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Monumento a Calixto García Íñiguez

General sightseeing

CA Ranking: 3

Avenida de los Presidentes (G) y Malecón, El Vedado

This monument, in honor of 19th-century Liberation Army General Calixto García Íñiguez, is made of black granite. It also has 24 bronze friezes depicting scenes from the wars of independence.

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

Convento e Iglesia de la Merced LH 5

Built between 1865 and 1867, this is arguably one of Havana’s most lush churches. The temple stands opposite a small square and its façade, constructed in Baroque style, features the principal door wi …

BaroqueAdmission: FreeOpen: 8am-5pm dailyCuba #806, e/ Merced y Paula (Leonor Pérez), Habana Vieja

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

Quinta Avenida LH 5+

Initially called Avenida de las Américas, Quinta Avenida (Fifth Avenue) stretches from the tunnel that connects it to Calzada Street, in Vedado, to the Santa Ana River, in the locality of Santa Fe. Co …

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

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

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

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 …

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

Ivan Chef Justo LH 5

There is only one problem with Ivan Chef Justo and that is describing to people how to get there. Actually it is not that complicated, opposite the Museum of the Revolution on the Old Havana side. Con …

Admission: NoneAguacate #9, esq. Chacón, Habana Vieja (frente al Museo de la Revolucion)

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