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Get hands-on at a pottery making class as you learn to make Camagüey’s traditional earthenware pots – tinajones

Encounter scrub forests, ancient burial plots, and a 500-year old cactus at the Varahicacos Ecological Reserve.

Varadero coast along Cuba's narrow Hicacos Peninsula. Home to the Varahicacos Ecological Reserve

Take a private tour of Cuba’s second largest city, exploring its many political, religious, and cultural sites.

Observe artists in action at this independent workshop for Cubans with mental health disorders.

Cuba’s art scene flourishes in large part due to support and funding from the government. So to help showcase outsider voices, Samuel Riera launched the independent Riera Studio in 2012. Built outside mainstream art institutions, the Riera Studio is a space for artists with no formal training and people on the margins of Cuban society.

Join Camilo Garcia, a 20-year veteran of the Ministry of Foreign Relations for a conversation about Cuba’s modern-day diplomacy. Camilo Garcia is an invited professor at the University of Havana and a 20-year veteran of Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Relations. With diplomatic experience in the United States, Canada, the Netherlands and United Nations, he has unparalleled insight on Cuba’s place in the world.

Meet Yuyú, a private business owner who’s built an eco-friendly enterprise making small batches of paper from recycled material.