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Unión Árabe de Cuba

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General sightseeing
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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.

    
  • Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate

    Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate  LH 4

    This is one of the 67 facilities especially built for the Havana 1991 Pan-American Games. It was named after Eligio Sardiñas, also known as Kid Chocolate, Cuba’s finest amateur boxer ever. The sports …

    Admission: CUC 1Prado, e/ San José y Teniente Rey , Habana Vieja
    Casa de los Artistas

    Casa de los Artistas  LH 4

    Several of Cuba’s most famous artists have their studios here, including Pedro Pablo Oliva, Zaida del Río and Roberto Fabelo. Contemporary art exhibitions are held on the ground floor.

    Admission: FreeOpen: 10:30am-4:30pm Mon-SatOficios #6, e/ Obispo y Obrapía, Habana Vieja
    Ciudad Deportiva

    Ciudad Deportiva  LH 4

    The Sports City was conceived as a complex that included race tracks; swimming pools; fields for different sports, including football; a small baseball stadium, and a coliseum at the forefront, which …

    ModernVía Blanca esquina a Boyeros
    El Caballero de París

    El Caballero de París  LH 4

    Dozens of passers-by on Oficios are drawn every day to the life-size bronze statue of this humbly dressed man that stands outside the entrance to the basilica. Approach it and you will see that his lo …

    Basílica Menor y Convento de San Francisco de Asís, Habana Vieja
    Galería Victor Manuel

    Galería Victor Manuel  LH 4

    This gallery offers a nice selection of mainstream decorative modern paintings, some of which could be considered true works of art. Given its location and popularity, high pric es are to be expected. …

    Admission: FreeOpen: 9am-9pm dailySan Ignacio #56, esq. a Callejón del Chorro, Habana Vieja
    Casa de Las Tejas Verdes

    Casa de Las Tejas Verdes  LH 4

    The Casa de Las Tejas Verdes (literally, House of the Green Tiles) was designed by architect José Luis Echarte and built in 1926. It is unique in Cuba for being the only example of the German renaissa …

    OtherAdmission: n-a2 # 308, entre 3ra y 5ta
    Iglesia del Espíritu Santo

    Iglesia del Espíritu Santo  LH 4

    Although considered by many the oldest church in Havana, a research by historian Pedro A. Herrera has proved otherwise. The original building, which was built as a hermitage in 1638 for freed slaves a …

    Admission: FreeOpen: 8am-noon & 5-8pmCuba esq. a Acosta, Habana Vieja
    Teatro Auditorium Amadeo Roldán

    Teatro Auditorium Amadeo Roldán  LH 4

    Opened on December 2, 1928, the Teatro Auditorium was created under the auspices of the Sociedad Pro-Arte Musical and thanks to the efforts of its director, María Teresa García Montes de Giberga (1880 …

    Open: National Symphony Orchestra: 9pm Fri; 5pm Sat; 4pm Sun. Other programs: 6pm-8pm weeknights (check in advance)Calzada y D
    Convento e Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús e Ignacio de Loyola

    Convento e Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús e Ignacio de Loyola  LH 4

    Known by many as Iglesia de Reina, Cuba’s tallest and perhaps most beautiful church rises in the midst of the urban landscape as one of the most accomplished religious constructions in Cuba in terms o …

    EclecticOpen: 8am-noon, 3-6pm daily; Mass: 8am, 4.30pm Mon-Sat; 8am, 9.30am, 4.30pm SunReina (Avenida Simón Bolivar) entre Belascoaín (Padre Valera) y Gervasio
    La Conversación Statue

    La Conversación Statue  LH 4

    The beautiful contemporary bronze sculpture titled ‘La Conversación’ looks out over Plaza San Francisco de Asís from atop a marble plinth in front of the entrance to the Lonja del Comercio. Made by Fr …

    Admission: n-aPlaza de San Franciso, Habana Vieja
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