“Ride to Las Terrazas and Viñales in Old Fashion American Classic Cars” Tour

• Duration: 10 hrs approximately
• Departure time: 08.00 hrs
• Tour guide: Yes
• Children are allowed: Yes
• Languages spoken: Spanish and English

“Ride to Las Terrazas and Viñales in Old Fashion American Classic Cars” Tour

Description:

Las Terrazas community, is located in the Sierra del Rosario, province of Artemisa, which was declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1985. When you arrive, you are surrounded by evergreen forests, rivers and waterfalls with crystal clear water, fresh breezes and birds singing, a rural environment that invites you to enjoy nature tourism.

This was one of the first coffee settlements in the country in the 19th century. The history of coffee cultivation is one of the main attractions for customers at the Buenavista restaurant, built on the ruins of the coffee farm of the same name, founded by the French.

The Valley of Viñales is the ideal place to contemplate and admire the beauty of the Cuban landscape. It's placed in a small rural locality of Pinar del Río's province. National monument from 1979, first cultural landscape recognized by the UNESCO in America, declared Cultural Patrimony of the Humanity in the year 1999 and National Park in 2001.

The Valley of Viñales stands out for possessing very unique rural landscapes emphasizing the mountainous formations of mogotes so impressive as Two sisters, it is the land of the plantations of the best tobacco of the world and possesses the major system cavernary of Cuba where you will be able to explore the Cave of the Indian being the most accessible and visited of the zone, it is crossed by the Rio San Juan and offers to the visitor the possibility of crossing 200 meters of the cave in boat.

To make this visit unforgettable, we propose to tour the extraordinary beauty of Las Terrazas and Viñales, and its magical places in our authentic American cars from the 50's, original, classic and convertible vehicles in perfect condition; which will undoubtedly make you travel through time.

The departures for this tour only take place from Havana.

Main places to enjoy in the tour in the Community Las Terrazas:

• Information Center Rancho Curujey, brief explanation of the project.
• Hacienda Buenavista, 19th century coffee plantation and its ruins.
• Tour of the Las Terrazas Community, contact with the inhabitants in the Callejón de la Moka and workshops of local artists.
• Optional Canopy Adventure. A walk down 800 meters where you can appreciate magnificent views of the landscape. -San Juan River, one of the biggest tourist attraction of this place, optional possibility of making a boat trip in this place.
• Time at your disposal to enjoy a horseback ride where you can go into an outstanding natural place of great beauty and variety, which takes the visitor to places where nature has survived unchanged for centuries.
• Optional lunch in a local restaurant (not included in the price). Price approximately 10.00 cuc per person.

Main places to enjoy in the tour:

• Snack Bar Las Barrigonas.
• La Casa del Veguero with its tobacco plantations.
• The Viewpoint of the Valley of Viñales, with the most extensive and beautiful view of this place.
• The Cave of the Indian.
• The Prehistoric Mural in the Sierra de los Órganos, one of the largest open air frescoes on the planet with 120 meters high and 160 wide created in 1959. It shows the evolution of life in a natural sense in Cuba.
• The town of Viñales
• At your choice, a lunch reservation can be arranged in a typical restaurant of this region for the approximate price of 10.00 cuc per person.
• You can make a short excursion on horseback through the attractive Viñales National Park for the additional cost of 10.00 cuc per person.

Customers paying the entrance fees, will be able to enjoy the main tourist attractions of the city.

Services included in the excursion:

• Local guide (Spanish, English).
• Pick up at the hotel or rental house and departure to Las Terrazas in American Classic Cars.
• Panoramic tour of the route to Las Terrazas in classic cars and transfers to and from the hotel.
• Tour of the Las Terrazas community, which includes the Rancho Curujey Information Center, Hacienda Buenavista, Hotel Moka and Los Baños del Río San Juan, among others.
• Free time to visit other sites of interest in the community.
• Departure towards to Viñales in American Classic Cars;
• Panoramic tour of the route to Viñales in classic cars and transfers to and from the hotel;
• Excursion to Viñales Valley. Visit to the Casa del Veguero, where you will be able to appreciate the tobacco plantations, traditional industry of the province;
• Visit to the viewpoint of Viñales Valley.
• Optional visit to Cueva del Indio with a boat ride through its underground river;
• Optional lunch in a local restaurant;
• Optional visit to the Prehistoric Mural that illustrates the evolutionary processes in the Sierra de los Órganos, from molluscs to the first inhabitants of the region;
• Free time to visit the village of Viñales;
• Return to the hotel or rental house.

Services not included in the excursion:

Entrance fees to museums, places of interest and tourist attractions, restaurants (meals), bars (drinks) and tips, among others, are not included in the price of the excursion and require an extra charge at the discretion of the clients.

We use these cars:

• This experience will be done in a classic hard top car, model: Chevrolet Deluxe 1950 (4 door sedan) / Plymouth Deluxe 1955 (4 door sedan) / Fort Victoria 1955 (4 door sedan) / Oldsmobile Model 88 1954 (4 door sedan) or similar (Classic), with air conditioning and professional driver and guide in English and Spanish language (optional).

Distance to cover in the tour by car (round trip): 395 km approximately.

Duration approximate of the tour by car (round trip): 5.20 hours approximately.

Time of end of the excursion and beginning of the return trip to Havana: 17.00 hrs.

Maximum pax for the excursion: 4 Pax in classic American car (with driver-guide service) or 8 Pax in microbus (with driver-guide service)

Pick up point: Lodging place (rental house or hotel).

Extra price for lunch or dinner: + 10.00 USD per pax

TIPS: • We recommend: light clothing, sunglasses, sunscreen, hat and camera.