AT A GLANCE


DAY / PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE Day 1 – Your Cuba Trip Begins in Miami Arrive Miami / Welcome reception & briefing – Hilton Miami Airport


Day 2 – Arrive Havana / Bienvenido a Cuba


Included charter flight to Havana / City orientation / Talk on U.S. – Cuban relations at Museum of the Revolution – Meliá Habana


Day 3 – Experiencing Cuban Culture Through the Arts Hemingway’s Cuba in Cojimar & Finca Vigia / Habana Vieja / Dinner at organic orchard & restaurant / Talk on private enterprise


Day 4 – Cuba’s Independent Artists & Community Spirit Community art talk at José Fuster project in Jaimanitas / Meet students at ISA (National Arts School) / Meet CIM jazz players


Day 5 – Cuba and the Land


Cigar factory demonstration / Agrarian talk at tobacco farm / Meet rural school students / Organic farm discussion / Paladar dinner


Day 6 – The Spiritual Side of Multicultural Cuba Colón Cemetery / Meeting with charitable organization volunteers / Talk on Santería & Afro-Cuban traditions / Dinner in Habana Vieja


Day 7 – Cuban Education & the Future


Discuss education & historic preservation / FMC women’s issues forum / Meet ELAM (Latin American School of Medicine) students & faculty


Day 8 – Journey Home


Return to Miami via included charter flight; trip ends in Miami Note: Order of itinerary may change depending on day of the week.


Day 2: Bienvenido a Cuba! A charter flight takes you to Havana’s José Martí International Airport, where local Cuban guides greet you. The drive to your hotel orients you with Cuba’s intriguing capital city; its nearly 500-year-old heart, Habana Vieja (Old Havana), is home to one of the largest collections of Spanish-Colonial architecture in the Americas. Stop by Plaza de la Revolución (Revolution Square), dominated by a memorial tower honoring 19th-century Cuban patriot José Martí. Arrive at the Meliá Habana, your hotel in the city’s Miramar section. Following lunch at the hotel, head to the Museum of the Revolution – housed in the neo-Classical building in Habana Vieja that had served as Cuba’s Presidential Palace from 1920 through 1959 – for a discussion on U.S. – Cuban relations. Have dinner tonight at the hotel. Meals BLD


Day 1: arrive in Miami Trip begins at 6:00 PM at the Hilton Miami Airport. Gather tonight at the Hilton Miami Airport for a welcome reception and briefing about tomorrow morning’s charter flight to Havana.


Meliá Habana Set adjacent to Havana Bay in Havana’s modern Miramar district, the


Meliá Habana is a comfortable home base for your six days and nights of People-to-People educational exchange in and around Cuba’s capital city. Enjoy a welcoming guest room featuring a private balcony and satellite TV, a spacious lobby decorated with tropical plants, Havana’s largest outdoor swimming pool, a cigar bar, and several restaurants offering a range of cuisines.


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