The best ever tour of Havana: Modern and Old ... in Old-American Car!

Excursion details:

Our rep will call you a few days before to re-check everything.
You will meet him/her at a tour start point or in a mutually convenient place to start the tour at 08:00 hrs.
You will first enjoy a 1h walking tour along the Old Havana quarters including the most important squares and fortresses of the area. Founded in 1514 and later appointed as the second capital of the Island, the city was surrounded by a wall and fortified to protect it from the attacks of pirates and buccaneers. The wall was demolished in ... but the parts of it and the squares and fortresses can be visited during this tour.

You will be picked up at the Plaza de Armas by an Old-American car to take you to a 15 min photo visit to the Capitol building and then to a panoramic ride along the Havana sea wall drive. The Capitol building was inaugurated in 1929 by dictator Gerardo Machado in a loose imitation to the one in Washington DC as the home of government until 1959. Today it houses the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The next stop will be at the Maqueta de la Habana where you will receive an explanation of urban development of the city and the tour will continue with another panoramic ride along 5th avenue (Miramar) to Colon Cemetery which has more than 500 major mausoleums, chapels, and family vaults.

The cemetery was designed in the 1860s by the Spanish architect Calixto de Loira based on the layouts of Roman military camps, and was built between 1871 to 1886 to replace the small Cemetery of Espada.
The tour will continue with a short visit to Plaza de la Revolucion and then you will be taken to Callejon de Hamel where you will receive an explanation of Afro Cuban cults in Cuban culture. The Callejon de Hamel is probably the biggest open-air Afro Cuban sanctuary designed by naive painter Salvador Gonzalez.
This stop will be followed by a visit to a completely off-the-beaten track area of Havana called "La Vibora" including its parks and churches where we will talk about the architecture which developed here around the 1940-50's.

At noon, you will enjoy a Cuban meal at a private restaurant including meat, salad, dessert, coffee and a soft drink, juice or beer.
Afterwards, the guide will show you the old neighbourhood called "El Calvario" and finally the Ernest Hemingway museum, where the American writer lived for almost 20 years, in the outskirts of the city to finish the tour taking you back to your hotel.

The tour is private and will be in old-American car. It will last approximately 6 hours.

All visits with specialised English speaking guide and driver, Old American Convertible Car for around 6 hrs, Entrance tickets to places and museum (Maqueta de la Habana, Colon Cemetery, Ernest Hemingway Museum and Callejon de Hamel), Cuban Lunch: appetizer, 1 drink (soft drink, beer, juice or water), Cuban Traditional Meal (1 drink, starter, main course, season salad, dessert and coffee - a vegetarian option can be arranged on request)