CENTER FOR CUBAN STUDIES
CENTER FOR CUBAN STUDIES
Havana Jazz Festival 2022
Visit Cuba during the Havana Jazz Festival, five nights between January 17 - 25 2021! This tour includes an introduction to Cuban art, architecture and politics. This itinerary is based on 4-star accommodations. The itinerary is subject to change, as visits to studios and/or galleries depend on artists' schedule. Group meals are included in the pricing unless indicated as “on own” or “at leisure.” The itinerary will be finalized to accommodate the confirmed daily jazz sessions and other events associated with the festival.
The Center for Cuban Studies is the go-to source for learning about Cuban life, history and culture, and for going to Cuba to see it all for yourself. Sandy Levinson and the superb people who have worked at the Center over the years, and those who are working there now, are tireless in their eagerness and thoughtfulness to open doors too long closed to most of the American people.
Carol Sacks, graphic designer, New York
We craft custom itineraries.
Please e-mail us so that we may design a tour of Cuba that is perfectly suited to you.
Havana Jazz Festival
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Day 1- Havana Here We Come
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The group meets at Miami International Airport for a charter flight to Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport. Upon arrival we’ll move through immigration, meet our local guide, and head into Havana. You’ll have time to relax and freshen up at the hotel. Early evening, the group will enjoy a welcome dinner and the Havana Jazz Festival gala opening.
Day 2- Havana
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Day 2, you’ll enjoy a guided walking tour of the city through Old and Central Havana, exploring shops, galleries, and visiting ordinary homes to meet and talk with people about life in Cuba.
You’ll have free time and lunch on your own.
We regroup to visit the intermediate music school where students receive instruments from the Horns to Havana program, sponsored by organizations including Jazz at Lincoln Center. You’ll speak students and professors about the challenges of acquiring and maintaining instructions.
Evening enjoy more festival entertainment.
Day 3- Laz Terrazas
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Visit Finca Marta, the organic farm and apiary of Fernando Funes. Fernando is an agronomist, son of a well-known food analyst, who for years has been leading Cuba to solve its food shortages with a return to small farming.
Lunch at Finca Marta
After lunch, we’ll visit the most successful new town built after 1959 at Las Terrazas, in the San Rosario mountain range this region was designated a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1984.
We return to Havana where you’ll have the evening to enjoy more festival entertainment.
Day 4 - Havana
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Following a hotel breakfast (included) we tour the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), the graduate art school, famed for its architecture, as well as for its graduates. (We recommend viewing the documentary “Unfinished Spaces” directed by Alysa Nahmias before the trip.)
Then we’ll visit the community project of the artist José Fuster in Jaimanitas, where we’ll enjoy a group lunch.
In the afternoon we will attend a presentation about Cuban music with independent music label funder Isnay “El Jiguey” Rodriguez
Evening free to enjoy moreJazz festival entertainment.
Day 5- Havana
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After breakfast we’ll have a guided tour of the contemporary Cuban art collection at the Museum of Fine Arts
After lunch you will have some free time.
Farewell dinner enjoy more festival Jazz entertainment.
Day 6 - Havana
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After a hotel breakfast, we’ll meet for our late morning flight from Havana back to the U.S..
RESERVATIONS
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The 5-night/6-day tour is $5,200 per person, double occupancy; $5,800 per person / single occupancy.
The trip includes 4 Star accommodations, VIP passes to the Havana Jazz festival, all breakfasts, two lunches, two dinners, transportation in Cuba and guides. Airfare is additional.
A non-refundable deposit of $500 to the Center for Cuban Studies to secure your place is tax deductible.
Please e-mail us to secure your reservation.
Havana Jazz Festival 2020
Explore Cuba's artistic and visual wonders. Visit Cuba's museums, galleries and legendary landmarks while experiencing and meeting Cuba's famed artists at work in their homes and studios. The Center for Cuban Studies is The Source to go to to learn more about Cuban life and culture and history and to go to Cuba and see it all for yourself. Sandy Levinson and the superb people who have worked at the Center over the years and who are working there now are tireless in their eagerness and thoughtfulness to open doors too long closed to most of the American people. Carol Sacks, graphic designer, New York
