National Realty Club Trip
*The trip price will include everything except your flight ticket.
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Thursday Apr 4 th, 2019
14:00
Thursday Apr 4 th, 2019
14:00
ArrivalImmigration at José Martí International Airport in Havana is relatively easy so do not be intimidated. You may be pulled aside and asked questions about your visit. This is routine and happens to about one in every 10-15 US citizens. Just show your visa and paperwork we sent you. VIP pick up at gates, if they miss at the gates simply proceed to immigration and they will meet you there. We suggest you copy this PDF Itinerary to you mobile phone or tablet for reference. Baggage can take just 10 min or can up to 2 hours so be patient (Welcome to Cuba!). -
15:00
15:00
Welcome lunch At El Dandy Bar & GalleryIn the 50 ths the store front of the bar El Dandy was a mixed company, a bodega and a small bar owned by Hernán Gonzales. After 1959 the store front became a private apartment until 2014 when bar El Dandy reopened. El Dandy offers delicious snacks and cocktails. Their plates are a mix between, Cuban, Mexican and Spanish cuisine. You are welcome to try the delicious tacos that will drive you out of your mind! -
16:00
16:00
Old Havana TourOld Havana, founded in 1519 by the Spanish crown, invites guests to discover a complex mosaic of colors and rhythms, an interesting mix of baroque, neo-classical and renaissance architecture. You tour will be around the most important Colonial squares; the Cathedral square, the Arms square (or the Captain General square), the San Francisco de Asís square, and finally, the Old square (which first name was New square). While walking, you’ll find many other attractions, including the incredible fortress that used to defend Havana from the pirates attacks during Colonial years. -
18:00
18:00
Time at the Hotel -
21:00
21:00
Dinner at El del Frente RestaurantBar-restaurant El del Frente is a tiny place but with a lot of atmosphere, a Mediterranean-style terrace in the heart of Old Havana. It is difficult to find a more romantic place in the city. Located on the roof of a modernist house that does not lack even the palm tree, El del Frente is an infallible classic of the area and it’s roof, one of those urban gifts that sometimes it is hard to believe that exist. -
23:00
23:00
Olala (Sarao's bar) (or another) alive musicWith an elegant and sensual modern style, Sarao's bar surprises you with the warm presence of the merriest colors and with music to bring rhythm into your life. This is the ideal place for having a great night with your friends. A place where everything is possible and you can tell so. Sarao's bar, your size.
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Friday Apr 5 th, 2019
09:00
Friday Apr 5 th, 2019
09:00
Breakfast at the hotel -
10:00
10:00
Architecture TourColonial architecture background helped by the previous Old Havana Walking tour. We’ll drive by Prado Ave, a very special area that was rebuild after they took down the Havana’s wall. Prado ends at Reina Ave, an eclectic area that emerged after the overpopulation from Old Havana. Diez de Octubre neighbourhood was the first residential neighbourhood in the city, dated from 19th century, after this one, some others like Vedado and Nuevo Vedado emerged, starting in the 20th century and evolving till the 50’s. And the last one but not the least, Miramar neighbourhood wish shined during the 50’s and is house today of most of the Embassys from Havana. -
12:00
12:00
Revolution MuseumThe Museum of Revolution is housed in what was the Presidential Palace of all Cuban presidents from Mario Garcia Menocal to Fulgencio Batista. The building was the site of the Havana Presidential Palace Attack (1957) by the Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil. The museum’s exhibits are largely devoted to the period of the revolutionary war of the 1950s and to the country’s post-1959 history. Portions of the museum are also devoted to pre-revolutionary Cuba, including the 1895-1898 War of Independence waged against Spain. -
13:00
13:00
Lunch at Doña EutimiaThis restaurant is in the heart of Old Havana, very close to the Cathedral Square. There used to be a blacksmith workshop here by the late artist Héctor Martínez Calá. Reopened since 2012, its eclectic decoration, like Havana itself, the lighting and the color of the walls, make the clients stay in a warm and welcoming environment, just as they would feel in their own home. It is a matter of merging art with cooking, through its design tableware and menus made by artists. Its name is dedicated to Eutimia, a lady who lived on the other side of the Square, she used to cook for the artists of the Graphic Experimental Workshop who remember her with a lot of love. -
15:00
15:00
Visit to the US Embassy -
16:00
16:00
Vintage car garageVintage Car garage is located on Boyeros Avenue which is owned by Nidialys & Julio. It’s a privately owned collection of antiques cars that are primarily used for tourism to offer guests a trip back in time. Here they restore and upkeep the cars to the best of their ability, which is really quite impressive. Here you will see the car that was used to drive the Obama’s around during their stay in Havana. Taking a ride in an old fashioned car while in Havana is always a highlight of a trip to Cuba and seeing how they upkeep and maintain them will surely add to the overall experience -
17:30
17:30
Driving to Marea Restaurant in old American cars -
18:00
18:00
Marea Restaurant, cocktails and appetizersLocated in a backyard in Sante Fe, it sits just above the canals of the Marina Hemingway. Food aside, the venue is a destination with spectacular views, great cocktails and a beach area. Elsewhere the décor is summery with a touch of the Mediterranean in the white and blue colour palette and red-tiled roofs. While away the afternoon on one of Marea’s sun loungers overlooking the ocean, sip on daiquiris and indulge in malanga fritters and fried fish. As the day comes to a close, light up a Habano and watch the sun go down in true Cuban style. -
19:30
19:30
Time at the Hotel -
21:00
21:00
Dinner at Atelier RestaurantAtelier is run by Niuris Higueras who has a passion for creating food. A good-looking restaurant in Vedado and with consistently quality food that nowadays is difficult to get in without a reservation. It is set in an old house located in Calle 5 and decorated by original art, and with table settings that highlight antique china and glassware. The food is good, the Middle East-inspired appetizer, totally vegetarian and made with chickpeas, served with a yogurt dressing. -
22:30
22:30
Afterwards spend the night at Fabrica de Arte Cubano (FAC) (VIP)These is a great laboratory for interdisciplinary creation that presents the best of contemporary art in Cuba, with a strong social and community focus. An old oil mill transformed into a general space that opens to the exchange between various art forms that coexist in the same building. FAC is an artistic project driven by the need to rescue, support and promote the work of artists from all branches of art: theater, music, dance, visual arts, photography, fashion, graphic design and architecture
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Saturday Apr 6 th, 2019
09:00
Saturday Apr 6 th, 2019
09:00
Breakfast at the hotel -
10:00
10:00
Cigar FactoryHavana is the birthplace of premium cigars, and the city is dotted with cigar factories of all shapes and sizes (Partágas factory, Romeo y Julieta factory (which has been transformed into the temporary home of H. Upmann), and La Corona. The smell of unlit cigar tobacco, earthy and pungent and remarkably intoxicating pulls you closer to the factory’s heart. There before you are scores of workers, each making cigars entirely by hand. It’s an unrushed, antique and artisanal process, one that has not changed in any major way for hundreds of years. -
11:30
11:30
Hemingway's house "Finca Vigía"Finca Vigia was the home of Ernest Hemingway in the working class neighborhood San Francisco de Paula, outside of Havana Centre. Built in 1886 by a Spanish architect, it was purchased by Hemingway in 1940 for 12,500 American dollars. There, Hemingway wrote two of his most notable novels: For whom the bells toll and The man and the sea. -
13:30
13:30
La Guarida Restaurant, guess: Patrick Oppmann (CNN reporter)La Guarida, the most legendary private restaurant in Havana, became famous, as well as for its excellent cuisine, for being one of the main stages of the film "Strawberry and Chocolate", the first in the history of Cuba being nominated for the Oscars. The owners, have managed to create a very special environment, with its decadent little point and its romantic roll, in the heart of Centro Habana. The palate is located on the third floor of an emblematic unfinished residential building. It is one of those places of the past in the middle of the city that seems to lie that they have survived the challenges of progress. -
16:00
16:00
Time at the Hotel -
18:00
18:00
Rum & cigar tasting at sunset at cocktail party at rooftop of Malecon 663.At Malecón 663 Havana’s most eclectic new hostal, we will be starting off the evening at a rooftop sunset cocktail party. Our group will be guided by a Cuban sommelier who walk everyone through a tasting of aged rum and some of Cuba’s finest cigars. In addition we will be joined by some cuban models to show off local fashion from the top designers in Cuba today. -
20:00
20:00
Dinner at MICHIFUA very new Bar-Restaurant in Havana, the owner is Ernesto Jiménez, one and of the most famous actors in Havana, he and his wife were the owners of CIA’CARA restaurant. We propose to spend night there after dinner, they have alive music and lot of artist arrive to enjoy cocktails and music there.
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Sunday Apr 7 th, 2019
09:00
Sunday Apr 7 th, 2019
09:00
Breakfast at the hotel -
10:00
10:00
ShoppingArt, Cuban design, run, photo, Cuban coffee, etc. -
12:00
12:00
Fast lunch at MEKEDEDepending of time at the airport -
13:00
13:00
Check out to the airport José Marti