Cuban culture and art are recognized on a grand scale. They Call Me Cuba is the perfect combination for lovers of music, dance, film and art. Meetings with high level artists, visits to art, film and television schools, as well as tours of Old and Modern Havana are just some of the highlights of this journey.
Itinerary
• Arrival at José Martí International Airport in Havana (HAV) where guests will be welcomed by the Agency’s guide. Transfer from the airport to the Casa Particular in Havana.
• Dinner at a private paladar.
• Back to the casa.
MEALS INCLUDED: Dinner
• After breakfast, you will be picked up at your casa and taken to the cigar factory.
• Continue to the historic area of Havana, designated as a World Heritage Site for a walking tour through its main squares.
• Lunch at a private paladar.
• Visit the Rum Museum.
• On the way back to the casas, visit the Callejon de Hamel, a small backstreet located in the neighborhood of Cayo Hueso, Centro Habana, very close to Vedado. This is an important socio-cultural project aimed at divulging Afro- Cuban culture through music, theater, visual and other arts.
• Back to your casa.
• Dinner at a private paladar on the other side of the Bay of Havana.
• Visit to San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress for the Cannon Shot Ceremony, that takes place every evening at 9 o’clock. This ritual dates back to 1774, when the city had to defend itself from regular pirate attacks. Every evening at 9 pm, a cannon was fired to inform Havana's residents of the nightly closure of the gates in the city wall. While pirate attacks are no longer a daily threat to the Cuban capital, the cannon blasting ceremony has remained a tradition, with guards dressing in historic uniforms as if it were the 18th century!
• Back to your casa.
MEALS INCLUDED: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• After breakfast, you will be picked up at your casa to visit San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts. Cultural exchange with students and teachers.
• Visit to Santacana Workshop & Studio.
• Lunch at a local restaurant.
• In the afternoon visit to the Fine Arts Museum with a guided tour of the CUBAN ART room.
• Back to the casas.
• Dinner at a private paladar.
• Enjoy the Parisien Show at Hotel Nacional de Cuba.
• Back to your casa.
MEALS INCLUDED: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• After breakfast, you will be picked up at your casa to go to San Antonio de los Baños to visit the International Film and Television School. Guided tour of the facilities and exhibition of materials produced by the students.
• Return to Havana and lunch.
• In the afternoon visit to the ICAIC Animation Studios, exhibition of short materials, exchange of experiences with filmmakers.
• Back to the casa.
• Dinner at a private paladar.
• Free evening.
MEALS INCLUDED: : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• After breakfast, you will be picked up at your casa to visit the National Art School to tour the institution and learn more about it, its construction and forms of study.
• Visit the Havana Compass Dance Headquarters. Enjoy a wonderful presentation where the essence of Spanish dances merge with Afro-Cuban rhythms and contemporary dance through new aesthetic codes, in which the dancers not only dance, but also work the percussion with any element around them: drumsticks, castanets, heels, flip-flops, claves, chequerés and percussive chairs.
• Continue to Lawton neighborhood to visit the Community Art Project Muraleando where you will enjoy a local lunch.
• After lunch, you will get a dancing class.
• Back to your casa
• Dinner while enjoying a spectacle of Cuban music and dance at a private paladar.
• Back to your casa.
MEALS INCLUDED: : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• After breakfast, transfer to Jose Marti International Airport in Havana to take the flight back home.
MEALS INCLUDED: : Breakfast