Classic Cuba Tour

Tour Overview

Designed for travelers seeking the complete Cuban experience, this 6-day private Classic Cuba Tour covers it all—from classic cars, world-famous cigars, and rich history to stunning countryside nature. On this fully hosted 5-night private journey, you'll explore the dynamic energy of Havana and the tranquil beauty of the Viñales Valley, discovering the authentic heart of Cuba's heritage, cuisine, and culture.

From the moment you arrive, your dedicated professional guide and private driver take care of every detail, allowing you to relax, connect, and enjoy an unforgettable Cuban adventure.

What Makes This Journey Unforgettable

• Intimate Old Havana Walking Tour: Uncover 500 years of living history on an up-close-and-personal guided walk. Discover hidden plazas, landmark architecture, and intimate stories that unfold the captivating mystery of the city through the lens of your guide and local friends.
• Classic Convertible City Tour: Cruise along the Malecón and through iconic historic neighborhoods in a beautifully restored classic convertible. As you visit legendary landmarks and sweeping viewpoints, your guide unfolds the stories behind 500 years of Cuban history, giving you a captivating, wide-angle perspective on the island's past while connecting you personally to its living culture.
• Cigars, Mixology & Fine Dining: Go behind the scenes on an exclusive Cuban cigar factory tour, master traditional mixology during a private cocktail lesson, and dine at Cuba’s fine local paladares.
• Farm-to-Table Immersion & Natural Wonders: Learn the heart of the tobacco and coffee trade directly from local farmers in the Viñales countryside, marvel at dramatic limestone mogotes, and explore an ancient indigenous limestone cave.
• Professional Photography Package: Relax and stay fully present in every moment while your private guide candidly captures your journey in the background—hardly noticed. After your tour, you’ll receive a beautifully curated gallery of professionally edited photos to remember your trip forever.

Itinerary Highlights at a Glance

• Havana (3 Nights): Three nights immersed in the romantic charm, historic architecture, curated dining, and vibrant rhythm of Cuba’s capital city.
• Viñales Valley (2 Nights): Two nights nestled in Cuba's breathtaking countryside, surrounded by stunning mountain landscapes, quiet nature, and world-renowned tobacco farmland.

Experience Cuba Hosted by Gardner Tours

Gain a genuine, firsthand appreciation for the sweet-natured people, mouth-watering cuisine, and timeless charm of an island frozen in time—all backed by Gardner Tours' signature warm hospitality and private care.

Experience romantic Havana and awe-inspiring Viñales on the ultimate private getaway. Select your travel dates above and book your private tour today!

Day One: Arrival in Havana & Classic Car Tour 

Based upon the time your flight arrives at the José Martí International Airport in Havana, your professional guide will be waiting for you at your final customs exit. Following a quick meet and greet, you will ride into Old Havana, get settled into your BnB, then kick your tour off with a bang on a two-hour Classic Car Tour of the city! You will visit Havana’s most remarkable sites such as the Christ Statue overlooking the city, the Morro Castle, Revolution Square, the Capitol, the Vedado neighborhood, and finish with a breezy cruise down the Malecón (seawall) at sunset. After your classic car tour, you will be dropped off at our favorite restaurant in the city to experience their mouth-watering cuisine and the live music that the alley offers! If you choose, your guide will drop you off at your BnB after dinner. If you desire to explore the nightlife of Old Havana, you will be free to do so.

Day Two: Cuban History & Culture

At the arranged time you choose, your professional guide will meet you at your BnB to begin your day. You will receive a completely comprehensive education on Cuban culture, history, folklore, and much more on an Old Havana Walking Tour. You will be walked through the city to learn of and visit some of its most historic and romantic sites like the Castle of the Royal Force, Plaza Vieja, the Havana Cathedral, La Bodeguita del Medio (one of Hemingway’s hangouts), and so much more. You will meet local artists at their shops and might even bump into a few of Havana’s personalities. Who knows, you might even find yourself dancing to traditional Cuban music with locals in the street! Your Old Havana Walking Tour will begin in the morning in the oldest part of the city, and following lunch at the location of your choice (your guide can give recommendations), you will complete the walking tour in the Capitol Area visiting locations like an artisan’s market, Central Park, the Capitol, the Original Partagas Cigar Factory, and the Museum of the Revolution among others.

After your walking tour is complete, you will have the time and freedom to rest and clean up before dinner if you so choose. For dinner, your guide will take you to one of our favorite places in the thick of the city. Like all of our partner restaurants, you will receive the most tasty cuisine in a unique atmosphere. This will be the perfect opportunity to sit back, relax, and enjoy your company. Following dinner, your guide will drop you off at your BnB if you so choose. If you desire to further explore the nightlife of Old Havana, you will be free to do so.

Day Three: Classic Havana

Day three will be icing on the cake with a Cigar Factory Tour, Cuban Cocktail Lesson (includes a minimum of one drink), time to purchase more souvenirs, and a dinner with live jazz!

Again, your guide will meet you at your chosen time in the morning, then you will be transported to one of Havana’s famous cigar factories to receive a complete education on the process of Cuba’s world-renowned tobacco!

Following your visit to the cigar factory and Habanos store, you will be transported back to Old Havana for lunch at the restaurant of your choice (your guide can give recommendations). After lunch, you may have a time of rest if you please, then you will get a private lesson on how to make Cuban cocktails where you will receive at least one cocktail to enjoy! Be sure to bring a pen and paper to take notes!

Just before dinner, you will take time to clean up and put your Cuban best on to experience one of the best nights you will have in Cuba, an incredible dinner accompanied with live jazz! Following, you may want to explore more of Havana’s nightlife on your final night, but if not, your guide will escort you to your BnB.

Day Four: Farewell Havana, Hello Viñales

After breakfast, at a predetermined time, you will take off for Viñales in a private car. After your arrival, you will get settled into your BnB, then walk into town for lunch at a restaurant of your choice on the city’s main street!

You will then have the opportunity to either rest a bit and get acclimated to the slow pace of Viñales or take off for a tour of a local tobacco farm where you will receive an education on Cuban tobacco from seed to harvest from a local campesino (farmer). Depending on the season and availability of tobacco, you might even get to help in the process of harvest or roll your own cigar! At the end of the Tobacco Farm Tour, you will have the opportunity to kick your feet back with the farmers and enjoy a smoke, a drink, and the view as long as you please.

Following, you will be transported to what many claim as the best view in all of Cuba, a panoramic view of the Viñales Valley. You will see farms and mogotes (random mountainous formations in the valley) for miles and dream of what life was like as the natives roamed the land.

Following a time of relaxation and photographs at the viewpoint, you will be taken just a short walk away to a restaurant with one of the best views in all of Viñales. You will taste their exquisite cuisine and relax as you soak in the view and assume the slow-paced lifestyle of the campesino. And if you’re one to enjoy a Cuban cocktail, this restaurant places a bottle of rum on your table and simply explains, “Here is a bottle for your table, in case you would like to add more rum to your cocktail.”

After dinner, if you so choose, your guide will drop you off at your BnB. If you desire to explore the nightlife of Viñales, you will be free to do so.

Day Five: Coffee & Caves

At the arranged time you choose, your professional guide will meet you at your BnB to begin your day. You will first be escorted to a local farm for an extensive education on Cuban coffee from a local farmer. There you will have the opportunity to learn the entire process that Cuban coffee undergoes from plant to espresso. Depending on the season and availability of coffee, you might even get to help in harvest and join in the process all the way from picking the beans to brewing your own espresso!

After the coffee experience, you will have the opportunity to eat lunch at a local restaurant. If you desire a more relaxed lunch, you can arrange to eat a home cooked meal at your BnB.

Following your lunch, you will then be transported to the Cave of the Indian, a relaxed tour, where you will encounter a performance by the natives, explore the insides of a great cave, and finish on a boat through the cave.

To finish your evening in the most immaculate style, after cleaning up, your private car will take you into the valley to a former tobacco farm that has been converted into an acclaimed restaurant manned by a Cuban chef that can’t be matched (he was trained by the King’s Chef in Spain). You will dine at what we claim is Cuba’s best restaurant and experience true Cuban hospitality and the fine food that comes with it! We can guarantee that this will be the best dining experience that you will have in all of Cuba. The view, the hospitality, the cuisine, and the atmosphere simply can’t be beat.

If you choose, after dinner, your guide will drop you off at your BnB to relax as you wind down your evening. If you decide to explore the nightlife of Viñales on your final night in Cuba, you will be free to do so.

Day Six: Final Taste & Departure

Depending on the departure time of your flight, you might have the opportunity to relax and enjoy your last few hours in Viñales. If so, you will have time to purchase any last-minute souvenirs from local artisans and/or take those photos that you may have missed. At the appointed time, you will be picked up by your private taxi, escorted directly to the José Martí International Airport, and dropped off three to four hours prior to your departure for an ample amount of time to purchase any last-minute souvenirs, check your bags, go through security and customs, and arrive at your gate for a safe flight home.

Included

• Professional Guide*
• Accommodations at BnB*
• Three Nights in Havana
• Two Nights in Viñales
• Breakfasts (5) & Dinners (5)
• Airport Pick-up / Drop-off
• All Transportation
• Classic Car Tour (two hours)
• Old Havana Walking Tour
• Cigar Factory Tour*
• Cuban Cocktail Lesson + Drinks
• Panoramic View of Viñales Valley
• Tobacco Farm Tour*
• Cuban Coffee Experience*
• Indian Cave Tour
• Professional Photography + Photos
• Detailed Itinerary & Tour Packet
• Seasonal Packing List
• Emergency Support

Not Included

• Airfare
• Cuban Visa
• Lunch
• Alcoholic Drinks
• Tips (Guide, Drivers, etc)

More Information

* See the What to Expect tab for details on starred items.

WHAT TO EXPECT ON YOUR TOUR

On this Classic Cuba Tour, you will begin and end at the José Martí International Airport in Havana. You can expect your complete itinerary from transportation, accommodations, private tours/experiences, and meals to be previously arranged and paid for by your guide. You will be accompanied the entire tour by a Gardner Tours professional guide, educated on Cuban culture, history, tobacco, coffee, etc, and all we require of you is to simply enjoy yourself! In the event that something changes or doesn’t go exactly as planned, please be patient and courteous, as it is our guarantee that our guides will handle any challenges with timely grace to ensure that you are taken care of and that you get the authentic Cuban experience you desire.

Your Tour Guide

Each of our guides are well versed in their culture and able to answer almost any question you may have for them! You will have complete freedom to take your tour at the pace you please, deciding to sit and enjoy the view as long as you desire, asking the tobacco farmer as many questions as you want, or simply enjoying your dinner just a little longer than you normally would. Your guide will give you time and space to enjoy your lunch each day as you like (with or without them). They meet you at the arranged time each morning to begin your day and will drop you off at your BnB each night. They will serve you along the way and ensure that you are well taken care of during your entire stay.

Classic Cuba Tour Accommodations

Your accommodations will be at a Cuban BnB equipped with air-conditioner as well as a private bathroom. Each of our accommodation partners provide private rooms with a full bed and a twin bed, and can occupy up to three persons per room. If you desire to share a room with your travel companions (up to three persons per room), please specify in the details of your booking.

Cuban Cigar Factory

Cigar Factories in Cuba are closed on the weekends as well as two longer holidays during the year. If you happen to book during these times, it is our guarantee that you will get to experience the same education and cigar rolling experience.

Cuba Tobacco Season

Tobacco season in Cuba is during the dry season, with planting season starting in late-October and harvest season from January to early-April. If you happen to book outside of these months, know that you might see barren lands, but it is our guarantee that you will experience the same education and tobacco experience as if you were visiting in-season. You might not get to witness the acts of planting or harvest, but you will definitely encounter the world’s greatest tobacco culture at work.

Cuban Coffee Harvest

Coffee harvest in Cuba is during the part of the dry season, from September to January. If you book in these months, you might even get to help in harvest! However, if you happen to book from February to August, know that you might see barren coffee plants, but it is our guarantee that you will experience the same education and coffee experience as if you were visiting in-season. You might not get to witness the acts of harvest, but you will definitely encounter one of the world’s greatest coffee cultures at work.

Our Guarantee To You

Gardner Tours is committed to delivering you the most hospitable and entertaining tours offered in Cuba! If you have questions or would like to adjust this tour in any way, feel free to contact us and we will gladly accommodate your desires.