Guidebook for La Habana
Drinks & Nightlife
This really is the place to go if you want to see the very best Cuban salsa bands
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Casa de la Musica de Centro
This really is the place to go if you want to see the very best Cuban salsa bands
Sightseeing
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 had several names, some popular and some not. In 1936, it was again identified as Obispo when the streets were given back their original names. One of t
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Obispo
ObispoThis 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 had several names, some popular and some not. In 1936, it was again identified as Obispo when the streets were given back their original names. One of t
The Malecón is a broad esplanade, roadway and seawall which stretches for 8 km along the coast in Havana, Cuba, from the mouth of Havana Harbor in Old Havana, along the north side of the Centro Habana neighborhood, ending in the Vedado neighborhood.
680 locals recommend
Malecon
MaleconThe Malecón is a broad esplanade, roadway and seawall which stretches for 8 km along the coast in Havana, Cuba, from the mouth of Havana Harbor in Old Havana, along the north side of the Centro Habana neighborhood, ending in the Vedado neighborhood.
Parks & Nature
Approximately 25 kilometers south of Havana is Parque Lenin, inaugurated on April 22, 1972 by Fidel Castro. The huge bust of Lenin, carved in 1982 by Soviet sculptor. Parque Lenin, where nature, culture and relaxation meet, is a great place to go for a picnic.
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Lenin Park
Approximately 25 kilometers south of Havana is Parque Lenin, inaugurated on April 22, 1972 by Fidel Castro. The huge bust of Lenin, carved in 1982 by Soviet sculptor. Parque Lenin, where nature, culture and relaxation meet, is a great place to go for a picnic.
Arts & Culture
Conceived by French urbanist Jean Claude Forestier in the 1920s, the gigantic Plaza de la Revolución (known as Plaza Cívica until 1959) was part of Havana's 'new city,' which grew up between 1920 and 1959. Surrounded by gray, utilitarian buildings constructed in the late 1950s, the square today is the base of the Cuban government and a place where
827 locals recommend
Revolution Square
Avenida PaseoConceived by French urbanist Jean Claude Forestier in the 1920s, the gigantic Plaza de la Revolución (known as Plaza Cívica until 1959) was part of Havana's 'new city,' which grew up between 1920 and 1959. Surrounded by gray, utilitarian buildings constructed in the late 1950s, the square today is the base of the Cuban government and a place where
Ten miles east of Havana is Hemingway's Cuba house - Finca Vigia, meaning "lookout house".
Finca Vigia is located in the small, working-class town of San Francisco de Paula. Finca Vigía has made both the World Monuments Fund list of 100 Most Endangered sites, and The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 11 Most Endangered Places.
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Museo Ernest Hemingway
J SosaTen miles east of Havana is Hemingway's Cuba house - Finca Vigia, meaning "lookout house".
Finca Vigia is located in the small, working-class town of San Francisco de Paula. Finca Vigía has made both the World Monuments Fund list of 100 Most Endangered sites, and The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 11 Most Endangered Places.
Museum of the Revolution (Museo de la Revolucion)
Avenida BélgicaShopping
La Epoca
San MiguelFood Scene
Located directly opposite the Capitolio, . Is one of three restaurants within the premises of the Sociedad Juventud Asturiana. The other two restaurants are El Trofeo (basically a low quality pizza place) and El Asturianito, which is neither (inferior) room in the premises.The food is quite simply the best value in the city.
357 locals recommend
Los Nardos
Paseo de MartíLocated directly opposite the Capitolio, . Is one of three restaurants within the premises of the Sociedad Juventud Asturiana. The other two restaurants are El Trofeo (basically a low quality pizza place) and El Asturianito, which is neither (inferior) room in the premises.The food is quite simply the best value in the city.