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Terracota 4

Art Gallery / Studio

CA Ranking: 1

Open: 10am-6pm daily

Admission: Free

Mercaderes e/ Obrapía y Lamparilla, (across from the Simón Bolívar Park), Habana Vieja

This is the studio-gallery of ceramicists Amelia Carballo and Ángel Norniella. Their work shows a wide variety of influences and techniques, including the millenary raku, and as the name suggests focus on terra-cotta artwork and crafts.

Casa Cubana del Perfume LH 2

This quaint and lovely shop sells perfumes from the Cuban Suchel brand, and prepares personalized fragrances on site according to patrons’ tastes. It also doubles as a small museum, with a 19th-centur …

Admission: n-aOpen: 10am-5:20pm, Mon-SatTeniente Rey #13, Habana Vieja

Parque Arqueológico de la Maestranza LH 2

By the 1700s, Havana boasted an artillery factory for the manufacture and repair of weapons and ammunition. The factory was demolished and a “castle” was the built for the Police. This archeological s …

Admission: FreeCuba e/ Chacón y Tacón, Habana Vieja

Avenida de Carlos III (Ave. Salvador Allende) LH 2

This street was built by order of Governor Miguel de Tacón in 1836 and connects the intersection of Reina and Belascoaín streets to the Castillo del Príncipe. It was originally named Paseo de Tacón. L …

From Belascoaín to Ave. de los Presidentes

Hotel Presidente LH 2

This is Havana’s first skyscraper and was inaugurated on December 28, 1928. It took its name from the street it is situated in and is the only hotel that features Cuba’s coat of arms on its façade. It …

ModernROOMS: 158Calzada #110 esquina a G (Avenida de los Presidentes)

Museo del Naipe Marqués de Prado Ameno LH 2

Opened on May 2, 2001, the small yet immensely impressive Playing Card Museum occupies the ground floor of the Casa del Marqués de Prado Amero, dating from the 17th century and the oldest building in …

Admission: CUC 1Open: 9:30am-5:20pm Tues-SunMuralla #101, e/ San Ignacio y Mercaderes, Habana Vieja

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

Hotel Telégrafo LH 2+

Initially located on Amistad Street and relocated in 1899 to its present site, the Telégrafo Hotel was rebuilt in 1911 and was considered then one of the most modern hotels in Havana. In 2001 it was r …

Admission: None

$48 - $69ROOMS: 63Prado No. 408 esquina a Neptuno

Patronato de la Casa de la Comunidad Hebrea y Gran Sinagoga bet Shalom LH 2

This is the biggest of Cuba’s five synagogues and is considered one of the most important architectural works in the country. It has a hard-looking exterior with vertical lines that make reference to …

ModernI #241, entre 13 y 15

Fuente de las Américas LH 2

The Fuente de Las Américas, built as a tribute to the discoverer of the Americas, was inaugurated in 1924 as part of the construction of Avenida de las Américas, now known as 5ta Avenida. Made in whit …

5ta Ave. entre 0 y 2

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