Just as beautiful as the rest of the beaches in eastern Havana, Mi Cayito is best known for being Havana’s LGBT beach.
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Parque Simón Bolívar LH
Monumento a Máximo Gómez LH
H.Upmann Cigar Factory LH
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural LH
Casa de Masía L’Ampurdá LH
Art NouveauGertrudis esquina a Revolución, 10 de Octubre
Museo de la Pintura Mural LH
Parque Albear LH
Palacio de la Marquesa de Villalba LH
Neo-classicalAdmission: n-aEgido e/ Dragones y Monte, Habana Vieja
Museo Armería 9 de Abril LH
Museo Nacional de la Cerámica Contemporánea Cubana (Casa de Francisco Aguilera Basabe) LH
ColonialAdmission: FreeOpen: 9am-5pm Tues-SunMercaderes esq. a Amargura, Habana Vieja
Parque Simón Bolívar LH 3
North on Mercaderes, you’ll reach Parque Simón Bolívar on the corner of Calle Obrapía. In addition to a statue of the Latin American independence movement leader, the park has a ceramic mural by Venez …
Admission: n-aMercaderes esq. a Obrapía, Habana Vieja
Monumento a Máximo Gómez LH 3
Inaugurated in the mid-1930s, this magnificent monument pays homage to Dominican-born General Máximo Gómez, who became Commander in Chief of Cuba’s Liberation Army during the Wars of Independence. The …
Admission: NoneAvenida del Puerto y Avenida de las Misiones (Monserrate)
H.Upmann Cigar Factory LH 3
The H.Upmann cigar factory was relocated here a few years ago from Centro Habana. The brand, established in 1844 by German businessmen and brothers Herman and August Upmann, is one of the oldest in th …
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Museo Nacional de Historia Natural LH 3
Despite appearing to be of the colonial era, the building on the plaza’s southwest side dates from the early 20th-century, when it served as the U.S. Embassy in the years immediately following indepen …
Admission: CUC 3Open: 10am-6pm Tues-SunObispo #61, e/ Oficios y Baratillo, Habana Vieja
Casa de Masía L’Ampurdá LH 3
Another modernist gem by Rotllant, who on this occasion proclaimed his Catalan ancestry. Like in Dámaso Gutiérrez’s home, the stylistic harmony between interiors and exteriors surprises pleasingly. Th …
Art NouveauGertrudis esquina a Revolución, 10 de Octubre
Museo de la Pintura Mural LH 3
The Museum of Mural Painting exhibits some beautifully restored original frescoes in one of the oldest surviving houses in the city, owned by Antón Recio, important figure of 16th-century Havana. Open …
Admission: FreeOpen: 9:30 am-5pm Tues-SunObispo #117-119, e/ Mercaderes y Oficios, Habana Vieja
Parque Albear LH 3
The main attraction of this small park is an elegant life-size Carrara marble statue of engineer Francisco de Albear y Lara, sculpted in 1895 by Cuban artist José Vilalta de Saavedra. Albear dedicated …
Admission: FreeMonserrate e/ Obispo y O’Reilly, Habana Vieja
Palacio de la Marquesa de Villalba LH 3
One of the most majestic buildings in Havana, it was partly built on the sight of the old wall that surrounded the city, and it is said that the stones of the wall were used in its construction. It wa …
Neo-classicalAdmission: n-aEgido e/ Dragones y Monte, Habana Vieja
Museo Armería 9 de Abril LH 2
The Museo Armería 9 de Abril displays a large collection of firearms and bladed weapons spanning the 18th to the 20th centuries. It occupies the former Compañía Armera de Cuba, a private gun shop that …
Admission: FreeOpen: 9am-4:45pm Tues-SunMercaderes #157, e/ Obrapía y Lamparilla, Habana Vieja
Museo Nacional de la Cerámica Contemporánea Cubana (Casa de Francisco Aguilera Basabe) LH 2
Housed within Casa de Francisco Aguilera Basabe, a two-story building built in 1728, this museum exhibits Cuban art pottery from 1950 to the present day on the top floor, while the ground floor has a …
ColonialAdmission: FreeOpen: 9am-5pm Tues-SunMercaderes esq. a Amargura, Habana Vieja 