Teachers: Travel to Cuba, you Might Learn Something!
Earn University credits, bask in the sun, and....learn. Cuba has specialized tours for teachers and students alike. On a typical "Teacher's Tour", you might experience some or all of the following:
Teacher programs :: Cuba Education and Culture Tours highlights
Group welcome dinner with your guide and tourmates to get to know one another, and farewell trip dinner to cement friendships and relish trip memories.
Tour and dine at the largest urban organic collective farm in Havana, employing 600 people and producing millions of pounds of vegetables, fruits and herbs.
Visit Convento Belén, an ecumenical community project providing local people with healthcare, meals, vocational training and volunteer opportunities.
Witness the largest collection of colonial-era architecture in the Americas and learn about restoration and preservation efforts.
Visit the urban primary school Angela Landa serving children from Old Havana.
Private guided walking tour of the main historical sites of Old Havana, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Institute for Superior Arts (ISA) from which the island's best music, dance, design, and visual arts talents emerge.
Las Terrazas eco-community in the Sierra del Rosario mountain range west of Havana in the new province of Artemisa.
Dine at delicious restaurants serving authentic Cuban cuisine and international dishes, and imbibe in pulsating Latin entertainment, music and dance.
Escuela Taller [Workshop School] trains local youth historical restoration arts and sciences. You'll meet its teachers and students.
Attend a rumba performance at the Callejón de Hamel that sports hundreds of Afrocuban inspired murals.
Guided coach tours spanning old to new Havana, and environs.
Live music and dance lessons with the Afrocuban Grupo Dulce María.
Explore the Afrocuban community of Regla. Its rich African influenced traditions span centuries.
Visit a scale model of Old Havana used for social development and planning.
Excursion to Viñales Valley in the province of Pinar del Río where we'll explore caves, nature, art and a tobacco plantation.
Dine with famed ceramist José Fuster at his whimsical Havana studio spanning several city blocks.
Visit a community run school for K-8 students in the Cayo Hueso neighborhood of Central Havana.
Attend a regal cannon firing ceremony dating from 1519 at one of the best-preserved Spanish colonial fortification in the Americas.
Visit the house and farm of literary titan Ernest Hemingway, today a museum exhibiting his untouched library, manuscripts and personal effects.
Museum of Literacy tour led by curator Luisa Campos.
Tour the House of Africa display sub-Saharan arts and crafts and objects from Cuba's rich African influences.
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