Photo credit Lorne Resnick

July 20-August 1, 2012 (Santiago de Cuba & Havana) 13 Days

December 10-21, 2012 (Havana & Trinidad) 12 Days

Defying all logic, the world’s 105th-largest country is also one of its most instantly recognizable. Think psychedelic Che Guevara murals and antediluvian American Buicks; dudes with bongos and old men slapping down dominoes; queues outside ration shops and communist cadres smoking chunky Montecristos. Cuba has a way of going against the grain. It’s all part of its historical make-up, part of its dynamism, part of its intrinsic beauty.

Sitting pretty as the Caribbean’s largest and most vivacious city, Havana’s romantic atmosphere and infectious energy are the stuff of legend. Amid the warm crystalline waters of the sparkling Caribbean, over 500 years of roller-coaster history have conspired to create one of Latin America’s most electric and culturally unique societies. The stomping ground for swashbuckling pirates, a heavily fortified slave port for the Spanish and a lucrative gambling capital for the North American Mafia, Havana has survived everything that has been thrown at it and still found time to innovate. At the forefront of modern Latino culture, Havana has spawned salsa and mambo, Havana Club rum and Cohiba cigars, mural painting and Che Guevara iconography. Nowhere else but in the streets of Havana is Spanish colonial architecture so abundant. Everywhere you look there is an unique image waiting to be recorded.

Whether by bustling, colorful day or sultry, salsa-filled night, so much of Havana’s daily life is acted out in its streets and squares- and the best way to encounter it is on foot. We’ll hit the streets of all the captivating neighborhoods, with their brilliant natural lighting at any time of day, to discover the essence of the city itself.

Old Havana contains the core of the original city of Havana. It is one of the oldest settlements in the Americas, full of charming, weather worn buildings and narrow, intriguing roadways. Old Havana is one of the most unique, atmospheric places on the planet. Between the people, the buildings, the music, the history and the food- walking the streets of Old Havana will sweep even the most unsentimental of travelers off their feet.

Tour Leader/Instructor: Lorne Resnick (pictured below with elephant!)

Lorne Resnick

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