Best of Old Havana

Old Havana Highlights

Old Havana centers on four main colonial squares: Plaza de Armas, Plaza de la Catedral, Plaza Vieja, and Plaza de San Francisco. This historic core features the Baroque Havana Cathedral and the Castillo de la Real Fuerza, the oldest stone fortress in the Americas. Architectural landmarks range from the Art Deco Bacardi Building to the neoclassical Museum of the Revolution, housed in the former Presidential Palace. Cultural highlights include the National Museum of Fine Arts and legendary bars like El Floridita and La Bodeguita del Medio, famously frequented by Ernest Hemingway.

Old Havana Highlights — Map

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Havana Cathedral

Built in the Baroque architectural style by the Italian architect Francesco Borromini, the church is dedicated to Saint Christopher and it…

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Museum of the Revolution

The Museum of the Revolution is located in the Old Havana section of Havana, Cuba, in what was the Presidential Palace of all Cuban…

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Havana Old Square

The Plaza Vieja is a plaza located in Old Havana, Cuba. The plaza and its surroundings are also one of the seven consejos populares of the…

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Plaza de Arms

This quiet corner of the city offers a nice shade and small restaurants surrounding it.

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Cathedral Square

Plaza de la Catedral is one of the four main squares in Old Havana and the site of the Cathedral of Havana from which it takes its name.

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La Bodeguita del Medio

La Bodeguita del Medio is a restaurant-bar in Havana, Cuba. La Bodeguita lays claim to being the birthplace of the Mojito cocktail, prepared…

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Basilica of San Francisco de Asis

The Basílica Menor of San Francisco de Asís is a Catholic minor basilica and Franciscan convent in the district of Old Havana, Cuba.

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Bacardi Building

The Bacardi Building is an Art Deco Havana landmark designed by the architects Esteban Rodríguez-Castells and Rafael Fernández Ruenes and…

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Rum museum

Great way to learn about Cuban national drink. This is not museum as usual, but combined with bar and the best music one can hear in Havana.

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The National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana

The National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana in Havana, Cuba is a museum of fine arts that exhibits Cuban art collections from the colonial…

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Castle of the Royal Force

The Castillo de la Real Fuerza is a bastion fort on the western side of the harbour in Havana, Cuba, set back from the entrance, and…

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Paseo del Prado

Paseo del Prado is a street and promenade in Havana, Cuba, near the location of the old city wall, and the division between Centro Habana…

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Floridita

Floridita or El Floridita is a historic fish restaurant and cocktail bar in the older part of Havana, Cuba.

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The Museum of the City

The Palacio de los Capitanes Generales is the former official residence of the Spanish Empire's governors of Havana, Cuba, and in the Post…

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Central Park

Large alley in the middle of a busy street. Popular place for the locals to sit under the shade to relax.

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