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Casa Víctor Hugo

Museum / Cultural center

CA Ranking: 3

Open: 9:30am-5pm Mon-Sat

Admission: Free

O’Reilly #311 e/ Habana y Aguiar, Habana Vieja

This institution is supported by donations from Ediciones Boloña, a publishing house of the City Historian’s Office. Its purpose is to make known the work of the famous French author Victor Hugo, as well as French literature in general. Among the services provided by this library are a reading room, book loans (for which fluent French is required) and a reference section.

La Moderna Poesía LH 4

Owned by the López Serrano family–who evidently had a preference for Art Deco–this bookstore is a sample of how the sober interplay between lines and volumes can achieve a discreet elegance highligh …

Art DecoAdmission: FreeObispo y Bernaza, Habana Vieja

Factoría Habana LH 4

Factoría Habana is an experimental center for present-day artistic creation. The institution, which is ascribed to the City Historian’s Office, seeks to become a bridge between Latin American and Euro …

Admission: FreeOpen: 9:30am-4:30pm Mon-SatO´Reilly #308 e/ Habana y Aguiar, Habana Vieja

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate LH 4

This is one of the 67 facilities especially built for the Havana 1991 Pan-American Games. It was named after Eligio Sardiñas, also known as Kid Chocolate, Cuba’s finest amateur boxer ever. The sports …

Admission: CUC 1Prado, e/ San José y Teniente Rey , Habana Vieja

Convento e Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús e Ignacio de Loyola LH 4

Known by many as Iglesia de Reina, Cuba’s tallest and perhaps most beautiful church rises in the midst of the urban landscape as one of the most accomplished religious constructions in Cuba in terms o …

EclecticOpen: 8am-noon, 3-6pm daily; Mass: 8am, 4.30pm Mon-Sat; 8am, 9.30am, 4.30pm SunReina (Avenida Simón Bolivar) entre Belascoaín (Padre Valera) y Gervasio

La Conversación Statue LH 4

The beautiful contemporary bronze sculpture titled ‘La Conversación’ looks out over Plaza San Francisco de Asís from atop a marble plinth in front of the entrance to the Lonja del Comercio. Made by Fr …

Admission: n-aPlaza de San Franciso, Habana Vieja

Fundación Havana Club LH 4

One block southeast of Plaza de San Francisco, on Avenida del Puerto, stands the ochre-colored former mansion of the Conde de la Montera. Beyond its ornate doorway is a promotional center—the Museo de …

Admission: CUC 5Open: 9am-5:30pm Mon-SunAvenida del Puerto #262, esq. a Sol, Habana Vieja

Club Habana LH 4

Originally called Havana Biltmore Yacht & Country Club, the establishment gained notoriety when it denied entry to Cuban president Fulgencio Batista on the grounds that he was ‘black’ (in fact, Ba …

Admission: n-aOpen: 7:30am-9pm daily5ta entre 188 y 192

Galería Victor Manuel LH 4

This gallery offers a nice selection of mainstream decorative modern paintings, some of which could be considered true works of art. Given its location and popularity, high pric es are to be expected. …

Admission: FreeOpen: 9am-9pm dailySan Ignacio #56, esq. a Callejón del Chorro, Habana Vieja

Casa de Las Tejas Verdes LH 4

The Casa de Las Tejas Verdes (literally, House of the Green Tiles) was designed by architect José Luis Echarte and built in 1926. It is unique in Cuba for being the only example of the German renaissa …

OtherAdmission: n-a2 # 308, entre 3ra y 5ta

Iglesia del Espíritu Santo LH 4

Although considered by many the oldest church in Havana, a research by historian Pedro A. Herrera has proved otherwise. The original building, which was built as a hermitage in 1638 for freed slaves a …

Admission: FreeOpen: 8am-noon & 5-8pmCuba esq. a Acosta, Habana Vieja

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