The UK-based travel agency "The Adventure Company" offers a planned trip to Cuba oriented for families with small children. You can either join the trip or use its itinerary as the basis for designing your own child-pleasing trip. First, you tour Havana and Viñales, the nearby countryside, studded with tobacco fields. Stop for an informative tour of local cigar factories. For a history lesson, visit the Bay of Pigs on your way to Cienfuegos, a fishing village where you can visit a child-pleasing haunted castle and charter a local fishing boat. Continue to colonial Trinidad, where you can snorkel among coral reefs and trek into the surrounding mountains. Final stops include a visit to Santa Clara and the famed Varadero white sand beaches.
The Adventure Company
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Crawley Business Quarter
Fleming Way, West Sussex RH10 9QL England
011-44-0845-609-1137
adventurecompany.co.uk
According to Let's Take the Kids Travel Agency, an ideal family trip to Cuba will feature some time in Guardalavaca, where you can enjoy a combination of beaches and mountain scenery along with traditional Cuban culture. The agency recommends staying in local hotels with 3 1/2 to 5 stars. Guardalavaca's attractions include swimming with dolphins, hiking in nearby mountains, biking and snorkeling. For educational tours, visit the local cigar or pottery factories. Children will enjoy the chance to participate, throwing their own clay at a demonstration pottery wheel. From Guardalavaca, the agency recommends a trip to nearby Santiago, where the whole family can learn about the start of the Cuban Revolution.
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 5K7
011-1-613594-5633
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Writing for The Guardian, Susan Ward Davies recommends a kid-friendly trip to Cuba that balances some relaxation on the beach with an emphasis on glimpses of authentic Cuban culture. Davies recommends a visit to colonial Trinidad for historic charm, coupled with excellent beaches. In smaller cities and towns, she recommends staying at inexpensive "casas particulares," or private guesthouses, for a more authentic experience. In Havana, take a horse and carriage ride, a rickshaw or a vintage taxi for unusual sightseeing.
