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Academia de Bellas Artes San Alejandro

General sightseeing

CA Ranking: 3

Ave. 31 esq. a 100, Marianao

This is one of the four buildings around the Obelisk in Marianao. This school is the oldest fine arts school in Latin America and the second oldest school in Cuba, preceded only by the University. It was founded in 1818 at the Convent of San Alejandro by the French painter Jean Baptiste Vermay, who was its first director. The school was relocated in 1962 from its original site to this monumental building, built in the 1940s.

Convento y Capilla de la Inmaculada Concepción LH 4

This beautiful church and convent was built in Neo=\-Gothic style in 1874 and was a private girls’ school until 1961. The patio and chapel have beautiful wooden ceilings, notable stained-glass windows …

OtherOpen: 8am-5pm Mon-Fri; 5-7pm Sat; 8-11am SunSan Lázaro #805 entre Oquendo y Lucena

Plaza de la Revolución LH 4

The idea of building this square emerged in the 1940s, when an international contest was organized to erect a monument to honor José Martí, Cuba’s National Hero. In 1943 the project was finally approv …

ModernAdmission: CUC 3Open: 9am-4:30pm Mon-SatPaseo y Avenida de la Independencia (Boyeros)

Teatro América LH 4

The América Theatre is one of the most interesting architectural works in Havana. It first opened on March 29, 1941 and is part of a large building complex located on one of Central Havana’s main comm …

Art Deco

Palacio del Conde Lombillo LH 4

Located on the north-east corner of the Plaza de la Catedral, this mid18th-century building is unusual in having three façades: the main one on Empedrado and the other two facing Mercaderes and the sq …

Admission: FreeEmpedrado #151, esq. a Mercaderes, Habana Vieja

Sloppy Joe’s Bar LH 5-

6pm is Sloppy Joe cocktail hour again at the original Sloppy Joe’s saloon, an iconic Cuban bar that reopened Friday April 12, 2013 after a nearly 50-year break in its original location. The restoratio …

Traditional BarÁnimas, esq. Zulueta La Habana Vieja

Fototeca de Cuba LH 4

Inaugurated in 1986 to preserve, study and promote Cuba’s photographic heritage, Fototeca de Cuba, mid-way along the east side of the plaza, boasts the nation’s largest, most valuable collectio …

Admission: FreeOpen: 10am-5pm Tues-SatMercaderes # 307 e/ Muralla y Teniente Rey, Habana Vieja

Plaza del Cristo LH 4

The mid-17-century plaza takes its name from the Iglesia del Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje. It was first known as Plaza Nueva taking the name of what is now known as Plaza Vieja. For a while it was know …

Admission: n-aTeniente Rey e/ Bernaza y Villegas, Habana Vieja

La Bodeguita del Medio LH 4

Back 1942, this well-known restaurant was a small grocery store. Its owner, Ángel Martínez, began to sell food as the number of customers increased. One day, journalist Leandro Garcia, a regular costu …

Admission: FreeOpen: 10:30am-midnight dailyEmpedrado #207, e/ San Ignacio y Cuba, Habana Vieja

Teatro Nacional de Cuba LH 4

Opened in 1960, and reopened in 1979 after being fully restored, this is one of Havana’s most important cultural venues. It promotes dance, drama, theater for both adults and children, music and visua …

Paseo y 39

La Terraza de Cojimar LH 4

Ernest Hemingway lived in Cojimar for some years and this was his favorite restaurant there, as evidenced by the many pictures of the American author here, including one with Fidel Castro. In one of t …

Open: Restaurant noon-midnight; Bar 10am-midnight dailyCalle Real No. 161 esquina a Candelaria, Cojímar

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