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 sand.
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Parque y Casa Alejandro de Humboldt LH
Hotel Ambos Mundos LH
EclecticAdmission: FreeObispo #153, esq. a Mercaderes, Habana Vieja
Museo Nacional de la Danza LH
Casa de Los Pelícanos LH
Sinagoga Adath Israel de Cuba LH
Hotel Sevilla LH
OtherAdmission: NoneTrocadero 55, entre Prado y Zulueta
Casa de Dionisio Velasco LH
EclecticAdmission: FreeCárcel #51 esq. a Zulueta, Habana Vieja
Museo Numismático LH
ModernAdmission: CUC 1Open: 9am-5pm Tues-SunObispo at 305, e/ Aguiar y Habana, Habana Vieja
Cruz Verde LH
Alameda de Paula LH
Parque y Casa Alejandro de Humboldt LH 3
In this 19th-century house, the scientist Alejandro de Humboldt installed his instruments and botany and mineral collections while ensconced here 1800-1801. Restored as a museum in 1997, the five exhi …
Admission: FreeOpen: 9:30am-5:30pm Tues-SunOficios #254, esq. a Muralla, Habana Vieja
Hotel Ambos Mundos LH 3
This 1920s eclectic hotel is best known for being described by Hemingway as “a good place to write.” He stayed here during the 1930s and this is where he wrote his chronicles on fishing and the first …
EclecticAdmission: FreeObispo #153, esq. a Mercaderes, Habana Vieja
Museo Nacional de la Danza LH 3
Opened in October, 1998, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the National Ballet of Cuba, this museum features objects mainly from Alicia Alonso’s collection, as well as documentaries, costumes a …
Admission: CUC 2Open: 11am-6:30pm Tues-SatLínea y G (Avenida de los Presidentes)
Casa de Los Pelícanos LH 3
Although modified by later reconstructions, this Art Nouveau apartment building has preserved its beautiful wooden door carved with floral motifs and flanked on both sides by two slender stone pelican …
Admission: n-aMercaderes e/ Teniente Rey y Amargura, Habana Vieja
Sinagoga Adath Israel de Cuba LH 3
Built in 1959, this is the oldest and only orthodox synagogue in Cuba. The building has a room for praying that can seat 600 people, a mikve and a hall. Opening hours: Shajarith: 8am (daily except on …
Admission: FreeOpen: 8am dailyPicota #52 esq. a Acosta, Habana Vieja
Hotel Sevilla LH 3
After the city walls began to be demolished in 1863, construction works for a luxury hotel began on El Prado Avenue, one of the city’s most popular promenades. Manuel López and Urbano González, owners …
OtherAdmission: NoneTrocadero 55, entre Prado y Zulueta
Casa de Dionisio Velasco LH 3
Built in 1912, the building was conceived as a grand palace. Lavishly ornamented on its facade, it features overhanging balconies and windows which break the horizontal line of the balustrade. This mo …
EclecticAdmission: FreeCárcel #51 esq. a Zulueta, Habana Vieja
Museo Numismático LH 3
Valued in approx 50 million dollars, the museum’s collections features medals, coins and banknotes from around the world, including an early 20 peso coin, the only one still existing of the ten produc …
ModernAdmission: CUC 1Open: 9am-5pm Tues-SunObispo at 305, e/ Aguiar y Habana, Habana Vieja
Cruz Verde LH 3
The corner of Amargura and Mercaderes is known as Cruz Verde (Green Cross) due to a green-painted cross affixed to the northwest-facing cornerstone. The cross is one of twelve that were to be found al …
Admission: n-aMercaderes, esq. a Amargura, Habana Vieja
Alameda de Paula LH 3
The construction of the Alameda de Paula, one of Havana’s first promenades, was commissioned by Captain General Felipe de Fondesviela, member of the court of King Carlos III, and built by architect An …
Admission: n-aAvenida del Puerto from San Ignacio to Oficios, Habana Vieja
