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Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate

General sightseeing

CA Ranking: 4

Admission: CUC 1

Prado, e/ San José y Teniente Rey , Habana Vieja

Also included in Sports section

This is one of the 67 facilities especially built for the Havana 1991 Pan-American Games. It was named after Eligio Sardiñas, also known as Kid Chocolate, Cuba’s finest amateur boxer ever. The sports facility was constructed on the site of a former hotel and retained the original façade of the collapsed building. Inside, a special feature of the court is that it is on a second level and not on the ground level. There are very few such courts in the world and it is the only one in Cuba with this characteristic. The floor of the court retains the original wood it was made with.

In addition to boxing, it also hosts badminton, volleyball, table tennis, handball, wrestling and indoor soccer matches.

Museo del Tabaco LH 3

Housed in an 18th-century mansion that once belonged to merchant Don Bartolomé Luque, this modest museum displays lithographic prints, old pipes and lighters, early cigar boxes and ashtrays, furniture …

Admission: FreeOpen: 9am-5pm Tues-SunMercaderes #120, e/ Obispo y Obrapía, Habana Vieja

Fundación Alejo Carpentier (Casa de la Conde de la Reunión) LH 3

On Empedrado Street, between Cuba and San Ignacio, a few doors from the famous Bodeguita del Medio, stands this building which belonged to Don Santiago de la Cuesta, Conde de la Reunión. Its style is …

BaroqueAdmission: FreeOpen: 8:30am-4:30pm Mon-FriEmpedrado #215, e/ Cuba y San Ignacio, Habana Vieja

Hotel Habana Riviera LH 3

This hotel was opened in December, 1957, with a performance by Ginger Rogers at the Copa Room cabaret and was blessed by Cardinal Manuel Arteaga just a few days later. The construction is a fantastic …

Modern

$37 - $52ROOMS: 352Avenida Paseo entre Malecón y 1ra

Museo Palacio de Gobierno – Cámara de Representantes LH 3

Immediately south of the Convento de San Francisco de Asís, the squat yet imposing neo-classical building raised atop stairs served as the original Cámara de Representantes—the Republican House of Rep …

Neo-classicalAdmission: FreeOpen: 9:30am-5:30pm Tues-SunOficios #211 e/ Churruca y Muralla, Habana Vieja

Hotel Inglaterra LH 3

The original nucleus of the hotel dates back to 1856 and was later expanded in 1891 with the addition of two adjacent properties. The last floor was built in 1915. This is Cuba’s oldest hotel and has …

EclecticAdmission: NoneROOMS: 83Trocadero 55, entre Prado y Zulueta

Calle 23 LH 3

Calle 23, or 23rd Steet, is a central, busy street in El Vedado district. It begins at the sea and ends in a river, the Almendares. Its first five streets, from Malecón to L Street are known as La Ram …

From the Malecón to Zapata Ave.

Casa del Capitán Gaspar Rivero de Vasconcelos LH 3

On the corner of Obrapía and San Ignacio Streets, one block west of Mercaderes, stands one of the oldest and best preserved homes in Havana, and despite its relatively simplicity, one of its most stri …

ColonialAdmission: FreeObrapía #172, Habana Vieja

Museo de Arqueología (Casa de Juana Carvajal) LH 3

Housed in the Casa de Juana Carvajal, this museum is the result of archaeological studies in the Historic Center and the preservation efforts made by the City Historian’s Office. Inside is a fascinati …

ColonialAdmission: CUC 1Open: 9am-4:30pm Tues-SunCuba #12 e/ O’Reilly y Empedrado, Habana Vieja

Hotel Habana Libre LH 3

Located on the famous corner of 23 and L streets, the Habana Libre Hotel, with its 25 floors and 630 spacious rooms, stands majestically and offers an incomparable view of the bay. The building occupi …

ModernL entre 23 y 25

Convento e Iglesia del Carmen LH 3

In 1923, members of the order of the Carmelites purchased a lot on the corner of Avenida del Presidente Menocal and Neptuno, where first they created a provisional chapel and later erected the majesti …

EclecticOpen: Lauds: 8am; Vespers: 6:30pmInfanta entre Neptuno y Concordia

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