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Maqueta de la Habana Vieja

Museum / Cultural center

CA Ranking: 3

Best for: Captivating scale model (1:500) of the old city

Open: 9am-6pm daily

Admission: CUC 1

Mercaderes #116, e/ Obispo y Obrapía, Habana Vieja

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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 meters wide, and covering 48 square meters, the model took three years to build, and is enlivened by an evocative sound and light show that includes a faux sunrise and sunset.

It was opened to the public by Queen Sofia of Spain in 1999 after a five-year labor.

Admission details: CUC 1; CUC 2 with guide

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

Parque John Lennon LH 4

Occupying a whole block, the park delimited by 17, 15, 6 and 8 Streets had been unofficially known as John Lennon for years and had been a popular meeting place for young people and sometimes imprompt …

17 esquina a 6

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

Jardín Diana de Gales LH 4

The distinctly non-communist fairytale crown atop a wrought-iron archway is something of a giveaway for one of Havana’s most delightful gardens, the Jardín Diana de Gales, inaugurated in 2000 in memor …

Admission: FreeOpen: 9am-6pm dailyBaratillo esq. a Carpinetti, Habana Vieja

Calle Obispo LH 4

This important street goes back to 1519, only four years after the founding of Havana. It was conceived as a narrow thoroughfare to protect the people from the sun. Throughout its existence, it has ha …

Admission: n-aHabana Vieja

Group of houses on Cárdenas Street LH 4

It is unusual in the city to find in such a short stretch so many interesting examples of Art Nouveau constructions. Only recently has the City Historian’s Office begun restoration works on some of th …

Art NouveauAdmission: FreeCárdenas #101, 103, 107, 159 & 161

Centro Cultural El Gran Palenque LH 4

El Gran Palenque is home to the world-renowned dance troupe Conjunto Folklórico Nacional de Cuba. Opened in 1997, it has its origins in the Patio de la Rumba, founded in 1982 by folklorist Rogelio Mar …

Rumba

Cultural instituteAdmission: CUC 5Open: Performances 3-6pm SatCalle 4, entre 5ta y Calzada (7ma), Vedado

Museo de la Farmacia Habanera La Reunión LH 4

Opened in 2004 in the building where the old pharmacy La Reunión was located, this museum is considered the most important pharmaceutical complex in Cuba and one of the largest and most beautiful in t …

Art NouveauAdmission: FreeOpen: 9am-7pm dailyTeniente Rey esq. a Compostela, Habana Vieja

Palacio de los Matrimonios (Casino Español) LH 4

Built in 1914 as Casino Español, one of the several Spanish social clubs in Havana, this beautiful Neo-Renaissance building boasts a ballroom that takes up the entire upper floor and that in itself is …

RenaissanceAdmission: NonePaseo de Martí (Prado) 306 esquina a Ánimas

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