Just as beautiful as the rest of the beaches in eastern Havana, Mi Cayito is best known for being Havana’s LGBT beach.
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Iglesia del Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje LH
ColonialAdmission: FreeOpen: 9am-6pm, Tues-SunVillegas e/ Lamparilla y Teniente Rey, Habana Vieja
Museo de los Bomberos LH
Faro O’Donnell LH
Casa del Benemérito de las Américas Benito Juárez LH
El Templete LH
Neo-classicalAdmission: CUC 1Open: 9am-6:30pm dailyBaratillo, esq. a O’Reilly, Habana Vieja
Museo del Tabaco LH
Fundación Alejo Carpentier (Casa de la Conde de la Reunión) LH
BaroqueAdmission: FreeOpen: 8:30am-4:30pm Mon-FriEmpedrado #215, e/ Cuba y San Ignacio, Habana Vieja
Zoológico de La Habana LH
Clock Tower LH
Iglesia y Convento de Santa Catalina de Siena LH
EclecticPaseo entre 23 y 25
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
Museo de los Bomberos LH 3
This singular 1910 Fire Station has a simple but refined façade that features a kind of triumphal arch dominated by a central double-heighted void. Today, it houses a lovely museum about the history o …
Admission: freeOpen: 10am-5pm Tue-SatZulueta 257 entre Neptuno y Animas
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
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
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
Clock Tower LH 2
Between 1921 and 1924, a clock tower was built on Fifth Avenue. It was designed by New Yorker John H. Duncan, one of the architects that contributed to the layout of the avenue and who also designed t …
5ta esquina a 4
Iglesia y Convento de Santa Catalina de Siena LH 2
The Convent of the Dominican Sisters of Saint Catherine of Siena moved from its former site in Old Havana to a new and prime location in El Vedado on May 13, 1918. The construction of the convent and …
EclecticPaseo entre 23 y 25 