Places of interest in Havana, Cuba
When I came to Havana, we recommended to him to dedicate the first four days to visiting the capital and his parks, and I ended his week in the relaxing Beaches of the East.
On the 1st. Old Havana. Cover the surroundings of the square of Weapon, without forgetting a visit to the Museum of the City (Palace of Captains generals).
On the 2nd. Pass the morning visiting the cathedral and his surroundings, and walk in the evening along the Levee of Havana.
On the 3rd. Quarter of the Preserve: visits to the Museum of decorative Arts, without forgetting to take an ice cream in Coppelia.
On the 4th. Be going to relax and do a rural meal in the Botanical National Garden or the park Lenin.
On the 5th and 6th. The sun and free time in the beaches of the East and in the surroundings of the Havana
Plaza de Armas - It is the most ancient square of Havana. In the XVIth century it was the heart of the city and the general captain of the island was present at the festivities from the balcony of his palace. It was left after the independence and restored in 1935, in accordance with ancient engravings.
Plaza de la Catedral - We include in this first trip the square of the Cathedral, placed not far from the square of Weapon, to a few streets. It is a question of the square most known about Havana and, as they say, one of the most harmonious of Latin America. The mansions that surround it date of the XVIIIth century: the house of Lombillo.
Plaza de San Francisco - This walk will take as a starting point the church and the convent of San Francisco of Asis. These constructed at the end of the XVIth century, were renewed in baroque style about the year 1730. In the XVIth century, around him the wharves were spreading. The square contiguous to the basilica was always.
Hacia la Plaza Vieja - Taking the street Offices do a stop before the houses recently restored that lodge galleries of art. Taking Wall as the street, his steps will take them directly to the Old square constructed in the middle of the XVIth century, during the planned enlargement of the city.
La Casa de Jose Marti - Yendo hasta el final de la calle Leonor Perez se llega, precisamente, a la casa natal de Jose Marti (abierta de mar. A sap. De 9h a 17h, el dom. de 9h a 13h, c. los lunes), algo descentrada, situada en uno de los extremos de la Habana Vieja, en el S-O, muy cerca de la estacion central (calle Leonor ...
De La Plaza de Armas al Puerto -The walk will begin in the street of the Obispo, riding a little on the first itinerary. The street Obispo, who joins the square of Weapon with the Central park, is one of the first streets of the Old Havana that was renewed. The streets Mercaderes, Oficios and Obrapia are also an object.
Paseo del Prado o Paseo de Marti - Officially it is called Paseo of Marti, but the Cuban knows it as Paseo of the Prado. The works of this imposing boulevard began out of the walls in 1770 and were completed in the middle of the decade of 1830, during the order of captain general Miguel Tacon, who governed between 1834 and 1838.
Los Castillos de La Habana - Going down for the Paseo of the Prado, it goes over to the beginning of the Malecon and, a the right side, passes for the tunnel of the Bay to visit two fortitude that, formerly, were guarding the entry of the port. The Castle of Three Kings of the Morro (open sea of 10 of the morning to the sunset) ...
Descubriendo La Habana Vieja - Old Havana is to walk it, and it reaches his most beautiful hour to the dusk, when to the fund of a street that is going to give to the sea, the golden reverberation of the sun is discovered on the surface and a shred of breeze is warned suddenly on having twisted a corner or the rhythm of a bongo in the background ...
Iglesias de La Habana Vieja - Ancient, more or less restored and more or less godforsaken churches, they splash the Old Havana. The immense majority dates of the XVIIth century, epoch during which the religious communities and the Crown devoted themselves to found numerous temples. Between them, they deserve to be emphasized the church of Ours ...
Museos y la Fabrica de Puros Partagas - Behind the Capitolio, the factory of cigars Partagas (opened from Monday until Saturday of 10h to 17h; visits with guide to 10h and 13h, duration: 45 min.) it deserves a visit. The building dates back to 1845, five hundred workers they work permanently and in the same one the famous "cigar cases" are...
Puntos de Interes - Old Havana is full of museums, statues, galleries of art, churches and other monuments, for what it turns out to be too big to see her in one or two days. Since constantly palaces and attractive places are restored, it fits the possibility that the traveler meets many ...