29/12/2021
JAZZ IN HAVANA
5 days/4 nights - From $645 per person
Day 1: After clearing immigration and customs at the José Martí International Airport in Havana, you’ll take a short drive to your hotel for check in and tour orientation.
Day 2: After breakfast, you’ll begin with a walking tour of Old Havana, a famous UNESCO heritage area, en route to the Abdala recording studio, where famous musicians, including Nat King Cole and the Buena Vista Social Club, recorded some of their best music. Later, you’ll visit a renowned artist in his studio. For lunch, you’ll dine at El Aljibe, made famous by Anthony Bourdain during his visit to Cuba. After lunch, you’ll join Cuban musicians at the famous jazz club La Zorra y El Cuervo for a private gathering to discuss the influence of Cuban jazz around the world. Tonight, you’ll dine at a paladar, a private, family-owned restaurant.
Day 3: This morning, you’ll depart for Matanzas, where your first stop is a unique book publisher that makes handmade paper and hand-bound books. Signed copies of books can be purchased for a small fee. After lunch, you’ll visit a dance-and-performing-arts center to meet with the performers and learn about rhumba and other folkloric dance forms. The beat goes on during a special visit with AfroCuba de Matanzas, one of Cuba's most-respected folklore groups, performing traditional African dances, percussion, and songs. After, you’ll take a leisurely journey back to Havana on the northern coast. Dinner tonight will be on your own, we suggest trying one of Havana's local paladares.
Day 4: This morning, you’ll visit a local food co-op to learn about an important part of Cuban life. Later in the morning, you’re in for a special visit to the Fine Arts Museum, where you'll meet with a specialist who will tell you about Cuba's most impressive collection of national art. After lunch, you’ll participate in an educational exchange with a group of local artists. You’ll wrap up the day with a farewell dinner at a local paladar, a privately owned restaurant in a Cuban home.
Day 5: After breakfast, bid farewell to Cuba as you board your flight home.
State of CA registration: 208-9360-40