Incentive & Group Example Itineraries
Romantic Havana, Countryside & Tropical Beaches
Featuring the ‘La Mansion’ & Saratoga Hotel 6 Days/5 Nights. Designed for a small exclusive group of up to 12 persons..Day 1 VIP Welcome to Havana
Met & assisted upon arrival at Havana International Airport by Cuba Select Travel tour guide and executive. Special VIP service fast tracking you through Immigrations and Customs and then enjoy cocktails & a cigar in the VIP lounge while your luggage is brought to you by a valet. Transfer by a premium air conditioned micro-bus to suggested choice of La Mansion or Saratoga Hotel. Porterage into La Mansion or hotel. Welcome Champagne cocktail at La Mansion or hotel (while luggage placed in rooms).Options - 1) Buffet dinner at La Mansion or hotel 2) Canapés at La Mansion or hotel's rooftop 3) dinner at a Cuban garden restaurant 'La Finca' ( meal options will depend on if pax have dinner on flight and time of arrival Havana.) Welcome gift in rooms with welcome letter. Options - visit to one of Havana's exclusive nightclubs with live salsa & international music or private musical Cuban group (traditional or classical) at La Mansion.
Overnight at La Mansion, or Saratoga Hotel (junior suites). Tour Guide service provided all day.
Day 2 Las Terrazas, Pinar del Rio & Vinales Valley
Breakfast at La Mansion or hotel. Transfer by premium air conditioned tour bus to drive through the beautiful Vinales Valley and see the mogotes, unique only to Cuba and China. ). Transfer by premium air conditioned micro-bus to visit Alejandro Robaina's house and tobacco plantation in Pinar del Rio and taste some of his excellent cigars with a talk about the growing and curing processes of tobacco Travel onto Las Terrazas mountain eco-resort. We visit the Las Terrazas Village Community and enjoy the magnificent Cuban coffee at Maria's house, especially good as she roasts the coffee beans on charcoal which gives it its unique flavour. We go to Cafetal Buenavista, which preserves the ruins of an 18th Century French Coffee Plantation. On a good day you can see the Gulf of Mexico to the north and the Caribbean Sea to the south. We have lunch at 'El Cafetal' Restaurant, located in the original house of the French plantation owners.
Later relax and enjoy the sulfuric mountain spring waters of the San Juan River, it is said that the waters will make you younger. Transfer to La Mansion or Saratoga Hotel. Time to relax at the hotel and prepare for transfer for a late evening dinner at a cult private restaurant 'La Guarida' where the famous Cuban film 'Strawberry & Chocolate' was made
nouvel cuisine dining. Transfer back to La Mansion or Saratoga Hotel . Overnight at La Mansion or Saratoga Hotel. Tour Guide service provided all day.
Day 3 Explore Havana, the Hemingway Trail & Tropicana Cabaret
Breakfast at La Mansion or hotel. Transfer in air-conditioned micro-bus from La Mansion, or a short walk from the hotel in the morning for a tour of one of Cuba's famous cigar factories where you can see how cigars are hand rolled from tobacco leafs. Visit the factory shop where you can purchase some excellent cigars. Transfer by horse drawn carriages to start a walking tour of the old and historical sites of Old Havana. Some of the highlights will be the second oldest fortress in America, Cathedral Square and the Revolutionary Museum. We follow the Hemingway Trail and see the room at the Ambos Mundos Hotel where he wrote the book 'For Whom the Bells Toll’, and then onto the La Bodeguita Bar where he used to frequent for his Mojito cocktails. Lunch at 'El Templete’' Restaurant. Later we take a nostalgic trip by air conditioned tour bus visiting the Revolutionary Square and the Colon Cemetery. A Daiquiri cocktail at the 'Floridita Bar'.
Visit Hemingway’s house and Cojimar where Hemingway spent time fishing with his boat captain. If possible a private meeting with the ex-official photographer of Fidel Castro & Che Guevara to see his photo collection of that early revolutionary period. Return to the La Mansion or hotel to relax and prepare for your evenings activities. Transfer in classic 1950's American cars to the Nacional Hotel 'Hall of Fame' where Jorge Jorge (ex-private waiter of Mafia boss Meyer Lanski) will relate stories of that era. Continue in American cars for dinner at the 'Conde Villanueva' restaurant for a special cigar and rum dinner. After dinner continue in the American cars for show at the world famous Tropicana Cabaret (best seats, champagne & Havana Club rum). Return to La Mansion or hotel by premium air conditioned micro-bus. Overnight at La Mansion or Saratoga Hotel. Tour Guide service provided all day.
Day 4 Exclusive Varadero Beach Resort & Spa
Breakfast at La Mansion or hotel. Porterage out of hotel. Transfer from Havana to Varadero by seaplane or premium air conditioned micro-bus. Suggested choice of all-inclusive hotel – Barcelo Marina Palace Resort & Spa Hotel Concierge exclusive area in junior suites plus private al la carte restaurant for Concierge guests. Porterage into hotel. Check-into hotel. Welcome cocktail. Lunch at hotel. Time for leisure to enjoy the beach and the hotel’s facilities. Exclusive Dinner Party at the Concierge's private swimming pool/terrace area overlooking the sea with private musical trio. Overnight at hotel on all inclusive basis. Tour Guide service provided all day.
Day 5 Varadero & Sailing to Paradise Island
Breakfast at hotel. Leisure time at hotel or Sailing Excursion. Sail on a private chartered yacht to Cayo Blanco with lobster lunch and open bar. Snorkeling and swimming with dolphins. Dinner at hotel or gourmet dinner a DuPont Villa. Overnight at hotel on all inclusive basis. Tour Guide service provided all day.
Day 6 Varadero to Havana
Breakfast at hotel. Check-out of hotel. Porterage out of hotel. Transfer by premium air conditioned tour bus to Havana International Airport. Stopping onroute for a Pina Colada made with fresh pineapple, coconut and lashings of rum. VIP lounge at airport with cocktails. Pre-check in assistance at airport for outbound flight. Tour Guide service provided all day. The La Mansion has a Presidential suite. Other rooms are doubles and twins. Private swimming pool and Jacuzzi.
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