Mexico & Cuba Tour 2024

Arrival, reception and transfer to your hotel. We recommend the 4 star Gran Hotel Ciudad de Mexico. Upgrade to the 5 star Four Seasons.

Gran Hotel Ciudad de Mexico

After breakfast, a guided city tour through Mexico City, starting from The Zocalo, the historical centre of Mexico City. The tour includes the National Palace, famous for its colourful murals by one of Mexico's greatest artists, Diego Rivera; the Cathedral Metropolitana, perhaps the most impressive in all of Mexico. Built by the Spanish in the 1520s, it was erected directly above the sacrificial ceremonial site of the Aztecs where rows of skulls were displayed. Afternoon visit to the world famous anthropological museum. Return to your hotel.

Meals: B

After breakfast, excursion to the fabulous archaeological site of Teotihuacán lying in the valley of Mexico. This is the world famous site of the huge Pirámides del Sol y de la Luna (Pyramids of the Sun and Moon), and was once Mexico's largest ancient city and the capital of what was probably the country's largest pre-Hispanic empire. The site's main 'road' is the famous Avenue of the Dead, a monumental 2km (1.2miles) thoroughfare lined with the former palaces of Teotihuacán's elite. To its south is the pyramid-bedecked La Ciudadela, believed to have been the residence of the city's supreme ruler. Enclosed within the citadel's walls is the Quetzalcóatl Temple, with its striking serpent carvings. Heading north, the avenue passes the world's third-largest pyramid: the awe-inspiring, 70m (230ft), 248-stepped Pyramid of the Sun. The pyramid was originally painted a suitably sun-drenched, bloody red. The avenue terminates at the Pyramid of the Moon, flanked by the 12 temple platforms of the Plaza de la Luna. Nearby are the beautifully frescoed Palace of the Quetzal Butterfly, the Jaguar Palace and the Temple of the Plumed Conch Shells. Teotihuacán's most famous mural, the Paradise of Tláloc, is in the Tepantitla Palace, a priest's residence northeast of the Pyramid of the Sun. The site also has a museum to help make sense of it all. After the tour, return to your hotel.

Meals: B

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for the flight to Villahermosa. Arrival and transfer to your hotel for accommodation. If there is time a visit to the Venta Park (with its Olmec sculptures and zoo). Rest of the day at leisure.

Meals: B

After breakfast, a guided tour of the fabulous Mayan archaeological site of Palenque. After the tour, transfer to Villahermosa airport for the flight to Merida. Arrival in Merida, reception and transfer to your hotel for accommodation. We recommend the 4 star Hyatt Regency. Upgrade to the 5 star Hacienda Xcanatun.

Hacienda Xcanatun   |  Meals: B

After breakfast at the hotel, an excursion to the Mayan archaeological sites of Uxmal and Kabah. After a lunch, return to your hotel. Day at leisure.

Meals: B & L

After breakfast at the hotel, drive to Cancun with a stopover at the Mayan archaeological site of Chichen Itza, the fabulous new 7th wonder of the world. After the visit, lunch at a restaurant. Arrival in Cancun in the early evening. Drop off at hotel of your choice.

Meals: B & L

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for the flight to Havana. Arrival, reception and transfer to your hotel.

Meals: B

After breakfast, city tour of Old Havana, with an experienced local tour guide visiting all the Squares of Old Havana, looking at the historical buildings, sculptures and monument of relevance in the past and present.
Entrance to Cigar Factory Partagás or similar included.
In the afternoon, a walking tour through Obispo Boulevard and Central Park and the Capitol building.

Meals: B

Free day.

Meals: B

Early breakfast
Transfer to the bus terminal to take the bus to Cienfuegos City.
Accommodation at Palacio Azul 3*** Hotel in B & B (also there is the option of private house stay) Free afternoon.

Meals: B

Today you will enjoy a panoramic tour of the City, visiting the Alameda, Central Park, the Botanical Garden (first founded in Cuba) José Martí Park, the Terry Theater, the French style mansions, and the Sea Board and the Bay.

Meals: B

After breakfast retrurn bus to Havana in time for your connecting flight home.

Meals: B