Cigar Factory and Rum Museum
November 28, 2017
Our ship did not offer this excursion so we were happy we booked through Costco. We met our tour guide Mercedes in the exact spot she described and walked a few blocks to a spot where her driver picked us up. Along the way Mercedes filled us in on life in Cuba. We could ask her anything and she answered candidly, we thought. At the cigar factory we met a very animated guide, who showed us one work area after another, explaining the process of cigar making as we went along. Only complaint is they didn’t have a store inside the factory to buy cigars. The Havana Rum Museum was also interesting. The guide spoke excellent English. Afterward we were served a shot of rum. To buy cigars and rum, Mercedes had the driver take us to a government store. Havana Club rum is very inexpensive, about $13 per bottle for 7 year. Cigars ran about $6 each. Americans can bring back 2 bottles of alcohol and 100 cigars person duty free. You can bring back more but you have to pay taxes on them.
Reviewer: Mary Townsend
5 Stars
1st trip to Havana 2017
May 30, 2017
Wonderful tour(s)... only wish we could have bought cigars on site. The rum tour did end in a gift shop so we were able to purchase items.
Reviewer: Carol
4 Stars