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Terracota 4

Art Gallery / Studio

CA Ranking: 1

Open: 10am-6pm daily

Admission: Free

Mercaderes e/ Obrapía y Lamparilla, (across from the Simón Bolívar Park), Habana Vieja

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 focus on terra-cotta artwork and crafts.

Hotel Saratoga LH 3

The Saratoga Hotel – Reborn The oldest reference of what today is the elegant eclectic Saratoga Hotel dates back to 1879 when construction works for a three-story building began. The first floor was s …

EclecticAdmission: Free

$115 - $144ROOMS: 96Prado #603 esq. a Dragones, Habana Vieja

Casa de Carmen Montilla LH 3

This charming art gallery was established in 1994 by the late Venezuelan artist Carmen Montilla (1944-2004) with the support of the Office of the Historian of Havana. It is housed in 18th-century buil …

Admission: FreeOpen: 9am-5pm Tue-SunOficios #162, e/ Amargura y Teniente Rey, Habana Vieja

La Casa del Agua La Tinaja LH 3

The quaint cobbled section of Calle Obispo between Calles Oficios and Mercaderes is lined with the oldest buildings in Havana. The row of 17th-century townhouse mansions includes the tiny La Casa del …

Admission: FreeOpen: 10am-7pm dailyObispo # 111, Habana Vieja

Cementerio Chino LH 3

Chinese immigrants were promised rivers of gold on their arrival in Cuba, but in reality they were confined to barracks in abject poverty, where conditions were brutal. Many of them thought of returni …

Admission: freeOpen: (53-7) 830-4517 - Visits need to be arranged26 entre 28 y 33

Iglesia de Santa Rita de Casia LH 3

The succession of parabolic arcs made of reinforced concrete in contrast to the three stories of rectangular windows which alternate with the arcs create a sense of motion and modernity, accentuated b …

Art DecoOpen: 9am-noon, 2-5pm Mon-Fri; 2pm-6pm Sat; 9am-noon Sun; Mass: 5:30pm Tue, Thur, Sat; 8am Wed, Fri; 10:30am Sun5ta esquina a 26

Plaza Carlos III LH 3

This is a four-story commercial center that includes shops, fast food outlets, a bank, food market, etc, which after wide-ranging remodeling and restoration, first opened in October 1997. At the time, …

Museo de la Pintura Mural LH 3

The Museum of Mural Painting exhibits some beautifully restored original frescoes in one of the oldest surviving houses in the city, owned by Antón Recio, important figure of 16th-century Havana. Open …

Admission: FreeOpen: 9:30 am-5pm Tues-SunObispo #117-119, e/ Mercaderes y Oficios, Habana Vieja

Hotel Florida LH 3

The 1836 Hotel Florida is a beautifully restored colonial mansion with a splendid neoclassical frontage, with Corinthian columns, and an atmospheric central courtyard. The hotel’s 25 rooms, which have …

ColonialAdmission: n-aObispo 2#52, esq. a Cuba, Habana Vieja

Museo Nacional de Historia Natural LH 3

Despite appearing to be of the colonial era, the building on the plaza’s southwest side dates from the early 20th-century, when it served as the U.S. Embassy in the years immediately following indepen …

Admission: CUC 3Open: 10am-6pm Tues-SunObispo #61, e/ Oficios y Baratillo, Habana Vieja

Parque Simón Bolívar LH 3

North on Mercaderes, you’ll reach Parque Simón Bolívar on the corner of Calle Obrapía. In addition to a statue of the Latin American independence movement leader, the park has a ceramic mural by Venez …

Admission: n-aMercaderes esq. a Obrapía, Habana Vieja

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