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Museo de la Pintura Mural

Museum / Cultural center

CA Ranking: 3

Best for: Beautifully restored original frescoes in one of the oldest surviving houses in the city

Open: 9:30 am-5pm Tues-Sun

Admission: Free

Obispo #117-119, e/ Mercaderes y Oficios, Habana Vieja

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.

Opening hours: 9:30 am-5pm Tues-Sat; 9:30am-1pm Sun

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

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

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

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

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

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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