Day 3: Culture through the arts Ernest Hemingway loved Cuba and its people, who returned that affection. Discuss the novelist’s life and work here with a local historian; travel to the fishing village of Cojimar, inspiration for The Old Man and the Sea; and pay a guided visit to Finca Vigia (“Lookout Farm”), Hemingway’s home from 1939 to 1960, where his yacht Pilar is on display. After a paella lunch in Habana Vieja, view the memorabilia in Room #511 of the Hotel Ambos Mundos, a favorite Hemingway haunt. As you walk through Old Havana in small groups, discuss the role of the entrepreneurial spirit in the area’s rebirth with a local expert. An organic orchard and restaurant host tonight’s demonstrations and discussions of Cuban cuisine, wine, organic growing methods and private enterprise in Cuba, followed by dinner. Meals BLD


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Hemingway A talk with a local expert and trips


to Hemingway sites reveal much about the novelist’s life in Cuba


Tauck Value Includes:


• All hotel accommodations – 1 night at the Hilton Miami Airport, Miami and 6 nights at the Meliá Habana, Havana


• Round-trip charter air transportation between Miami and Havana, operated by such carriers as American Eagle and Continental


• Tauck’s “do-it-for-you” service from your bilingual, professional Tauck Director and experienced local Cuban guides


• Six days of “People-to-People” educational exchange in Havana, Hemingway’s Finca Vigia, Cojimar, Viñales and Pinar del Rio


• Visits and discussions with representatives from Cuban schools, arts & charitable organizations, educational foundations & museums, organic farms, community art projects, tobacco & cigar production facilities, the Latin American School of Medicine & more


• Exclusive Tauck experiences fostering meaningful cultural connections with Cuban artists, musicians, students, educators, farmers, artisans, entrepreneurs, community leaders and more


habana vieja – “old havana” You’ll get a true sense of daily life in Cuba’s capital city on a


walk through Havana’s original center – Habana Vieja – including Plaza de Armas and other picturesque squares lined with open- air market stalls and centuries-old Spanish-Colonial buildings.


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• All ground transportation & airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted


• All meals in Cuba – 19 (7 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 6 dinners), including authentic Cuban cuisine at local restaurants & private paladares


• All gratuities to Tauck Director, local guides and drivers, hotel and restaurant staff; all taxes, admission fees and porterage


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