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.
Santa María del Mar
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Unión Árabe de Cuba 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
BaroqueAdmission: n-aO’Reilly #4, esq. a Cuba, Habana Vieja
Unión Árabe de Cuba LH 1
This is the venue of the Unión Árabe de Cuba, which represents around 50,000 Arab descendants from all over the country. It has a small art gallery which features Arab-influenced art and ceramics.
Open: 9am-6pm Tues-SunPrado #256-258, 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
Palacio del Segundo Cabo
In 1770 the Spanish Crown decided to construct a building next to the Castillo de la Real Fuerza on the north side of the Plaza de Armas to serve as the Royal Post Office, responsible for all postal c …
BaroqueAdmission: n-aO’Reilly #4, esq. a Cuba, Habana Vieja
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