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Fuente de Neptuno

General sightseeing

CA Ranking: 2

Admission: n-a

Avenida del Puerto, Habana Vieja

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 mooring. After it lost this role in 1871, it was successively relocated to various corners until it was finally rescued by the City Historian’s Office and returned to its original site.

Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam LH 5+

The north-west corner of the square is occupied by the 18th-century Casa de los Condes de Peñalver, which has at different times served as a post office, a bank and a school. Today, it houses the Cent …

Admission: CUC 3Open: 10am-5pm Mon-SatSan Ignacio #22, esq. a Empedrado, Habana Vieja

Almacenes de San José LH 5

This former harborside warehouse was built in 1885 and is considered the oldest depository in Old Havana. The sober and imposing façade that looks out onto the city conceals the building’s steel struc …

BaroqueAdmission: FreeOpen: 9am-8pm dailyAvenida del Puerto y San Ignacio, Habana Vieja

Quinta Avenida LH 5+

Initially called Avenida de las Américas, Quinta Avenida (Fifth Avenue) stretches from the tunnel that connects it to Calzada Street, in Vedado, to the Santa Ana River, in the locality of Santa Fe. Co …

Plaza Vieja LH 5+

The 16th-century Plaza Vieja has always been a residential rather than a military, religious or administrative space, and is surrounded by elegant colonial residences, combined with a few very strikin …

Admission: n-aBordered by Teniente Rey, Muralla, San Ignacio & Mercaderes, Habana Vieja

Arte Corte (Papito’s) LH 5+

Established about eight years ago, Arte Corte is a hairdressing salon that is also an “interactive museum” where the customer, while comfortably seated in a hundred year-old chair awaiting their turn, …

Admission: NoneOpen: Noon-6pm Mon-SatAguiar 10 entre Peña Pobre y Monserrate

Jardín Botánico Nacional LH 5+

These 600-hectare botanical gardens feature approximately 150,000 examples of 4,000 different species of trees and bushes from all over the world. A tractor train ride around the park departs four tim …

Post 1959Admission: CUC 1Open: 8am-5pm (last entry 3.30pm) dailyCarretera del Rocío km 3½

Santa María del Mar LH 5

Santa María is the most popular beach among both Habaneros and visitors. It has lodgings, restaurants, watersports hire, grocery stores and a pharmacy. As with the other beahes, it boasts soft, white …

Cámara Oscura LH 5

Located on the top floor of the eclectic-style early 20th-century Edificio Gómez Vila—the plaza’s tallest building (35 meters/115 feet)—on the northeast corner, the Cámara Oscura provides a 360-degree …

Admission: CUC 2Open: 10am-5:20pm, Mon-SatTeniente Rey, esq. a Mercaderes, Habana Vieja

Ivan Chef Justo LH 5

There is only one problem with Ivan Chef Justo and that is describing to people how to get there. Actually it is not that complicated, opposite the Museum of the Revolution on the Old Havana side. Con …

Admission: NoneAguacate #9, esq. Chacón, Habana Vieja (frente al Museo de la Revolucion)

Jardines de la Tropical LH 5

If you attend any of the concerts that are held here in an effort to save this place from the state of semi-neglect it has been plunged into for many years, it would be a good time to appreciate the m …

Art NouveauRizo y Baire, Cerro

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