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Museo de los Bomberos

Museum / Cultural center

CA Ranking: 3

Open: 10am-5pm Tue-Sat

Admission: free

Zulueta 257 entre Neptuno y Animas

This singular 1910 Fire Station has a simple but refined façade that features a kind of triumphal arch dominated by a central double-heighted void. Today, it houses a lovely museum about the history of firefighters in Cuba.

El Patio (Casa del Marqués de Aguas Claras) LH 5

Located on the north-west corner of the former Plaza de la Ciénaga, today Plaza de la Catedral, this mansion stands out from its neighbors due to its wide and spacious portal juts out onto the plaza, …

ColonialAdmission: FreeSan Ignacio #54, esq. a Empedrado, Habana Vieja

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes – Edificio de Arte Internacional LH 5

The International collection (Edificio de Arte Internacional) In 2001, after the new venues were chosen for the National Museum of Fine Arts, the international collection was installed in the former C …

OtherAdmission: CUC 5 / CUC 8Open: 10am-6pm Tues-SunZulueta y San José, Habana Vieja

Maqueta de La Habana LH 5+

This scale model of Havana is the third largest scale model in the world. It was built at a scale of 1:1000 and spans over 144 square meters. It is approximately 22 meters long and 10 meters wide and …

Open: 9:30am-5pm Tue-Sat28 #113 entre 1ra y 3ra

Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña LH 5+

Constructed after the capture of Havana by British forces and named San Carlos de la Cabaña in honor of King Carlos III, this 700-meter long fortress is the largest in the Americas. It was designed by …

Admission: CUC 4Open: 10am-10pm dailyNorth-eastern side of the harbor

El Chanchullero LH 5+

El Chanchullero has got to win the most surprisingly good place in Havana award. This looks like a hole in the wall place in a downright run down looking part of Old Havana. It is a hassle to get to b …

Calle Teniente Rey #457a, Habana Vieja

Tren de Hershey LH 5+

In 1926, Pennsylvania based Hershey Corporation built a 135-km-long electric railroad network in Cuba to transport product and personnel from Havana to Hershey’s sugar factory 45 km east of the capita …

Admission: CUP 2.80Casablanca

Gran Parque Metropolitano (Parque Almendares) LH 5+

Along the banks of the Almendares River is Parque Almendares, also known as Bpsque de La Haband (Havana’s Forest). This is the only urban forest in the city and is a recreational area for Habaneros th …

Admission: freeOpen: Jan-Jun, Sep-Dec 10am-5pm Tue-Fri; 10am-6pm Sat, Sun; July-Aug 10am-5pm Mon-Fri; 10am-6pm Sat, Sun47 #1161 entre 24 y 26, Playa

Hotel Nacional de Cuba LH 5+

In response to the increasing influx of American tourists in the late 20s (mainly those who were escaping Prohibition, in force in the United States at the time), the construction of a luxury hotel wa …

Eclectic

$61 - $81ROOMS: 426O esquina a 21

Callejón de Hamel LH 5+

The narrow two-block long alley between Aramburu and Hospital streets in Centro Habana has over the years become a shrine to Afro-Cuban religions through the art created by Salvador González. The buil …

Hamel e/ Aramburu y Hospital, Centro Habana

Plaza de Armas LH 5+

The early city was formally founded in 1519 on the northeast side of what would soon be laid out as Plaza de la Iglesia—named for the simple church that stood here until 1741, when it was destroyed fo …

Admission: NoneLimited by Obispo, O’Reilly, Cuba & Baratillo, Habana Vieja

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