Palos Verdes Art Center program to include museum visits

Cuba: Palos Verdes Art Center program to include museum visits

By Jane Engle

August 2, 2013, 7:30 a.m.



Get to know the art and people of Cuba on a tour sponsored by the Palos

Verdes Art Center. The eight-day trip is a licensed cultural exchange

program that includes visits to museums, art centers and homes of residents.



In addition to visiting Havana, the group will travel to the UNESCO

World Heritage sites of Trinidad and Cienfuegos, where participants will

meet with Cubans and learn about their lives and the centuries-old sugar

industry. The exchanges will be led by Mary Drobny, a Cuba specialist

and art historian, along with a bilingual Cuban guide.



Date: Oct. 25-Nov. 1.



Price: $3,250 a person, double occupancy; $400 single supplement. The

price includes seven nights' lodging, round-trip airfare between Miami

and Havana, Miami airport tax, visa, medical insurance, transportation

within Cuba, entrance fees, most meals and a night of entertainment with

Cuban music and dance. It does not include a Palos Verdes Art Center

membership ($60 for a family; $50 for an individual), a $200 donation to

the art center, tips to the guide and driver or Havana airport tax.



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