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Galería Habana

Art Gallery / Studio

CA Ranking: 4

Open: 10am-4pm Mon-Fri; 10am-1pm Sat

Admission: free

Línea #460

This gallery opened in 1962 to promote Cuban talent. Artists such as Wifredo Lam, René Portocarrero, Mariano Rodríguez and Amelia Peláez have shown their work here, establishing this gallery as one of Havana’s best. It currently features a selection of works by renowned National Award winners Manuel Mendive and Roberto Fabelo, as well as pieces by younger artists such as Carlos Garaicoa, Los Carpinteros, Roberto Diago and Yoan Capote. This is where Subasta Habana takes place, an annual auction that has gained popularity worldwide and contributed to further promote Cuban art.

Plaza Vieja LH 5+

The 16th-century Plaza Vieja has always been a residential rather than a military, religious or administrative space, and is surrounded by elegant colonial residences, combined with a few very strikin …

Admission: n-aBordered by Teniente Rey, Muralla, San Ignacio & Mercaderes, Habana Vieja

Jardín Botánico Nacional LH 5+

These 600-hectare botanical gardens feature approximately 150,000 examples of 4,000 different species of trees and bushes from all over the world. A tractor train ride around the park departs four tim …

Post 1959Admission: CUC 1Open: 8am-5pm (last entry 3.30pm) dailyCarretera del Rocío km 3½

Paseo del Prado LH 5+

In colonial times, this promenade received several names, including Nuevo Prado, Alameda de Extramuros, Paseo de Isabel II and Paseo del Prado, and with cuba’s independecne, it became Paseo de Martí. …

Prado from Neptuno to Avenida del Puerto, Habana Vieja

Santa María del Mar LH 5

Santa María is the most popular beach among both Habaneros and visitors. It has lodgings, restaurants, watersports hire, grocery stores and a pharmacy. As with the other beahes, it boasts soft, white …

Almacenes de San José LH 5

This former harborside warehouse was built in 1885 and is considered the oldest depository in Old Havana. The sober and imposing façade that looks out onto the city conceals the building’s steel struc …

BaroqueAdmission: FreeOpen: 9am-8pm dailyAvenida del Puerto y San Ignacio, Habana Vieja

Cámara Oscura LH 5

Located on the top floor of the eclectic-style early 20th-century Edificio Gómez Vila—the plaza’s tallest building (35 meters/115 feet)—on the northeast corner, the Cámara Oscura provides a 360-degree …

Admission: CUC 2Open: 10am-5:20pm, Mon-SatTeniente Rey, esq. a Mercaderes, Habana Vieja

Jardines de la Tropical LH 5

If you attend any of the concerts that are held here in an effort to save this place from the state of semi-neglect it has been plunged into for many years, it would be a good time to appreciate the m …

Art NouveauRizo y Baire, Cerro

Arte Corte (Papito’s) LH 5+

Established about eight years ago, Arte Corte is a hairdressing salon that is also an “interactive museum” where the customer, while comfortably seated in a hundred year-old chair awaiting their turn, …

Admission: NoneOpen: Noon-6pm Mon-SatAguiar 10 entre Peña Pobre y Monserrate

La Zorra y el Cuervo LH 5

Probably the most well known venue for jazz in Havana, the ‘Fox & Crow’ offers an intimate environment in this basement venue notably marked by a red English telephone box at its entrance. Top jaz …

Jazz

Jazz ClubAdmission: CUC 10Open: Open 10pm-2am dailyCalle 23, entre N y O

Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas LH 5+

This museum opened in 1964 and is housed in the house of José Gómez Mena, a mansion designed by the French architects P. Virad and M. Destugué in 1927. Gómez’s sister, María Luisa Gómez Mena, a wealth …

EclecticAdmission: Tour CUC 3 (English-speaking guides available); free under-12sOpen: 10:30am-5:30pm Tue-Sat; 10am-12:30pm Sun17 #502 esquina a E

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