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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Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas LH
EclecticAdmission: Tour CUC 3 (English-speaking guides available); free under-12sOpen: 10:30am-5:30pm Tue-Sat; 10am-12:30pm Sun17 #502 esquina a E
El Patio (Casa del Marqués de Aguas Claras) LH
ColonialAdmission: FreeSan Ignacio #54, esq. a Empedrado, Habana Vieja
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes – Edificio de Arte Cubano LH
ModernAdmission: CUC 5 / CUC 8Open: 10am-6pm Tues-SunTrocadero e/ Zulueta y Monserrate, Habana Vieja
Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro LH
Neo-classicalAdmission: CUC 4Open: 10am-7pm daily; Lighthouse: 9am-8pm dailyNorth-eastern side of the harbor.
El Chanchullero LH
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes – Edificio de Arte Internacional LH
OtherAdmission: CUC 5 / CUC 8Open: 10am-6pm Tues-SunZulueta y San José, Habana Vieja
Maqueta de La Habana LH
Calle Obispo LH
Group of houses on Cárdenas Street LH
Art NouveauAdmission: FreeCárdenas #101, 103, 107, 159 & 161
Basílica Menor de San Francisco de Asís LH
Classical music Church/catedralAdmission: CUC 2Calle Oficios, Plaza San Francisco de Asís, Old Havana
Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas LH 5+
This museum opened in 1964 and is housed in the house of José Gómez Mena, a mansion designed by the French architects P. Virad and M. Destugué in 1927. Gómez’s sister, María Luisa Gómez Mena, a wealth …
EclecticAdmission: Tour CUC 3 (English-speaking guides available); free under-12sOpen: 10:30am-5:30pm Tue-Sat; 10am-12:30pm Sun17 #502 esquina a E
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 Cubano LH 5
Edificio de Arte Cubano – The Cuban collection The 30,000 plus pieces that form the Cuban collection is divided into six basic sections: Colonial Art (from the 16th to the 19th century), with a room d …
ModernAdmission: CUC 5 / CUC 8Open: 10am-6pm Tues-SunTrocadero e/ Zulueta y Monserrate, Habana Vieja
Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro LH 5+
Designed by Italian engineer Juan Bautista Antonelli and built by slaves with rocks extracted from the moats in the last decades of the 16th century, the Morro Castle to defend the town of San Cristob …
Neo-classicalAdmission: CUC 4Open: 10am-7pm daily; Lighthouse: 9am-8pm 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
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
Calle Obispo LH 4
This important street goes back to 1519, only four years after the founding of Havana. It was conceived as a narrow thoroughfare to protect the people from the sun. Throughout its existence, it has ha …
Admission: n-aHabana Vieja
Group of houses on Cárdenas Street LH 4
It is unusual in the city to find in such a short stretch so many interesting examples of Art Nouveau constructions. Only recently has the City Historian’s Office begun restoration works on some of th …
Art NouveauAdmission: FreeCárdenas #101, 103, 107, 159 & 161
Basílica Menor de San Francisco de Asís LH 4
This imposing and beautiful basilica with fine acoustics hosts some of the most important classical music concerts in Havana. Set in the square of the same name, the church is the home of the Grammy-n …
Classical music Church/catedralAdmission: CUC 2Calle Oficios, Plaza San Francisco de Asís, Old Havana 