax as you wind down your evening. If you decide to explore the nightlife of Viñales on your final night in Cuba, you will be free to do so.