Viñales Tobacco Farms

Fincas tabacaleras de Viñales

Walk through red-soil tobacco fields and thatched drying barns, where farmers explain the drying and fermentation process and roll cigars on the spot. You can taste a cigar dipped in honey.

Many family tobacco farms (fincas) lie around Viñales. Some are within walking distance west of town, and they are often a stop on horseback tours of the valley. Farmers show you the tobacco fields and the tall tobacco-drying barns (casas de tabaco). They explain how the leaves are dried, fermented and stripped of their central veins. They often roll a cigar by hand so you can try it, and some will dip the end in honey or rum. Visits are usually free, but guides will recommend buying their unbranded cigars, which cost about 3 to 5 US dollars each. By regulation, most of the tobacco leaves must be sold to the state. Customs at departure limit the number of cigars you can take out without receipts, so check the rules before you buy.

Viñales Tobacco Farms

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