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 sand.
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Banco de La Habana LH
EclecticAdmission: FreeCuba e/ Obispo y Obrapía, Habana Vieja
Parque de la Fraternidad LH
Cárcel de la Habana LH
Parque de los Mártires Universitarios LH
Casa del Científico (Casa de José Miguel Gómez) LH
EclecticAdmission: FreePrado #212 esq. a Trocadero, Habana Vieja
Museo Farmacia Taquechel LH
Apartment building LH
Modern23 y 26
Solimar Building LH
Art DecoSoledad esquina a San Lázaro
Estación Central de Ferrocarriles LH
EclecticAdmission: FreeEgido esq. a Arsenal, Habana Vieja
Terracota 4 LH
Banco de La Habana LH 2
This 1915 two-story building was made of reinforced concrete. Its façade was composed of elements of the Ionic order and stood out because of its semicircular portico and its beautiful wooden door, wh …
EclecticAdmission: FreeCuba e/ Obispo y Obrapía, Habana Vieja
Parque de la Fraternidad LH 2
By 1790, this originally mangrove swampy area became Campo de Marte, a military practice range, which was expanded in 1793 thanks to a project by Belgian engineer Agustin Cramer. And after Bishop Espa …
Reina (Avenida Simón Bolívar) y Prado (Paseo de Martí)
Cárcel de la Habana LH 2
Up until 1834 there were no prisons in Havana. Back then, prisoners were crammed together in a small area on the Palacio de Gobierno’s basement. With this in mind, Lieutenant General Miguel Tacón, Gov …
Admission: FreeOpen: 9am-2pm Tues-SunCuba y Prado, Habana Vieja
Parque de los Mártires Universitarios LH 2
This cement park was built in 1967 to honor university students involved in Cuba’s independence struggles. The most notable element, located by the most important entrance, can be interpreted a fist, …
Infanta y San Lázaro
Casa del Científico (Casa de José Miguel Gómez) LH 2
The compact yet extravagant Beaux Arts building on the northwest corner of Prado and Trocadero was once the residence of Cuba’s second president, José Miguel Gómez, known as ‘El Tiburón’ (The Shark). …
EclecticAdmission: FreePrado #212 esq. a Trocadero, Habana Vieja
Museo Farmacia Taquechel LH 2
This townhouse was adapted in 1898 into a pharmacy by Francisco Taquechel. Restored and reopened in 1996, it functions as pharmacy and museum. Its collection includes 19th-century French porcelain apo …
Admission: FreeOpen: 9am-4.30pm dailyObispo #155, e/ Mercaderes y San Ignacio, Habana Vieja
Apartment building LH 1
Constructed on piles–a solution that is essentially in the style of Le Corbusier, which apart from transmitting a sort of lightness to the building, makes the corner lose its traditional compactness; …
Modern23 y 26
Solimar Building LH 1
An interesting and typical example of the Streamline movement which preferred rounded corners and a sensation of motion can be seen in this building built in 1944. The recovery of simple forms and the …
Art DecoSoledad esquina a San Lázaro
Estación Central de Ferrocarriles LH 1
The building of the railway station, expression of the Spanish plateresque style, was built in 1912 on the site of the former Armory. It has four floors with 77 windows and the main entrance is rounde …
EclecticAdmission: FreeEgido esq. a Arsenal, Habana Vieja
Terracota 4 LH 1
This is the studio-gallery of ceramicists Amelia Carballo and Ángel Norniella. Their work shows a wide variety of influences and techniques, including the millenary raku, and as the name suggests focu …
Admission: FreeOpen: 10am-6pm dailyMercaderes e/ Obrapía y Lamparilla, (across from the Simón Bolívar Park), Habana Vieja
