CYCLING TOUR OF WESTERN CUBA
Havana-Soroa-Viñales-Cayo Levisa-Havana
(8days/7nights)

Arrival at José Martí International Airport, Havana. Transfer to Hotel Horizontes Panamericano. Check-in. Dinner. Evening free.

DAY 2

Breakfast. Bicycle tour of the historic city center declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Visit to the Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro. Continuation to the seaside village of Cojímar (15 km). Lunch at La Terraza de Cojímar restaurant, one of Ernest Hemmingway’s favourites some four decades ago. Return to the hotel. Rest of the afternoon free. Dinner. Evening free.

DAY 3

Breakfast. Departure by bicycle to Soroa, some 75 km over flat land. Check-in at Hotel & Villas Horizontes Soroa. Lunch at El Salto restaurant. Afternoon visit to the nation’s largest collection of orchids, containing over 600 autochthonous and foreign species and the Castillo de las Nubes look-out point. Enjoying the swimming pool and other recreational activities. Dinner. Evening free.

DAY 4

Breakfast. Choice between two alternative bicycle tours:

First (for experienced cyclists): departure from the hotel. Mountainous stretch of 40 km to the village of Niceto Pérez. Stops at different natural look-out points. Packed lunch. Continuation by coach to Viñales Valley. Check-in and welcoming drink at Hotel Horizontes La Ermita. Dinner. Evening free.

Second (for moderately experienced cyclists): departure by coach to La Guira National Park. Bicycle tour of 50 km from the La Guira cabins to the Valley of Viñales National Natural Monument. Packed lunch on the way. During the trip we will have beautiful views of this typical western Cuban landscape. Check-in at Hotel Horizontes La Ermita. Dinner. Evening free.

DAY 5

Breakfast. Bicycle tour through the entire valley, passing through the village of Viñales and following the road that skirts the Sierra del Infierno until the village of Pons (32 km). Another 9 km over flat dirt road to the Sierra del Pan de Azúcar area. Dip in the river. Lunch on site. Return to the hotel by coach. Optional afternoon visit to the Gran Caverna de Santo Tomás (approx. 30 minutes). Dinner. Evening free.

DAY 6

Breakfast. Departure by bicycle to the Palma Rubia pier, situated in the north coast of the Pinar del Río province (53 km). Boat trip to Cayo Levisa, a small tropical island of pristine nature. Free time to enjoy the beach and to do some snorkeling at the coral reef. Seafood lunch. Return to the hotel. Dinner. Evening free.

DAY 7

Breakfast. A 27 km descent by bicycle or by coach to the city of Pinar del Río. Transfer to Havana City. Lunch at "La Giraldilla". Check-in at Hotel Horizontes Panamericano. Afternoon bicycle tour on the Malecón de La Habana and Third Avenue, Miramar. Return to the hotel. Dinner. Farewell party at the hotel’s discothèque. Free entry and welcome cocktail.

DAY 8

Breakfast. Transfer to Havana airport and return to country of origin.