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Droguería Johnson

General sightseeing

CA Ranking: 3

Open: 8am-8pm daily

Admission: Free

Obispo y Aguiar, Habana Vieja

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Tragically, after being beautifully restored by the City Historian’s Office, this pharmacy caught fire on March 16, 2005. Shelves, counters, the façade woodwork, porcelain ornaments and laboratory apparatus were seriously damaged by the fire. It has now been fully restored and reopened in 2013.

Faro O’Donnell LH 3

The original lighthouse at the Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro was erected on the Morrillo Semibastion and was fueled by wood until the 17th century, then by gas until the 19th century and finall …

Admission: CUC 2Open: 9am-8pm dailyCastillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro

Casa del Benemérito de las Américas Benito Juárez LH 3

Housed in the former 18th-century mansion of the Pedroso y Herrera family, this museum is named for Mexican president Benito Juárez, who visited Havana in 1853 and 1862. It has four rooms dedicated to …

Admission: FreeOpen: 9am-5pm Tues-SunObrapía #116, esq. a Mercaderes, Habana Vieja

Maqueta de la Habana Vieja LH 3

This captivating and incredibly detailed scale model (1:500) of the old city is a must-see while exploring Habana Vieja, of which it provides a great overall perspective. Measuring 8 meteres long by 6 …

Admission: CUC 1Open: 9am-6pm dailyMercaderes #116, e/ Obispo y Obrapía, Habana Vieja

Zoológico de La Habana LH 3

Opened in 1939, this is Cuba’s oldest zoo. It is also known as Zoológico de 26 and is one of the most popular places for Cuban families to visit. And although there are many different species, monkeys …

Admission: freeOpen: 9:30am-5:30pm Tue-SunAve. 26 y Avenida Zoológico

Palacio de la Artesanía (Casa de Don Mateo Pedroso) LH 3

Strategically located on Cuba Street between Cuarteles and Peña Pobre, it looks out onto the bay. Noteworthy in this 18-century mansion is the 32 meter-long continuous balcony on its façade, one of th …

ColonialAdmission: n-aOpen: 10am-7pm dailyCuba #64, e/ Cuarteles y Peña Pobre, Habana Vieja

Edificio López Serrano LH 3

It is considered the first Cuban skyscraper as it reproduces, on a modest scale, the model of tall New York buildings, conceived with layered fittings in order to let air and light in. The linear and …

Art Deco13 esquina a L

Iglesia del Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje LH 3

Erected in 1640 simultaneously with the Plaza del Cristo around the Ermita del Humilladero–the final station of the Vía Crucis or procession of the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, which started …

ColonialAdmission: FreeOpen: 9am-6pm, Tues-SunVillegas e/ Lamparilla y Teniente Rey, Habana Vieja

El Templete LH 3

Built in 1827, El Templete commemorates the first mass and town council held in the city, at the foot of a ceiba tree that grew on the northeast corner of what would soon evolve as the Plaza de Armas. …

Neo-classicalAdmission: CUC 1Open: 9am-6:30pm dailyBaratillo, esq. a O’Reilly, Habana Vieja

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

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