Cuba
Take a trip back in time: in Havana, venerable chrome-finned Cadillacs and Buicks cruise the pot-holed streets, paint flakes and peels off the stucco houses and women in flounced skirts and turbans smoke cigars as they sit at their flower-stalls. It’s a photographer’s dream and a traveller’s delight, as long as you’re willing to sacrifice a little comfort for memories that will last forever.
Admire the wedding-cake Capitol Building, go to the Museum of the Revolution, and then head down-country, to sleepy, charming Trinidad with its cobbles and pony carts, into the mountains to Fidel Castro’s retreat where Che Guevara laid his beret, through the forest where tiny hummingbirds hover and steep limestone peaks pierce the green jungle.
Enjoy a rum in a tiny roof-top bar in Santiago, channelling Graham Greene and Hemingway; tap your foot to the infectious rhythms of the samba. Try cycling along quiet roads through beautiful scenery or snorkelling in warm crystal-clear waters over the Cayo Blanco reef.
Stay in a private home, a casa particulare, and get to know the locals – you’ll remember them long after the cigars are gone.

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Rum and Rumba
This 15 day tour starting in Havana takes in all the hightlights of Cuba, stroll the streets of elegant Havana, discover the private past in Baracoa, take part in a salsa dancing lesson and then dance the night away in Santiago de Cuba. Experience Trinidad's unspoiled beaches and visit the Che Guevara Museum and Mauseleum. Pick up some basic Spanish skills in an informal lesson and seek out Torcedores to see cigar-rolling action.
Cycling Cuba
Cuba is an increasingly popular holiday destination, and it's easy to see why. The music, beaches, old cars, striking architecture and revolutionary history all combine to make the perfect cultural destination with warm hospitality and a lively atmosphere. This relaxed cycle route allows visits to all the must see places: Havana, Trinadad and Santiago. Passing through stunning countryside with a patch work of planations, tobacco farms, fields and jungle, you are able to appreciate the traditional way of life that continues to this day.