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"Inner Havana, El Prado, his environment and the José Martí´s presence" Tour

HAVANA, Cuba
"Inner Havana, El Prado, his environment and the José Martí´s presence" Tour
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"Inner Havana, El Prado, his environment and the José Martí´s presence" Tour

Attractive walks through the streets and historical sites of Havana

INNER HAVANA is one of the most attractive projects that Calle Cuba propose. It offers the opportunity to know the architecture and the Havana city´s urban layout (Town wonder of the world), from the different styles and the most variety foreign influence that took place on in the colonial times and neo-colonial. INNER HAVANA invites us to the awareness of the backgrounds of Historians and the last evolution of the buildings, streets, drives, squares, and parks. At the same time, it permits us to discover the presence of important personalities in this environment and, the most important, we can appreciate how this ancestral huge work fits with the actual Cuban reality.

Description:

INNER HAVANA proposes two relevant travels with José Martí (1853-1895), thinker, politician, writer, and journalist, consider the more cosmopolitan between the Cubans: After the Martí´s stairways and El Prado, his environment and the Martí’s presence.

El Prado, his environment, and the Martí’s presence

Included:

  • A local tour guide (Spanish, English).
  • Visits to all sites already described in the program.

Places of interest to visit:

    1. Fountain of the Indian
    1. Park of the Fraternity
    1. National Capitol
    1. Martí Theater
    1. Kid Chocolate Polyvalent Hall
    1. Payret Theater
    1. Great Theater of Havana
    1. England Hotel
    1. Central Park
    1. Centro Asturiano (actually Building of Cosmopolitan Art of National museum in Beaux Arts)
    1. Prado and Neptuno street
    1. Spanish Casino (actually Marriages Palace)
    1. Mendive´s College
    1. Beaux Arts National Museum
    1. Police Station (actually Auxiliary offices of Beaux Arts National Museum)
    1. Saint Angel Kept´ Church
    1. Revolution Museum
    1. Granma Memorial
    1. Park March 13th (sculpture to Martí donated by United State people)
    1. Villanueva Antique Theater
    1. Martyrs´ Park – Rests of the Real Chink of Havana
    1. Memorial of eight students in medicine (fragment in wall of engineers´ building of corps firebreaks, demolished in 1901)
    1. Máximo Gómez Memorial
    1. San Salvador de La Punta Fortress

Distance to cover in the tour: 4 km approximately.

Duration approximate of the tour (total): 2 hours approximately.

Meeting point:.

Days available:.

TOUR GUIDE: Josep Trujillo Fonseca vice president of the Cultural Society José Martí and teacher since 1973. He has several publications in national centers of a press and the booklet "La Ciudad Jardín" and "Tras los pasos de José Martí y Cecilia Valdés". He has counseled assorted television show and arranged diverse audiovisual exhibitions and materials about José Martí.

• Recommended: light clothing, sunglasses, hats or caps, tennis, sandals or comfortable shoes, solar protection and photographic camera.

• For the tour we recommend a water bottle.

More Information

  • 2 hrs approximately
  • 09.00 hrs
  • Tour guide included
  • Family friendly
  • Offered inSpanish and English

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Policies and Conditions

• This tour operates with a minimum of 10 passengers. Holiplus will reconfirm 48 hours before the departure of your tour. If the provider decides to cancel, for not meeting the minimum required amount of passengers, Holiplus will offer an alternative tour or fully refund cost of your trip.

• Approximate life of travels is in two hours.

• None of the travels include the inmost entree of the setups. The interested will gain the acquittance on this concept, in accord with the menu laid down by each place.

• The interested will be able to logon to books and others digital publications about and by José Martí, Cecilia Valdés novelette by Cirilo Villaverde for free.

Cancellation Policy

• In case of cancellation up to 72 hours before the departure time of the excursion, a penalty of 10% of the excursion fare will be charged. • Regarding cancellations made between 72 and 24 hours before the departure time of the excursion, a penalty of 50% of the excursion fare will be applied. • Cancellations reported within 24 hours before the departure time and No-Show (no presentation at departure time), a penalty of 100% of the excursion fare will be applied. • Booking fees and credit card surcharges cannot be refunded in case of cancellation.