C CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE & CULTURE


1. ARRIVE MIAMI Trip begins: 4:00 PM, Hyatt Regency Coral Gables. Your small group of 20 to 30 travelers gathers this afternoon at the Hyatt Regency Coral Gables for a welcome reception and Tauck Director briefing about tomorrow morning’s charter flight to Havana and the start of your educational exchange trip to Cuba; an à la carte dinner is included this evening. Meals D


2. BIENVENIDOS A LA HABANA Following breakfast, your group boards an included charter flight from Miami to Havana’s José Martí International Airport, where your Cuban guide greets you. Drive from the airport 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 your first People-to-People cultural exchange in Cuba. Arrive at your home for the next five nights, the Meliá Habana in the city’s Miramar section, and enjoy a welcome drink and lunch. After settling into your room, attend a discussion on U.S.-Cuban relations at the hotel. This evening, a drive along Havana’s seaside Malecón to a local restaurant for tonight’s welcome dinner orients you with Cuba’s enigmatic capital city; en route, stop at the iconic Plaza de la Revolución,


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dominated by a memorial tower honoring 19th-century Cuban patriot José Martí, the “Apostle of Cuban Independence,” whom you’ll see memorialized throughout the country. Meals BLD


3. HISTORIC HAVANA AND COMMUNITY ARTS Today’s People-to-People exchange starts at Maqueta de La Habana, a museum featuring a 1:500 scale model of Havana. Next, embark on a guided walking tour through the city’s nearly 500-year-old heart, Habana Vieja – now a pedestrian-only UNESCO World Heritage Site – with a local expert to discuss Havana’s architecture and historic restoration efforts. View the 18th-century Catedral de San Cristóbal – begun under the Jesuits in 1748 and completed by the Franciscans in 1777 – and learn about its ongoing preservation and restoration. Visit Projecto Muraleando, a barrio community art project whose sculptures and murals are created with found items; discuss its history and impact with artists and community members. Enjoy lunch with ocean views at a privately owned paladar on the seaside Malecón, then visit Habana Compás – a local Havana dance and cultural performance group – to meet company members, talk about their artistic mission, and see a demonstration of art, music or dance. Have dinner at your leisure tonight at a choice of restaurants at the hotel. Meals BLD


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