cruzemaven Posted March 20, 2019 #1 Share Posted March 20, 2019 We will be on The Insignia this summer which visits Havana at the end of July. Can anyone recommend one of the vintage car tour companies? Would appreciate any suggestions regarding best tours to take as well as reliability of the tour company...thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANDYAPPLE Posted March 20, 2019 #2 Share Posted March 20, 2019 We are on this itinerary, also (see Roll Call) After checking around, we have booked info@vintagecartours.com They mostly use convertibles, but due to the expected heat, we have opted for an air conditioned vintage hardtop. They seat up to 5 passengers, but we decided to go with just the two of us with a driver/guide. They will take you to a money exchange kiosk to obtain Cuban currency (CUC) which is at a better rate than at the port. The pickup spot is a two minute walk from the cruise terminal. Enjoy!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzemaven Posted March 20, 2019 Author #3 Share Posted March 20, 2019 1 hour ago, CANDYAPPLE said: We are on this itinerary, also (see Roll Call) After checking around, we have booked info@vintagecartours.com They mostly use convertibles, but due to the expected heat, we have opted for an air conditioned vintage hardtop. They seat up to 5 passengers, but we decided to go with just the two of us with a driver/guide. They will take you to a money exchange kiosk to obtain Cuban currency (CUC) which is at a better rate than at the port. The pickup spot is a two minute walk from the cruise terminal. Enjoy!!! Thank you...sounds perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffatsea Posted March 20, 2019 #4 Share Posted March 20, 2019 (edited) IF you go to the Cuba board on this site there is tons of info about private tours including those with vintage cars!! Here it is: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/765-cuba/ BTW all the currency exchange places are regulated by the Cuban govt so the same price at all. You may be going to one that is less crowded but I doubt if it will be a better price. Edited March 20, 2019 by riffatsea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted March 20, 2019 #5 Share Posted March 20, 2019 FerTours in Havana is wonderful. Used then in Oct for 2 days. Google them.. Fernando the owner is very responsive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted March 20, 2019 #6 Share Posted March 20, 2019 2 hours ago, cruzemaven said: We will be on The Insignia this summer which visits Havana at the end of July Get a car with excellent A/C (or SPF 100+ sun screen) July in Havana will be brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kucherov Posted March 21, 2019 #7 Share Posted March 21, 2019 We used Oldcartours in Havana....with a driver and a guide...6 hours with the most interesting guide we've ever come across....her name was Lucretia...she tells it like it is....hope to run into her next February when we return on the Serena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare nw gardener Posted March 21, 2019 #8 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Havana tours with Blexie, used him last March and he was fantastic! Link to his website on trip advisor or connect with him on Facebook. May take several days for him to respond due to internet in Cuba, but he was great. It was a hot day in Havana and I appreciated the hardtop with air instead of a convertible. Will try to book with him again next year when we return on the Sirena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunaman2011 Posted March 22, 2019 #9 Share Posted March 22, 2019 On 3/20/2019 at 11:10 PM, nw gardener said: Havana tours with Blexie, used him last March and he was fantastic! Link to his website on trip advisor or connect with him on Facebook. May take several days for him to respond due to internet in Cuba, but he was great. It was a hot day in Havana and I appreciated the hardtop with air instead of a convertible. Will try to book with him again next year when we return on the Sirena. Greetings We have used Blexie twice. He is wonderful. He taught english so he is easy to understand. He does use hard top cars because he believes A/C makes for happier customers and he also says he doesn't want to end up with crispy fried customers. Check his reviews, he is highly rated. Good Sailing Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigNance Posted March 23, 2019 #10 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Agreed! We used Blexie in August. We were a group of 10 and arranged for 3 cars. Hard tops with AC. Thank goodness! We did the all day tour in Havana and the heat and sun would have killed us!! the convertibles looked awesome, especially the pink ones! But, we had some very cool cars ourselves. Blexie and his friends are great guides, easy to understand, bright, fun, accommodating, and provide a lot of information! Our tour was supposed to be 10-4, but we were running a little behind, and Blexie made sure we hit all the sites we were supposed to! I think we got back to the shop at 5-5:30. You can find him on Trip Advisor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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