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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.

Parque Lenin LH 4

Approximately 25 kilometers south of Havana is Parque Lenin, inaugurated on April 22, 1972 by Fidel Castro on the initiative of Celia Sánchez. The huge bust of Lenin, carved in 1982 by Soviet sculptor …

Post 1959Open: 9am-5:30pm Wed-Sun except Jul-Aug 9am-5:30pm Tue-Sun100, esquina Cortina de la Presa

Gran Teatro de La Habana LH 4

Across from Parque Central, the Tacón Theater was inaugurated in April, 1838. At the time, this was Havana’s most important theater and arguably one of the best in the continent for its elegance, comf …

EclecticAdmission: n-aPrado #458 e/ San Rafael y San José, Habana Vieja

Casa de los Artistas LH 4

Several of Cuba’s most famous artists have their studios here, including Pedro Pablo Oliva, Zaida del Río and Roberto Fabelo. Contemporary art exhibitions are held on the ground floor.

Admission: FreeOpen: 10:30am-4:30pm Mon-SatOficios #6, e/ Obispo y Obrapía, Habana Vieja

Castillo de la Real Fuerza LH 4

History & architecture Considered an engineering marvel, this fortress on the plaza’s northeast corner is one of the oldest European defensive structures in the Americas, and the first built to gu …

RenaissanceAdmission: CUC 2Open: 9:30am-5pm Tues-SunCuba e/ O’Reilly y Obispo, Habana Vieja

Ciudad Deportiva LH 4

The Sports City was conceived as a complex that included race tracks; swimming pools; fields for different sports, including football; a small baseball stadium, and a coliseum at the forefront, which …

ModernVía Blanca esquina a Boyeros

La Moderna Poesía LH 4

Owned by the López Serrano family–who evidently had a preference for Art Deco–this bookstore is a sample of how the sober interplay between lines and volumes can achieve a discreet elegance highligh …

Art DecoAdmission: FreeObispo y Bernaza, 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

Fundación Havana Club LH 4

One block southeast of Plaza de San Francisco, on Avenida del Puerto, stands the ochre-colored former mansion of the Conde de la Montera. Beyond its ornate doorway is a promotional center—the Museo de …

Admission: CUC 5Open: 9am-5:30pm Mon-SunAvenida del Puerto #262, esq. a Sol, Habana Vieja

Factoría Habana LH 4

Factoría Habana is an experimental center for present-day artistic creation. The institution, which is ascribed to the City Historian’s Office, seeks to become a bridge between Latin American and Euro …

Admission: FreeOpen: 9:30am-4:30pm Mon-SatO´Reilly #308 e/ Habana y Aguiar, Habana Vieja

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate LH 4

This is one of the 67 facilities especially built for the Havana 1991 Pan-American Games. It was named after Eligio Sardiñas, also known as Kid Chocolate, Cuba’s finest amateur boxer ever. The sports …

Admission: CUC 1Prado, e/ San José y Teniente Rey , Habana Vieja

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