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Visit Cuba with the Center for Cuban Studies &
Common Ground Travel

The Center for Cuban Studies and Common Ground offer groups of 10 more the opportunity to visit Cuba with one of the following People to People Educational Programs, unique opportunities to learn about Cuba, the Cuban way of life and the Cuban people.

How the Programs are Organized
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Cost of the Programs
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Who may Travel with these Programs
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The Center for Cuban Studies
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Some of the People to People Programs We Offer

Cuba Today

Through this program, visitors will learn about Cuban daily life, work, art, culture and society and how Cubans themselves see the Cuban reality. They will walk the streets of the Old City and the modern downtown, visit farmers' markets, artists and tobacco workers, take a day trip to Pinar del Rio to meet with artists who work with disabled children. Museums, concerts and cafés will also be a part of the trip. One week educational program with direct contact with the Cuban people. Cost is $2800.00. Call or write for details and to apply. info@commongroundtravel.com25.

Art & Artists of Cuba

A special program of activities to meet the artists of Cuba, in their studios, in the schools of art, and in the galleries of Havana and at least one other city. Music is also a part of Cuba's art, of course, and so this program will introduce participants to the new and to the old generation of Cuban musicians and performers. One week. The program is offered twice annually, once with the Center for Cuban Studies and once with Obsidian Arts. Both are educational programs with direct contact with the people of Cuba. Cost is $3200.00. Call or write for details and to apply. info@commongroundtravel.com. 413-203-1125.

African Roots of Cuba

Each May, Afro-Cuban writer and poet Pedro Pérez Sarduy leads a program in Cuba for the Center for Cuban Studies and Common Ground. During one week, the group will meet prominent Afro-Cuban writers and artists, visit centers of Afro-Cuban culture, history and religion, learn about the legacy of segregation and racism, and also of the role of African Cubans throughout the country's history. $3200.00 Call or write for details and to apply. info@commongroundtravel.com. 413-203-1125.

Again in July, Common Ground teams up with Obsidian Arts for a special program in Afro-Cuban art and music traveling from Havana and the studios of artists and the schools of art to Santiago and the annual Festival of the Caribbean. In both cities, participants will find themselves immersed in the culture and society of the African Diaspora of Cuba, with the opportunity to meet face to face and in depth with the Cuban people. $3200.00 Call or write for details and to apply. info@commongroundtravel.com. 413-203-1125.

For Teachers Only: February Vacation 2013

During February vacation each year, teachers and others in the fields of education may participate with a small group of their colleagues in a program of direct contact and exchange with their colleagues in Cuba, meeting with the Ministry of Education and the National Teachers' Union, visiting the extraordinary School City with its multitude of schools and classrooms at all levels, the literacy museum and the other museums of Cuba. There will be plenty of time in the evenings to socialize with the Cuban people at jazz cafés and clubs, as well as time to explore the beaches most popular with the Cuban people. $2400.00 Call or write for details and to apply. info@commongroundtravel.com. 413-203-1125.

Hotels used frequently for Common Ground Programs

Hotal Nacional
de Cuba

Hotel Presidente
Vedado

Hotel Plaza
in Old Havana

Currently at Common Ground

Individual Travel

Common Ground provides travel services for all those eligible under the U.S. regulations including travel for professional research, internationally organized conferences, family visits, and others. Click to read the U.S. Regulations

We can provide flights from all U.S. and international points to Cuba, connecting flights, hotels and transportation in Cuba, and entry visas.

Tramites y Pasaportes para la Comunidad Cubana

Nosotros ofrecemos para la comunidad cubana en todos los Estados Unidos y por primera vez en Broward County Florida servicios directos, eficientes y económicos en expedición, habilitación, y renovación de pasaportes, cartas de invitación, visas PE-11 y A-2. ¡Contactennos!

Hours/Horario: 8:30 am to 3:00 pm Monday to Thursday/ lunes a jueves, y por cita/by appointment Saturdays

Address/Dirección1926 Hollywood Blvd, #100Hollywood, FL 33020

Eligibility, Costs & How to Apply

Our professional research trips are open to full time professionals interested in full time research in Cuba in their field or in a field directly related and applicable to their work. Please see the Code of Federal Regulations, Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 CFR 515.564(a)(1), which can be found at www.ustreas.gov/ofac. Costs for the trips run $2100 to $2500, including airfare from Miami, hotel, transportation, program & guide.

You can help end the travel embargo

Cuban American family travel, student and religious travel happily were changed in 2011. The attempts since then to introduce aggressive measures against Cuba at the state and fedreal level, and the intentional arson of Airline Brokers Charter company offices painfully demonstrate that we cannot let down our guard. We are a long way away from travel for all. The Cuba embargo is still firmly in place. You can help.

What You Can Do:
Join the Latin America Working Group (LAWG), which works closely with Congress to push for the lifting of travel restrictions.
Let your own Congress Person know your expectations of them: To lift all travel restrictions and end the Embargo on Cuba.