Here, you will get to grips with the city's beginnings in 1519 and take in the grand palaces, colonnaded squares and cobbled streets of colonial Cuba. The neighbourhood resembles something of an open-air museum, with some of Cuba's most beautiful monuments, and you will also visit some of its indoor museums - Museo de la Ciudad and the city's fort are our favourites.

Spend today with him, learning about Cuban dance, from salsa and rumba to classical ballet. Spend the afternoon with a ballet critic from a national newspaper, watching as the next generation of Cuban dancers are drilled in fouettés and grand jetes. Round off the day with an evening at the Cuban National Ballet.

Since 1975, the seaside Jaimanitas neighbourhood has been transformed into a Gaudi-esque open air museum, with whimsical mosaics adorning doctor's surgeries, bus stops and people's homes.

If Jose is at home you can meet him and chat about this inspirational and originally accidental regeneration project. Then head to the studio of Kadir Lopes Nieves, a Cuban artist who revives the neon signs of Old Havana.

Finish off your art-themed day with dinner at El Cocinero, a converted industrial space in the Vedado district, and dance the night away in the building's downstairs space: Fabrica De Arte Cubano, a multi-disciplinary gallery, theatre and concert venue.

Once you have cleared customs and collected your bags, one of our team on the ground will privately transfer you to your Tulum hotel, roughly an hour-and-a-half down the coast.

The area was once a retreat for the Mayan elites, and it isn't difficult to see why - beaches which stretch on for miles, sea the colour of a Bombay Sapphire bottle and spectacular scenery. Spending three days engrossed in a paperback on the beach would be completely understandable, but we are on hand to arrange all manner of adventures - from the cultural to the submarine.