Flex Cuba Turkish Airlines 7 Nights (TK221) (FLY150)

Tour details

1st Day ISTANBUL – HAVANA We meet at Istanbul New Airport’s international departures terminal three hours before the flight. After baggage, ticket, and boarding procedures, our flight to Havana on Turkish Airlines scheduled service begins. Upon arrival in Havana, we transfer to our hotel with our private vehicle waiting for us at the airport. Accommodation at our hotel in Havana and free time. 2nd Day HAVANA After breakfast at the hotel, the whole day is free. For those who wish, we depart from the hotel for the optional Vinales Valley & Pinar del Rio & Indian Cave Tour with lunch (130 Euro). We head to Vinales Valley, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and where the tobacco used for the world-famous Cuban cigars is grown. After an approximately 3-hour journey, we visit Vinales town center, tobacco fields, and a local tobacco farm. We then have lunch at a restaurant in the middle of the valley. Afterward, we continue to Pinar del Rio and closely learn about cigar making and culture in the factories where Cuban cigars are officially produced. Guests who wish may purchase original Cuban cigars here. At the end of the day, after enjoying drinks at a hilltop with a panoramic view of the entire Vinales Valley, we return to Havana. After the tour, transfer to our hotel and free time. 3rd Day HAVANA After breakfast at the hotel, the whole day is free. For those who wish, we depart from the hotel for the optional Havana Tour with Lunch and American Cars in the Tracks of the Revolution (125 Euro). We begin this tour with old American cars imported from the U.S. from the end of 1958 until the Cuban Revolution, which, due to the embargo imposed afterward, could no longer be brought into the country and are still actively used today. After a short ride through the streets of Havana in these colorful vehicles, we visit the neighborhood decorated by Jose Fuster, known as the Picasso of Cuba, transformed into an open-air exhibition through the paintings, ceramics, and drawings he created throughout his life. Following this visit, we see Hamel Street, named after Fernando Hamel and serving as a center for modern artists. Then we visit the home of Cuba’s legendary hero Che Guevara, where Havana can be viewed from above. We have lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, we continue to Prado Avenue, one of Havana’s most enjoyable streets. We will visit the Revolution Museum, which was used as a palace during the Batista regime and opened to the public as a museum after the revolution. As Cuba’s largest museum, it houses weapons, tanks, and objects from the Cuban independence war and Cuban Revolution periods. After the tour, transfer to our hotel and free time. 4th Day HAVANA After breakfast at the hotel, the whole day is free. For those who wish, we depart from the hotel for the optional Ernest Hemingway Tour with Lunch (100 Euro). We will go to Cojimar, a small Cuban fishing village about 20 minutes from Havana, where the famous writer Ernest Hemingway spent 20 years in Cuba, wrote his famous novel The Old Man and the Sea, and had his lunches. We will visit La Finca, his house at the magnificent La Vigia estate where he lived after writing For Whom the Bell Tolls, now used as the Hemingway Museum. We will have lunch at a local restaurant. 5th Day HAVANA – CIENFUEGOS – TRINIDAD After breakfast at the hotel, we set off for Cienfuegos, one of Cuba’s most beautiful cities. We have lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, we tour the beautiful city of Cienfuegos, founded by French settlers in 1819 and protected by UNESCO in 2005. We will see Jose Marti Park, Tomas Terry Theater surrounding the park, and the Colegio de San Lorenzo government buildings. After touring the city, we travel to Trinidad. After a pleasant journey, transfer to our hotel in Trinidad and free time. All-inclusive accommodation at our hotel. 6th Day TRINIDAD – SANTA CLARA – VARADERO After breakfast at the hotel, we will closely discover Trinidad, a city enriched by sugar production between the 18th and 19th centuries, and considered by Cubans as a source of pride, with the best-preserved examples of colonial architecture in the world and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. As we walk through its cobblestone streets, we will feel as if we are traveling back in time, and we will refresh ourselves with Canchanchara, a drink made from lemon juice, honey, and Cuban rum, typical of Trinidad. Then, we continue with the Santa Clara Tour with Lunch, the most important front of the Cuban Revolution and the city that made Che a legend. After lunch, during our city tour, we will see the armored train museum park, captured by the legendary Comandante Che Guevara and carrying nearly all of Batista’s army ammunition, Parque Vidal, where bullet holes can still be seen in the old Hilton Hotel, and feel those days more closely. We will also see Che Guevara’s Mausoleum, where his body was brought and buried 30 years later after he was captured wounded and executed in Bolivia on October 9, 1967, and the monument with his famous farewell letter written in cuneiform, along with his statue. After our Santa Clara visit, we head to Varadero, transfer to our hotel in Varadero, and free time. All-inclusive accommodation at our hotel. 7th Day VARADERO After breakfast at the hotel, the whole day is free. You can enjoy the sea and sun on Varadero’s magnificent beaches or spend pleasant time at our all-inclusive hotel. Accommodation at our hotel. 8th Day VARADERO – HAVANA – ISTANBUL After an early breakfast at the hotel, we check out of our rooms. Then we head to Havana. Upon arrival, we begin our city tour. During the tour, we will see the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Old Havana, Malecon Boulevard, Revolution Square, Columbus Cemetery, Miramar, and Morro Castle, where you can view the city from above. We have lunch at a local restaurant. After the tour, free time. At the time announced by your guide, transfer to Havana airport. After baggage, ticket, and boarding procedures, our flight to Istanbul on Turkish Airlines scheduled service begins. We spend the night on the plane. 9th Day ISTANBUL Upon arrival at Istanbul New Airport at local time, the tour and our services end.

What's included

- Turkish Airlines scheduled flights economy class round-trip flight ticket from Istanbul (IST) to Havana (HAV) and back from Havana (HAV) to Istanbul (IST) - Airport taxes - 4 nights in Havana at a 5-star hotel with bed and breakfast - 1 night in Trinidad at a 5-star hotel with all-inclusive accommodation - 2 nights in Varadero at a 5-star hotel with all-inclusive accommodation - Airport-hotel-airport transfers - Havana city tour with lunch - Cienfuegos city tour with lunch - Santa Clara tour with lunch - Trinidad city tour - 3 lunches - All city transfers by our private buses - Professional Turkish and English-speaking guide services - Hotel taxes - TURSAB professional liability insurance

Not included

- Mandatory travel health insurance - Domestic connecting flight ticket - Cuba visa fee, service fee (65 EUR) - MANDATORY - Lunches and dinners not specified in the program - All kinds of personal expenses and hotel extras - Extra tours - Exit tax fee - Driver tips 10 Euro per person (optional)

Need to Know

ACCOMMODATION NOTES & FLIGHT DETAILS

Hotel check-in times are between 15:00 – 17:00 / check-out times are between 10:00 – 12:00.
Departure and arrival times are local times.
Flights marked with an * arrive at the destination on the calendar day following the departure date.
Please ask about domestic flight connection details and price differences.
Prices are not valid for groups; please ask about our special prices.

TK221 25OCT ISTHAV 1535 2145
TK222 01NOV HAVIST 2330 1810*

TK221 06NOV ISTHAV 1535 2145
TK222 13NOV HAVIST 2230 1810*

TK221 27NOV ISTHAV 1535 2045
TK222 04DEC HAVIST 2230 1810*

TK221 04DEC ISTHAV 1535 2045
TK222 11DEC HAVIST 2230 1810*

IMPORTANT NOTES

Our tour program is organized with a minimum participation requirement of 20 people. If sufficient participation cannot be achieved for the trip, the final cancellation notification date is 21 days before the tour departure. A tour cancelled due to insufficient participation will be notified to you through your agency.
In cases where there is insufficient participation but the tour still operates, English-language guiding may be provided.
In cases where only category information is provided in the tour program without specifying a name and/or there are alternatives for the same destination, the hotel(s) will be notified by your agency 48 hours before the trip departure.
During periods such as fairs, congresses, concerts, events, sports tournaments, etc., hotels may be located farther than the specified distances in km or in a different city. In such a case, you will be notified by your agency 48 hours before the trip departure.
Triple rooms may be provided depending on hotel availability, and the bed allocated to the third person in such rooms is smaller than standard beds. Triple rooms consist of 1 large bed + 1 extra bed. Since extra beds consist of beds known as folding beds and coach beds, tour participants are deemed to have accepted the possible lack of space in the rooms and the bed type in reservations for the third person and/or children. Child discounts are valid for one child staying with 2 adults and belonging to the applicable age group. Bed guarantees are not provided for children aged 0 – 2.
Breakfasts taken at the hotel among the services included in the tour program are served in accordance with the breakfast culture of the country visited and generally consist of a limited menu of butter, jam, bread, tea or coffee, known as a continental breakfast, and may be served in a separate room allocated to the group.
The panoramic city tours included in the tour package are tours of a maximum of 2-3 hours, organized for the general introduction of cities and conducted panoramically with a guide’s commentary from inside the vehicle, excluding museum and archaeological site entrance fees. Fly Express shall not be responsible if panoramic tours, including other tours specified in the program, cannot be carried out because local authorities do not permit visiting or entering the relevant places on the day and at the time corresponding to the tour, because roads are closed due to any event, or when weather conditions make it impossible to conduct the tour. Some tours may be conducted by public transportation or on foot, where possible, at locations with closed roads or where vehicle entry is not permitted.
Since tour flights are group tickets, flight times may change. You may confirm the current flight details with your agency. Updated times will be communicated by your agency together with the tour information.
Tour flight times must be confirmed before purchasing a domestic connecting flight. If a guest purchases a domestic connecting flight from a different product provider independently of the agency, they cannot claim any refund from the agency if the trip is cancelled by the agency or if there is a time change. The guest accepts in advance any material and non-material losses that may arise due to the cancellation or changes to the tour when purchasing the tour. Fly Express cannot be held responsible for this situation.
In accordance with airline rules, if the outbound flight of round-trip airline tickets is not used, the return flight is cancelled by the airline.
Guests participating in the tour without flights must be present at the tour starting point using their own means and without any delay. Otherwise, they will have to arrange all their transfers using their own means.
Fly Express is not responsible if guests who are not present at the specified airport at the times notified in accordance with airline rules for participation in the tour, who do not complete check-in and boarding procedures on time, or who complete check-in and boarding procedures on time but cannot board the aircraft are unable to take the flight. All costs related to obtaining the new round-trip flight tickets necessary for guests who miss the flight to join the tour and their transfers in the destination region, etc., shall be borne by the guests themselves.
Participants in the tour are responsible for their personal belongings, bags, luggage, passports / identification documents, and Fly Express is not responsible for forgotten/lost/stolen belongings. If forgotten belongings are found, there is no obligation to deliver them to the country and/or person, and any expenses incurred during delivery shall be borne by the owner of the belongings.
Since the integrity and continuity of the group are essential for the guide in cases such as illness, loss or theft, the guide cannot accompany guests individually in such adverse situations.
When purchasing the tour, it is mandatory to provide the name as stated in the passport, date of birth and passport number correctly. Airline tickets are issued according to this information. Ticket cancellation and change penalty fees arising from incorrect information will be collected from you.
On some airlines, food and beverage services and online check-in may be subject to a fee.
Seat numbers cannot be guaranteed when using buses during the tour.
During our tours, the times announced to guests by our guide are the departure times, meaning the time when the vehicle’s wheels start turning. Our guide, who is responsible for ensuring the equal rights of all guests, will move the vehicle at the meeting times without waiting. In the event of a delay, the late guest must reach the next stop using their own means.
Extra tours are organized by the local agency from which we receive services, with a minimum participation requirement of 20 people. If sufficient numbers are not reached, excursions may not take place, or extra tour prices, content and the vehicle to be used may vary according to the number of participants. In addition, the days and times of the tours may be changed by the guide depending on whether museums and archaeological sites at the destinations are open/closed and on weather conditions. Guests may be accompanied by a different guide during extra tours.
In our classic packages, where extra tours are not included, extra tours are optional for participants and are not mandatory. Passengers who do not wish to participate in extra tours organized during the tour are deemed to have accepted waiting at a suitable rest facility along the route. These passengers will be left at a roadside rest facility before the extra tour begins and picked up from the same point after the tour is completed.
In programs where extra tours are included, museum & archaeological site entrance fees must be paid to your agency during the reservation or to the guide during the tour.
The participant agrees in advance to join the tours to be organized as specified in the tour program, not to disrupt the program, and to additionally pay the tour representative during the trip the amount previously notified in the tour program for expenses such as local guide services, museum & archaeological site entrance fees, city taxes and, where applicable, headset audio systems. The participant has been fully and completely informed on this matter.
If only category information is provided and/or alternative information is available for the same destination, you can learn the hotel(s) where you will stay 48 hours before the trip departure.
Fly Express is an intermediary between the airline and the passenger and is subject to the 28.09.1955 Hague Protocol. There may be a risk of delays on scheduled and charter flights, or flight times may change before the existing trip and flight. Fly Express is obliged to notify you of these changes as soon as possible. Our passengers have purchased the tour knowing and accepting that flight details may change.

VISA

There is a visa requirement for citizens of the Republic of Türkiye. For a visa application, it is necessary to apply with a passport valid for at least 6 months from the end date of the trip and the documents specified in the list of “Documents Required for a Visa”.
Guests travelling with a Turkish green passport must renew their passports if the date of issue is more than 10 years ago. Otherwise, they may not be admitted to the country they are travelling to and/or their flights may not be operated by the airline. In such a case, responsibility lies with the passenger.
There is no visa requirement for green passport holders; a passport valid for at least 6 months from the end date of the trip is sufficient.
Having obtained a visa does not mean that entry into the country is guaranteed; the passport control officer has the authority not to allow you into the country. Fly Express is not responsible for this situation; responsibility lies with the passenger.
The visa information specified in the program applies to citizens of the Republic of Türkiye. Guests holding a passport other than that of the Republic of Türkiye must obtain visa information from the relevant consulates.
To avoid problems with customs officers at the border of the country to be visited due to torn, worn, wet and/or similarly damaged passports, such passports must be renewed and, if the country applies a visa requirement to citizens of the Republic of Türkiye, the relevant visa must be in the new passport. Otherwise, responsibility lies with the passenger.
Since guests under the age of 18 travelling alone or with only one of their mother or father may be asked by the police officer on duty at country entry and exit points to provide a document showing the joint consent of both parents, we recommend that guests under 18 and their parents pay particular attention to this matter.