Matanzas Day Trip: Live the Athens of Cuba from Varadero

Matanzas City is an elegant city located 38 km from Varadero. The capital city of Matanzas´s Province offers a set of colonial and modern buildings and distinctive caves to discover. This tour combines culture and nature perfectly, to satisfy even the most demanding costumer.

Walk the main squares until the Pharmaceutical Museum, one of its kind in the world, where you can journey into the fascinating world of 19^th century medicine. Visit the Bellamar Caves, a rare beauty with layers of crystals in the rock formations and Saturn Caves, a natural pool with crystalline waters.

• Pick up at your accommodation in Varadero area.
• Drive through local villages until Matanzas City.
• Walking tour to Liberty Park, Sauto Theater, Calle Medio (City's Boulevard), Vigia Square, San Carlos de Borromeo Cathedral, Junco Palace Provincial Museum, Firefighters House and Museum and many more. Free time for pictures.
• Visit to the Pharmaceutical Museum in the heart of the city of Matanzas (entrance fee 2USD by person not included in the price of the tour)
• Lunch break: Typical Cuban food in a restaurant called Paladar where food and drinks are safe (Optional/ Not included in the price of the tour)
• Visit Bellamar Caves for an hour tour in the caverns and galleries (Entrance fee 5 USD per person /optional 5 USD to bring a camera into the cave).
• Visit Saturn Caves for swimming time (entrance fee 5USD by person not included in the price of the tour)
• Return to accommodation.

Recommendations: This tour is not recommended to people with knee surgery, hip replacement surgery or any other motion disability due to the physical effort required visiting the cave. Dress casually with light clothing, sunglasses, hats or caps. Bring solar protection, comfortable closed shoes and bathing suit.

Optionals: To help you customize your visit we suggest activities that may interest you. Keep in mind that the price of these will change the price of the tour

-Visit to Coral Beach (Playa Coral) for snorkeling or Scuba diving

-Tour inside San Severino Castle, seat of the Museum of the Slave Route

-Visit the Firefighters House and Museum.

-Visit to the Art Museum of Matanzas

-Visit to Montserrat Chapel

-Visit to Yumuri Valley

-Lunch in a private restaurant with traditional cuisine where water and food are safe.

Highlights

Fully customizable tour where the itineraries are flexible

Professional tour guides that speak a variety of languages, convenient for clients that prefer their native tongue. English, Portuguese, French, German or Spanish speaking guides available. In case of not being available we will provide an English speaker guide in all of our tours.

Book now, pay later: Payment in USD cash required at the end of the tour. We only accept international currencies (EUR,CAD,GBP), payment with local currency will not be accepted. Furthermore all places and services mentioned in the tour are payable with international currency in cash, none of the local restaurants, shops, bars or flea market accept payment in credit card or local currency called Cuban pesos.

All of our tours fall under the Support for the Cuban People Category in case of American citizens. Our itineraries will enhance contact with the Cuban people and a real experience of the life of Cubans.

Clients can cancel for free with a 48h notification before the tour.

If the weather conditions don’t allow the tour we will do our best to reschedule it.

Private tour guide fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French or German (Depending on availability the client can choose the language that prefers)

Transportation to Matanzas city, Bellamar Caves and Saturn Caves

Walking tour in the historical center of the city and panoramic tour through the different neighborhoods

Visit to the Pharmaceutical Museum of Matanzas

Free-pick up and drop-off

Lunch and drinks in third party venues, tip for tour guide and driver and entrance fees to museums, caves and factories