Aromas of Cuba
General Information
- Category: All day tours
- Modality: Landing tours
- Duration: 8 HRS
- Departure time: 07.30 hrs Old Havana / 07.45 hrs Vedado / 08.00 hrs Miramar
- Tour guide: Yes
- Children are allowed: Yes
- Languages spoken: Spanish, English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese and Russian
Program Details
• Pick up at the hotels by air-conditioned bus according to staggered schedule set for the excursion.
• Departure to the province of Pinar del Rio, cradle of the best tobacco in the world. Brief stop at Parador Las Barrigonas.
• Arrival in Viñales. Short stop at Mirador de Los Jazmines to enjoy an incredible panoramic view of the Valley, a place of incomparable beauty formed by mogotes (limestone massifs) with vertical walls and rounded peaks, considered the oldest rock formations in Cuba.
• Continuation of the trip to Finca Quemado del Rubí, where you can meet Héctor Luis Prieto, internationally known as the Youngest Habano Man in the World.
• Tour of the tobacco plantation (according to the growing season), the house to cure the leaves, as well as the humidor where the awards and recognitions received by this outstanding producer and other facilities of the place are collected.
• Lunch at the farm with a Creole meal with a national liquid, in a ranch near the river that runs through the center of the vega de tabaco.
• Appreciation of the production of cigars with leaves from the farm.
• Matching of Ron (Selection of Teachers or Santiago 11 years old) and Tobacco made on the farm itself.
• Return to hotels.
TIPS: • Light clothing, tennis, sandals or comfortable shoes and camera. • It is recommended to bring a bottle of water
• This tour operates with a minimum of 10 passengers. We will reconfirm you 48 hours before the departure of your tour. If the provider decides to cancel, for not meeting the minimum required amount of passengers, we will offer you an alternative tour or fully refund the cost of your trip.
• For confirmed excursions, for cancellations made 7 days or less before the realization of the same, the total price penalty applies. This right will also apply to "No Shows". For cancellations with more than 8 days, the full refund will be applied to the customer, but the financial expenses associated with this return will be deducted from it, generally corresponding to 4.5% of the total value.
• The order of execution of an excursion can be varied depending on factors external, atmospheric or adjustments according to the amount of pax of the day.
• The pick-ups can have a delay of up to 10 minutes, depending on the number of hotels and the punctuality of the customers.
• No pick-ups will be taken at the Hotels that, due to their location in the Historic Center, make punctuality difficult of the collective excursions. Ex: Hotels Raquel, Florida, Ambos Mundos, Count of Villa Nueva, Valencia, Havana 612, etc. In these cases, the collection will be planned from accessible nearby points.