Excursions in Holguin, Cuba
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Tour de Bares
Night Walk by emblematic bars in the city of Holguin.
Night tour of the city of Holguín to learn the history of the parks of the city of Holguín and its surroundings while tasting typical Cuban cocktails and rums in emblematic bars of the city.Visit the La Bodeguita del Medio Bars, Salón 1720 and Las 9 Musas Karaoke Bar while walking through the central parks of the city to see its churches and colonial buildings.
Holguín, located about eight hundred kilometers from Havana, was historically called ¨Ciudad de los Parques¨, but for a few years, to avoid the possibility of it being confused with the Colombian Bucaramanga, which is also called that way, it isadd a term, and so it remains, without any possibility of confusion, as the Cuban City of Parks.A city of wide corridors and ribbed roofs with cisterns to collect rainwater.City of solid and straight streets.Due to the exquisite and rigorous preservation of the colonial architectural structure that they possess, the Holguín parks are also like a beautiful lung of the city's local identity.There are several, infinity, parks that natives and visitors have in Holguín, for hours of relaxation and leisure.The greatest of all is Calixto García.
Bar Restaurant.Live music during the day.Varied cocktails and Creole food.The house specialty is Black Beans asleep with pork rinds, fresh black bean stew seasoned and flavored with chili peppers, onion, and oregano and accompanied by our authentic Creole fried pork rinds.
An old traditional Holguin house carefully renovated is the headquarters of this internationally well-known air-conditioned restaurant located a few meters from the emblematic Calixto García Park in the most central part of the city.Several environments where you can choose to enjoy the best Cuban and international food along with the wide variety of drinks and liquors offered by its large cellar, attended by highly competent professionals, invite you to enjoy its culinary delights in good company.
Karaoke bar in the city where the bar's own cocktails are accompanied by its tapas.It also offers coffee derivatives on its menu.The house specialty is the 9 Muses Cocktail, orange juice, vodka, grenadine and triple dry rum.
Contact us here:
comercial@avc.hog.tur.cu 24430369
comercialesp@avc.hog.tur.cu 24430646
ALWAYS bring with you, ID card for adults.Cozzy shoes to walk and a camera.
Caminata por Holguín Hike through Holguín
Walk through the city of Holguín, learn about its history, and visit places of commercial interest and emblematic bars of the city.
Tour of the city of Holguín to learn about the history of the parks of the city of Holguín and its surroundings while tasting typical Cuban cocktails and rums in emblematic bars of the city to culminate the walk up the steps of the emblematic Loma de la Cruz stop in its top enjoy a tasty Cuban lunch. Visit to La Bodeguita del Medio Bars and Salón 1720 while walking through the central parks of the city to see its churches and colonial buildings; visiting places of historical and commercial interest ending at the top of the Cruz hill.
Lugares a Visitar
Holguín, located about eight hundred kilometers from Havana, was historically called ¨Ciudad de los Parques¨, but for a few years, to avoid the possibility of it being confused with the Colombian Bucaramanga, which is also called that way, it isadd a term, and so it remains, without any possibility of confusion, as the Cuban City of Parks.A city of wide corridors and ribbed roofs with cisterns to collect rainwater.City of solid and straight streets.Due to the exquisite and rigorous preservation of the colonial architectural structure that they possess, the Holguín parks are also like a beautiful lung of the city's local identity.There are several, infinity, parks that natives and visitors have in Holguín, for hours of relaxation and leisure.The greatest of all is CalixtoGarcía.
Bodeguita del Medio Holguín
Bar Restaurant.Live music during the day.Varied cocktails and Creole food.The house specialty is Black Beans asleep with pork rinds, fresh black bean stew seasoned and flavored with chili peppers, onion, oregano and accompanied by our authentic Creole fried pork rinds.
Salón 1720
An old traditional Holguin house carefully renovated is the headquarters of this internationally well-known air-conditioned restaurant located a few meters from the emblematic CalixtoGarcíapark in the most central part of the city.Several environments where you can choose to enjoy the best Cuban and international food along with the wide variety of drinks and liquors offered by its large cellar, attended by highly competent professionals, invite you to enjoy its culinary delights in good company.
Loma de la Cruz
Before called Cerro de Bayado.It changed its name when on May 3, 1790, Fray Antonio de Alegría placed a large cross on its top in order to drive away demons and initiate a Catholic pilgrimage: the pilgrimages of the cross.It is the viewpoint of the city, from whose center, the CalixtoGarcía Park, barely three km separate it.Its top is reached by a long 458-step staircase built between 1927 and 1950.
Restaurante Loma de la Cruz
This ranchón-style restaurant invites us to taste its variety of Creole and international food and drinks while we appreciate the best views of Holguín from the world-renowned elevation of the same name.Just a few meters from the viewpoint and old Spanish fort that were renovated for the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis, it is easily accessed in a few minutes by road or, if exercise is preferred, by a steep staircase that will put your strength to the test.physical form of your visitors.
Contact us here:
comercial@avc.hog.tur.cu 24430369
comercialesp@avc.hog.tur.cu 24430646
ALWAYS bring with you, ID card for adults.Cozzy shoes to walk and a camera.
Cabaret Nocturno
To enjoy a wonderful night at the main cabaret of Holguín city.
It includes:
2 Welcome cocktail
2 Appetizers of ham, cheese and olives (200 g)
1 Bottle Havana Club Añejo Especial
2 National soft drinks (355mL or bottled (330 mL)
Condiciones:
The reservation will be kept until 10:30 pm. After 10:30 pm, the client loses the right to reserve. These offers do not apply, when High-Call Talents are presented at the Night Cabaret; Therefore, the Agency will be informed 5 days in advance of the presentation date.
Lugares a Visitar
Cabaret Nocturno
Emblematic Holguin Cabaret just 5 minutes from the city center that offers a perfect night where music, dance and joy are combined.
Contact us here:
comercial@avc.hog.tur.cu 24430369
comercialesp@avc.hog.tur.cu 24430646
ALWAYS bring with you, ID card for adults.Cozzy shoes to dance and a camera.
THE GRAND SAFARI
Pick up 7.30 am at the hotels. Tourism guide with language service. Transfer in Jeep to Pinares de Mayarí, located in the La Mensura National Park, 680 meters above sea level, with a microclimate where nearly 300 endemic species of Cuban flora live. On the way we visit the Batany Birán, founded by the Castro family on November 15, 1915. Tours of the houses of relatives, the school, the post office, the fence of roosters, the warehouses and the cemetery.
On the way to Pinares, stop for photos and contemplation of the landscape with different types of mountain vegetation. Nipe Bay, one of the largest stock bays in the world, 25.9 kilometers long and 16.8 kilometers wide.Visit the Salto del Guayabo, contemplating natural waterfalls with a fall of 85 and 117 meters, respectively, at an elevation of 560 meters above sea level.You can take a path that ends in a natural pool that is very welcoming due to its characteristics and the surrounding landscape invites the visitor to take a bath. Typical Cuban lunch at the Ranchón Salto del Guayabo, with a view of the waterfall. Return to hotels.
ADVENTURES "FARALLONES DE MOA"
Pick up 6.30 am and departure from the hotels, transfer to the municipality of Moa, on the way there is an interpretive stop and time for photos on the loma de la lima, in the municipality of Banes, with a visual view of the Nipe Bay. The largest in terms of bay of the bag refers to the world. In the community of Farallones contact the community and visit the doctor's office, thus reaching the information center of the Farallones de Moa area, belonging to the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park , here you can enjoy an enriched flora and fauna.Realization of the path until reaching the natural cave where a river crosses it; On this trail we have presence of varieties of birds, polymitas, plantations of coffee and cocoa. Transfer to the city of Moa, where lunch will be made at the Miraflores hotel, then tour the city and return to the hotels.
SALTO DEL GUAYABO
Pick up 7.30 at the hotels. Tourism guide with language service. Transfer in Jeep to Pinares de Mayarí, located in the La Mensura National Park, 680 meters above sea level, with a microclimate where nearly 300 endemic species of Cuban flora live.On the way to Pinares, stop for photos and contemplation of the landscape with different types of vegetation of mountains, the Bay of Nipe one of the largest bays in the world with 25.9 kilometers long and 16.8 kilometers wide. Visit the Salto del Guayabo, contemplating from a viewpoint natural waterfalls with a fall of 85 and 117 meters, respectively, at an elevation of 560 meters above sea level. You can make a path that ends in a natural pool very cozy. Its characteristics and the surrounding landscape invite the visitor to take a bath, or to make the ecological path of 1200 meters until the fall of the waterfall. Visit to La Plancha farm, with a microclimate inside the La Mensura National Park, with a wide variety of ornamental and fruit plants.
GREEN & BLUE (GIBARA)
Pick up at hotels. Tourism guide with language service. Transfer to the Marina Vita or Marlin, to make a boat ride in water for 30 minutes. Transfer to the house of a peasant where they will taste a typical Cuban coffee and they will be offered a great variety of seasonal fruits, they will also be able to appreciate poultry and learn about Cuban peasant life. Enjoy an aboriginal show and cavalcade, passing by the place where Christopher Columbus touched Cuban land for the first time on October 28, 1492 in the Cristóbal Colón park, then continue the transfer to the city of Gibara, where they will have the opportunity to appreciate a view panoramic of the city with lunch in it. Return to hotels.
CAYO SAETÍA TOUR
Pick up at hotels. Tourism guide with language service. Transfer to Cayo Saetía, where they will make a Safari through the Cayo and observe different exotic animals in their natural habitat. Buffet lunch and enjoy the beach, then return to the hotels.
CITY, TRAIN AND CIGARS
Pick up at hotels. Tourism guide with language service. Short drive in a car pulled by a steam locomotive of the 19th century, which comes from an old sugar mill located in the Rafael Freyre municipality. Continue the trip by bus to Holguín to visit a cigar factory. Transfer to the Plaza de la Marqueta for a panoramic tour of the outdoor areas, which includes the entrance to the site with the corresponding explanation of the modules that are displayed inside. Guided tour of the main attributes of the city center. Free time in the park Calixto García. Visit to Loma de la Cruz with a drink included. Lunch at the Bodeguita del Medio. Return to hotels.
GIBARA OVERNIGHT
First Day: Pick up at the first hotel 10:00 in the morning. Transfer to Gibara. Once in Gibara, lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, visit to the tobacco factory of Gibara, visit to the museum of colonial art. At 4:30 pm, catamaran ride until sunset with open bar and animation on board the boat. Accommodation at the Ordoño or Arsenita hotel, depending on availability, with dinner and breakfast included. In the evening, evening entertainment with local talents at the Siglo XX bar (drinks not included).Second Day: After breakfast, tour the city by bus that includes a photo stop at the Mirador de La Loma, tour of the Plaza Colón park, Casa del Artesano. Free time in the city. Back panoramic tour through the city of Holguín. Time to buy cigars in Holguin. Visit to the Loma de la Cruz. Return to the hotel at 1 pm. Lunch is not included on the second day.
COLOMBUS DISCOVERY
Pick up at the first hotel 7:30 in the morning. Tourism guide with language service. Short drive in a car pulled by a steam locomotive of the 19th century, which comes from an old sugar mill located in the Rafael Freyre municipality. Continue the trip to Bariay, site of discovery, to visit the Taino Village with show, lunch and horseback riding. Return to hotels.
SALTO DEL GUAYABO
Round trip transfer by air-conditioned bus. Tourism Guide Service in Spanish language. Travel to the Salto del Guayabo. In the Salto, you must pay 200.00 pesos in MN at the entrance (not included in the price) with the right to enjoy the place, guided by ecological trails with guide service, observation of endemic flora and fauna and waterfall of 120 mts. height, observation of the natural landscape from viewpoints, sale of fried pork masses and viands, bath in a natural pool, tasty Creole ajiaco or the exquisite sopa. Lunch with roast pork, congrí rice, lunch box, salad, dessert. Gardens around the restaurant with endemic plants such as the Dahlia and the Hydrangea, all within a totally ecological environment and a pleasant micro-climate.
GIBARA + CALETONES
Description: Pick up in an air-conditioned bus to Gibara, where they will visit "La Cueva de los Panaderos". Lunch at a local restaurant, where you will taste delicious typical Gibara food. After lunch, departure to Caletones to enjoy the sun and the beach all day with bath time. Departure from Caletones at 5.00pm. Departure from Caletones Beach at 6.00pm.
ALDEA + PLAYA
Pick up in an air-conditioned bus and transfer to the Taino Village (entrance to the Village or the Chorro de Maíta Museum is not included in the price; you must pay 5.00 pesos MN per person and 5.00 CUC ). Historical tour with guide service through the Village and then entrance to the Chorro de Maíta Museum. Transfer to Guardalavaca Beach for bath time before noon. Lunch at El Ancla restaurant to taste exquisite Creole food. Bath time in Guardalavaca until 6:00 pm. The Village show is not included.