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Aqvarivm

Attraction

CA Ranking: 2

Open: 9am-5pm Tues-Sun

Admission: CUC 1

Teniente Rey #9, e/ Oficios y Mercaderes, Habana Vieja

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This modest aquarium has over 90 different species of freshwater fish and aquatic plants, displayed in small tanks. Tropical fish tanks are popular in many Cuban family homes and fish can be purchased here.

Admission details: CUC 1, free under-12s

Opening hours: 9am-5pm Tues-Sat; 9am-1pm Sun

Museo Farmacia Taquechel LH 2

This townhouse was adapted in 1898 into a pharmacy by Francisco Taquechel. Restored and reopened in 1996, it functions as pharmacy and museum. Its collection includes 19th-century French porcelain apo …

Admission: FreeOpen: 9am-4.30pm dailyObispo #155, e/ Mercaderes y San Ignacio, Habana Vieja

Casa del Científico (Casa de José Miguel Gómez) LH 2

The compact yet extravagant Beaux Arts building on the northwest corner of Prado and Trocadero was once the residence of Cuba’s second president, José Miguel Gómez, known as ‘El Tiburón’ (The Shark). …

EclecticAdmission: FreePrado #212 esq. a Trocadero, Habana Vieja

Edificio del Seguro Médico LH 2

This is one of the most significant exponents of the trends in architecture in Havana of its time. According to architect Pedro Martínez Inclán, “Quintana can boast about having given Havana…two build …

Modern23 esquina a N

Parque Maceo LH 2

Dominating the Malecón to the west, at the foot of Belascoaín (Avenida Padre Varela), is the massive bronze monument to Antonio Maceo, on top of a marble base in a plaza with a fountain. The classical …

Malecón entre Belascoaín (Padre Valera) y Jovellar

Memorial a los Estudiantes de Medicina LH 2

Inaugurated in 1890, this memorial is a shrine to eight medical students who were executed by firing squad on November 27, 1871, after being falsely accused of desecrating the tomb of Spanish journali …

Admission: NoneCuba y Paseo de Martí (Prado)

Instituto de Segunda Enseñanza de La Habana LH 2

The Institute of Secondary Education of Havana was founded in 1863 and originally located on Calle Obispo. It was later moved to this site in 1924 as part of the construction program for the area in t …

EclecticAdmission: n-aZulueta e/ San José y Teniente Rey, Habana Vieja

Edificio Rodríguez Vázquez LH 2

This 1941 building repeats the structure of lines that emphasize verticality and includes a small two story-tower. Initially known as the Rodríguez Vázquez Building, it included two cinemas, a café-re …

Art DecoGaliano entre Neptuno y Concordia

Museo Armería 9 de Abril LH 2

The Museo Armería 9 de Abril displays a large collection of firearms and bladed weapons spanning the 18th to the 20th centuries. It occupies the former Compañía Armera de Cuba, a private gun shop that …

Admission: FreeOpen: 9am-4:45pm Tues-SunMercaderes #157, e/ Obrapía y Lamparilla, Habana Vieja

Museo Nacional de la Cerámica Contemporánea Cubana (Casa de Francisco Aguilera Basabe) LH 2

Housed within Casa de Francisco Aguilera Basabe, a two-story building built in 1728, this museum exhibits Cuban art pottery from 1950 to the present day on the top floor, while the ground floor has a …

ColonialAdmission: FreeOpen: 9am-5pm Tues-SunMercaderes esq. a Amargura, Habana Vieja

Fuente de Neptuno LH 2

The Fuente de Neptuno (Fountain of Neptune) was imported from Italy. Besides its ornamental function, it also supplied water to three boats at the same time, for which large iron rings were placed for …

Admission: n-aAvenida del Puerto, Habana Vieja

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