Calling All Runners! Rare Opportunity To Participate in Havana Marathon in November With Insight Cuba

Inclusive Five-Day Tour Runs November 17-21

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Talk about bragging rights: for the first time ever, Insight Cuba is collaborating with the Havana Marathon (Marabana Marathon) to allow American athletes the opportunity to legally participate in this most exclusive and momentous run through the historic city on November 20, 2011.

Insight Cuba, the leading provider of U.S. authorized people-to-people travel to Cuba, has created a five-day/four-night tour that will run from November 17 - 21. Established in 1987, the Havana Marathon draws an international crowd, comprised of some of the world's top runners.  One of the Caribbean's premiere sporting events, the course winds its way through magnificent avenues lining the UNESCO World Heritage city and past historic places including the famous Malecon, Old Havana, the historic Hotel Nacional, and Revolution Square.

Preceding the marathon, runners will participate in a hand-picked people-to-people tour providing participants with unique access to people and places the average tourist rarely sees.

Activities may include meetings with the Cuban runners association, disabled athletes, touring the ministry of sports, visiting a local school, in addition to visiting Cuba's most famous sites.

Insight Cuba's November 17-21 Havana Marathon program includes:

• Five-star accommodations at the Melia Cohiba in Havana
• Days full of hand-picked activities leading up to the marathon
• All meals including a marathon dinner on Saturday night
• All entrance fees to scheduled activities and events
• Cuban host to facilitate all marathon details and people-to-people activities
• Marathon entry fee
• Medical check-up
• All in-country ground transportation
• U.S. Treasury Department license and Letter of Authorization
• Travel medical insurance, emergency medical evacuation, and trip cancellation coverage (up to $1000).

Prices are $1,995 per person double occupancy; $2,295 single occupancy. Space is limited. For more information on the Havana Marathon program and other Insight Cuba travel programs, visit www.insightcuba.com or call 1-800-450-CUBA.

Insight Cuba is a leading expert in Cuba travel, and a division of Cross-Cultural Solutions, an independent not-for-profit organization and leader in international volunteering and people-to-people cultural exchange with over 25,000 alumni since its inception in 1995. Insight Cuba has developed in-depth programs in Cuba, encompassing both spontaneous and planned activities. These immersive, unforgettable experiences have helped make Insight Cuba the largest, most highly regarded provider of specific-licensed people-to-people cultural travel to Cuba.

SOURCE Insight Cuba