EXPLORE, EXPERIENCE AND ENJOY THE REAL CUBA!

Cuba Travel Shop, as part of Cuba Solidarity Campaign, offers a diverse programme of Study Tours and Fundraising Events in Cuba. Each tour is designed to look at different aspects of Cuba today; away from the usual tourist routes and allowing participants to gain a unique insight into present day Cuban society with time to relax and enjoy beautiful Cuban landscapes and vibrant Cuban culture close up. Our tours provide an exciting opportunity to meet the Cuban people in their neighbourhoods, workplaces, schools, hospitals and many other interesting locations and institutions.

We also run a series of bespoke study tours for Schools, Colleges and Trade Unions and would be delighted to offer proposals and itineraries on request. This includes bespoke May Day Study Tours which involve a VIP invitation to participate in the 50th Anniversary May Day Rally in Plaza de la Revolucion, attended by Raul Castro.

Cuba Solidarity Campaign has been successfully organising tours and events in Cuba since 1998. All our study tours are ATOL protected (ATOL 4636) in association with Havanatour UK.

**Cuba Travel Shop Special Offer** To mark the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, we are pleased to announce a year's free membership to CSC for all participants, not already CSC members, who book on one of our study tours or cycle chalenges throughout 2009 (excludes Brigades).

Forthcoming tours include:

Cycle Cuba Challenge
22 April – 4 May 2009
£199 registration fee plus £2150 sponsorship

Cycle Cuba Challenge will be supporting Music Fund For Cuba and raising funds for vital educational materials to be delivered direct to a school for visually impaired children in Havana by our revolutionary cyclistas. Cycle to the salsa beat along an exhilarating 350-kilometre coast-to-coast cycle tour from Sancti Spíritus to Remedios. The route passes through dramatic scenery and along quiet rural roads, including a day’s hike deep in the Escambray mountains, with the opportunity to experience diverse Cuban culture and landscapes. To celebrate a fantastic achievement, the Challenge group has received a special invitation to join over 1 million Cubans at the May Day Rally in Plaza de la Revolución. “Cycle round Cuba and raise money for Cuban schoolchildren? What a revolutionary idea!” says Jeremy Corbyn, Labour MP and previous Cycle Cuba Fundraiser. Break the Blockade with the CSC Cycle Cuba Challenge during the 50th anniversary year of the Cuban Revolution. Full tour details.

Young Trade Unionists’ 50th Anniversary Brigade
25 April - 08 May 2009
From £975

Following success in 2008 CSC is pleased to offer another chance for young trade unionists to experience May Day in Cuba with trade unionists from around the world. The 15 day tour is a unique opportunity to see the real Cuba, meet with sister unions in Cuba, and to provide meaningful solidarity to the Cuban people. The visit includes a special invitation to participate in Havana’s spectacular May Day Rally in Plaza de la Revolución. A key aim is to strengthen links with sister trade unions and the CTC (Federation of Cuban Trade Unions) and participate in a series of related professional visits to workplaces, institutions and neighbourhoods.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or would like to register your interest.

May Day Study Tour
29 April - 7 May 2009
From £999

Visit Cuban trade union organizations, with associated professional visits to workplaces, schools and local health care centres. This thought provoking itinerary includes a special invitation to attend the May Day Rally in Plaza de la Revolución, with over 1 million Cubans, during this special day in the Cuban political calendar. A unique study tour - not to be missed. Full tour details.

Health Study Tour
13 - 21 May 2009
From £1,065
***CANCELLED***

Bob Oram, CSC ViceChair and specialist in Cuba’s health services, will be leading CSC’s 2009 Health Study Tour following an extremely successful 2007 tour. This tour will focus on Cuba’s excellent health care provision at local and national level in rural and urban environments. As well as visits to hospitals and local health care centres, where you can witness first hand the preventative and health promotion work of Cuba’s policlinics, there will also be opportunities to examine third age care, maternity care and the highly acclaimed Operation Miracle programme.

CSC Solidarity Brigade
Summer: 05 - 20 July 2009
Winter dates and prices to be confirmed

Join up to 30 Brigadistas for a once-in-a-lifetime experience working, learning and socialising alongside Cubans and Europeans. Brigades include light agricultural and construction voluntary work as well as a full programme of excursions, cultural visits and educational visits to hospitals, schools, political and community projects. Plus rest and relaxation in Cuba’s beautiful landscapes. Full tour details.

Revolution Route Study Tour
15 - 30 November 2009
From £1,350

Led by Father Geoff Bottoms, CSC Executive member with a wide knowledge of Cuban politics, culture and Society. This tour will embark on an exciting new itinerary in Cuba’s eastern provinces, the Cradle of the Revolution, including Santiago de Cuba, Sierra Maestra, Guantánamo and Baracoa. This is a wonderful opportunity to share experiences with the Cuban people in their neighbourhoods, workplaces, schools and local health care centres with plenty of time to relax and enjoy vibrant Cuban culture close up and stunning scenery.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or would like to register your interest.

Environmental Study Tour
19 November - 03 December 2009 From £1,350

Our fascinating Environmental Study Tour will run in association with the Cuban Organic Support Group in another exciting encounter with the Cuban environment. Exploring Cuba’s developing green issues with a full ecological agenda including hiking in the Escambray mountains, a food conservation project, an organic allotment, an environmental research station in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and visits to Latin America’s third largest underground cave network. The tour will be a three-centre based programme, including Havana, Trinidad and the Viñales Valley.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or would like to register your interest.

We very much hope that you will choose to join us on one of our unique tours to Cuba in the near future.