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Galería Villa Manuela

Art Gallery / Studio

CA Ranking: 3

Open: 10am-5pm Mon Fri

Admission: free

Calle H #406, entre 17 y 19

Opened in 2004, Galería Villa Manuela was created to exhibit and promote works by members of UNEAC. This contemporary gallery hosts at least 10 exhibitions a year with works by artists of all ages and styles. And because it doesn’t have a permit to sell any piece, this gallery is not bound to the logics of trade, which contributes to the variety and richness of the works in display.

El Caballero de París LH 4

Dozens of passers-by on Oficios are drawn every day to the life-size bronze statue of this humbly dressed man that stands outside the entrance to the basilica. Approach it and you will see that his lo …

Basílica Menor y Convento de San Francisco de Asís, Habana Vieja

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 del Conde de Casa Lombillo LH 4

A beautiful façade with a huge arched portal, a loggia supported by thick columns on pedestals, and beautiful mediopunto stained-glass windows above define this two-story 18th-century building on Plaz …

ColonialAdmission: n-aSan Ignacio # 364, Habana Vieja

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

Teatro Auditorium Amadeo Roldán LH 4

Opened on December 2, 1928, the Teatro Auditorium was created under the auspices of the Sociedad Pro-Arte Musical and thanks to the efforts of its director, María Teresa García Montes de Giberga (1880 …

Open: National Symphony Orchestra: 9pm Fri; 5pm Sat; 4pm Sun. Other programs: 6pm-8pm weeknights (check in advance)Calzada y D

Hostal Conde de Villanueva LH 4

The former 18th-century mansion of Claudio Martínez de Pinillos, Count of Villanueva, leader of Cuban Creole society in the 19th century, was restored in the 1990s to create a charming and comfortable …

ColonialAdmission: n-aMercaderes #202, e/ Lamparilla y Amargura, Habana Vieja

Museo del Ferrocarril LH 4

Opened on November 19, 2002, the Railway Museum is housed in the former Cristina railway station, headquarters of the Western Railway of Havana. Cuba was the sixth country in the world to develop a ra …

Open: 9:30am-5pm Tues-SunEstación Cristina, s/n, esq. a Arroyo, Habana Vieja

Parque Temático Isla del Coco LH 4

Cuba’s first theme park opened in 2008 on the site of Havana’s former Coney Island Park. The very old park was razed to the ground to give way to the new attractions. There are rides for kids of all a …

Open: noon-8pm, Fri-Sun5ta y 112

Sacra Iglesia Catedral Ortodoxa de San Nicolás LH 4

This tiny and architecturally authentic Greek orthodox church (Cuba’s only one) stands in the Jardín Madre Teresa de Calucuta and was consecrated by Bartholomew I Ecumenical Patriarch and Archbishop o …

ColonialAdmission: n-aChurruca esq. a San Pedro, Habana Vieja

Convento e Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Belén LH 4

Made up of a church, a convent and a peculiar vaulted arch, this religious complex is the most extensive of those surviving in Old Havana. After the arrival in Havana of the first members of the Order …

BaroqueAdmission: FreeOpen: 8am-6pm Mon-FriCompostela e/ Luz y Acosta, Habana Vieja

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