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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Barrio Chino LH
Agromercado de 19 y B LH
Parque Central LH
Cinemateca de Cuba (Cine Chaplin) LH
Galería Habana LH
Cristo de La Habana LH
Casa de los Artistas LH
Gran Teatro de La Habana LH
EclecticAdmission: n-aPrado #458 e/ San Rafael y San José, Habana Vieja
Ciudad Deportiva LH
ModernVía Blanca esquina a Boyeros
Castillo de la Real Fuerza LH
RenaissanceAdmission: CUC 2Open: 9:30am-5pm Tues-SunCuba e/ O’Reilly y Obispo, Habana Vieja
Barrio Chino LH 4
Located just a few meters away from El Capitolio, this is the largest and most important Chinatown in the New Continent. According to historian Julio Le Riverend, between 1847 and 1874, around 150,000 …
Centered around Zanja and Dragones
Agromercado de 19 y B LH 4
With fresh organic products that include fruits, vegetables and meat, this agromercado is best known among locals for being one of the best stocked open-air vegetable markets in the city.
Open: 7am-5pm,Tue-Sun19 entre A y B
Parque Central LH 4
Completed in 1877 after the city walls were knocked down, the park is bordered by El Prado, Zulueta, San José and Neptuno Streets. It is surrounded by significant buildings, such as the Gran Teatro de …
Admission: n-aBordered by Prado, Zulueta, San José & Neptuno, Habana Vieja
Cinemateca de Cuba (Cine Chaplin) LH 4
The Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC) was the first cultural institution created by the Revolutionary Government on March 24, 1959. Its objective was to organize, establis …
Open: 9am-5pm Mon-SatInstituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC), 23 #1156, entre 10 y 12
Galería Habana LH 4
This gallery opened in 1962 to promote Cuban talent. Artists such as Wifredo Lam, René Portocarrero, Mariano Rodríguez and Amelia Peláez have shown their work here, establishing this gallery as one of …
Admission: freeOpen: 10am-4pm Mon-Fri; 10am-1pm SatLínea #460
Cristo de La Habana LH 4
This majestic representation of Jesus Christ, only four decades old, is part of the landscape that characterizes the entrance to the Havana harbor. It is 20 meters tall, weighs 320 tons and consists o …
Admission: CUC 1Casablanca, next to Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña
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
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
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
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 