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Unión Árabe de Cuba

General sightseeing

CA Ranking: 1

Open: 9am-6pm Tues-Sun

Prado #256-258, Habana Vieja

This is the venue of the Unión Árabe de Cuba, which represents around 50,000 Arab descendants from all over the country. It has a small art gallery which features Arab-influenced art and ceramics.

Palacio Cueto LH 4

Rising over the plaza off the southeast corner is Palacio Cueto. Built in 1906 with an elaborately adorned façade featuring griffins, satyrs and other mythical figures, it’s reminiscent of the moderni …

Art NouveauMercaderes esq. a San Ignacio, Habana Vieja

Palacio del Conde Lombillo LH 4

Located on the north-east corner of the Plaza de la Catedral, this mid18th-century building is unusual in having three façades: the main one on Empedrado and the other two facing Mercaderes and the sq …

Admission: FreeEmpedrado #151, esq. a Mercaderes, Habana Vieja

Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales LH 4

Tucked into the northwest corner of the plaza, the relatively austere gallery occupies three levels of a partially restored 18th-century townhouse mansion. It holds temporary exhibitions of both renow …

Admission: FreeOpen: 10am-5pm Tues-SatSan Ignacio #352, esq. a Teniente Rey, Habana Vieja

Manzana de Gómez LH 4

Owned by Julián de Zulueta, construction work began in 1890 according to the project designed by architect Pedro Tomé Veracruisse; however, still unfinished, it was sold to Andrés Gómez Mena, who comp …

EclecticAdmission: n-aLimited by Neptuno, Monserrate, Obispo and Zulueta Streets, Habana Vieja

Convento y Capilla de la Inmaculada Concepción LH 4

This beautiful church and convent was built in Neo=\-Gothic style in 1874 and was a private girls’ school until 1961. The patio and chapel have beautiful wooden ceilings, notable stained-glass windows …

OtherOpen: 8am-5pm Mon-Fri; 5-7pm Sat; 8-11am SunSan Lázaro #805 entre Oquendo y Lucena

Plaza de la Revolución LH 4

The idea of building this square emerged in the 1940s, when an international contest was organized to erect a monument to honor José Martí, Cuba’s National Hero. In 1943 the project was finally approv …

ModernAdmission: CUC 3Open: 9am-4:30pm Mon-SatPaseo y Avenida de la Independencia (Boyeros)

Teatro América LH 4

The América Theatre is one of the most interesting architectural works in Havana. It first opened on March 29, 1941 and is part of a large building complex located on one of Central Havana’s main comm …

Art Deco

Teatro Martí LH 4

Elegant and simple, this Romanesque-style theater opened in 1884 as Teatro Irijoa and changed its name to Teatro Martí in 1900. Because of its location in Habana Vieja and its great acoustics, it achi …

Dragones e/ Prado y Avenida de las Misiones, Habana Vieja

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

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