Things to See and Do in Havana

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El Gato Tuerto Havana
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14 reviews

Distance: 2.5 miles from city center

Category: Nightlife

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National Museum of Beautiful Arts of Cuba (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Cuba) Havana
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64 reviews

Distance: 2.5 miles from city center

Category: Museums

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Macumba Habana Havana
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4 reviews

Distance: 2.5 miles from city center

Category: Nightlife

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Partagas Cigar Factory Havana
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60 reviews 11 travel blogs 4 photos
Distance: 2.7 miles from city center

Category: Tours

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- Oct 7, 2006 ... -revolutionary, you know. We also visited the famous Partagas Cigar Factory where we watched hundreds of Cubans packed, ...
- Jul 11, 2011 ... he also had a great time. The tour was around the Partagas cigar factory where he was able to see the full process of how ...
- Nov 6, 2007 ... saw it from the window I decided to go to the Partagas Cigar Factory for a tour which was very interesting! It�s not ...
- May 10, 2011 ... Alex and I had lunch at Hanoi restaurant, then walked to the cigar factory tour located on the other side of the Nacional ...
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Old Havana
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340 reviews 269 travel blogs 443 photos
Distance: 1.7 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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- Jan 17, 2007 ... with a baby and a little kid!? To Cuba!?!" Old aunts and people who don't ...
- Feb 12, 2007 For every memorable photo that captures something of Cuba, there are so many missed. Sometimes we want a camera-free day -- ...
- Feb 25, 2007 ... shakes and burgers here since reading the Lonely Planet description "Cuba's answer to Subway." I suspect one of the foods ...
- Feb 26, 2007 ... of the bilingual signage. From the walls of the fortress, old Havana glistens across the narrow channel that links the ...
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The Capitolio Havana
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85 reviews 26 travel blogs 43 photos
Distance: 2.7 miles from city center

Category: Sightseeing

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- Feb 28, 2007 ... I get offered cigars over ten times in one block west of the Capitolio. I have to admire the optimism that each of these ...
- Feb 23, 2007 ... 't he dead?) My plan to leave my family to tour the Capitolio while I do some journal uploading is thwarted by the ...
- Feb 24, 2007 ... floodlights define the statues of the Grand Teatro and the dome of the Capitolio. Havana feels like a world city from here, ...
- Jan 23, 2007 ... , with its languid tempo. Our destination this morning is the Capitolio Nacional, a vast domed structure many times the size ...
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Gran Teatro de La Habana Havana
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14 reviews 1 travel blog 3 photos
Distance: 2.9 miles from city center

Category: Performances

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- Feb 23, 2007 ... call out familiarly) and make tracks to the Gran Teatro de la Habana. In a city of landmarks, the grand theatre of ...
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Habana Caf� Havana
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7 reviews

Distance: 2.5 miles from city center

Category: Nightlife

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Caf� Cantante Mi Habana Havana
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1 review

Distance: 2.5 miles from city center

Category: Nightlife

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Casa de la Musica Havana
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25 reviews 20 travel blogs 17 photos
Distance: 3.2 miles from city center

Category: Nightlife

Reviews & Experiences:
- Feb 24, 2007 ... in a few hours. Where did my perspective go? The crowd around the Casa de la Musica on Av de Italia ends my bad mood; the ...
- Feb 5, 2008 ... met some other Cuban guys and were planning to go to Casa de la Musica that night but when we arrived it was already closed ...
- Jul 18, 2006 ... through the cobble stone roads. They also had this really nice Casa de la Musica, which was good to chill out at of a ...
- Apr 5, 2007 ... , you name it, they know it. We went to a salsa show in Casa de la Musica and the music was fab. We are not very 'natural' ...
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Old Square (Plaza Vieja) Havana
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147 reviews 2 travel blogs 1 photo
Distance: 2.8 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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- Dec 27, 2007 ... are American owned and they are not allowed to put into Havana (Cuba) - the embargo again. As we walk along the seafront ...
- Jan 28, 2011 ... Cuban history and culture. Tour included the Old Square, Arms Square, Cathedral Square, San Francisco de Asis Square, ...
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El Malecon Havana
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170 reviews 4 travel blogs 12 photos
Distance: 7.4 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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- Jul 23, 2008 ... fam�s va fer el Malec�n(passeig mar�tim) de L'Havana. Jo vaig fer cap a Cuba per a trobar respostes...som-hi doncs! ...
- Feb 3, 2010 ... , keine Zigarren kaufen... Entregar el carro, comer helado en Coppelia, caminar en el Malecon, no comprar ...
- Nov 5, 2011 ... to the hotel to digest. We decided to walk back along El Malecon (along the shore) as it was lovely out and we had to ...
- Feb 12, 2005 El malecon...la croisette quoi ...
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Tropicana Havana
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169 reviews 19 travel blogs 8 photos
Distance: 2.5 miles from city center

Category: Nightlife

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- Jun 29, 2006 ... wad of cash required to go and see the Caberet Parisienne (the Tropicana was just ridiculous at $70 (R490) for the cheapest ...
- Nov 25, 2006 ... although run down where perhaps the wealthier area of Havana at one time. The Tropicana is on a circular driveway far back ...
- Nov 24, 2006 ... and tomorrow night we check out the show at the famous Tropicana. Should be cool. See ya kids, Oh yeah, for those of ...
- Jun 26, 2008 ... out to start exploring Havana. Cafe Havana is just a stone throw away, there you would see Tropicana show. It is quite ...
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El Morro Havana
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37 reviews 3 travel blogs 15 photos
Distance: 2.5 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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- Dec 27, 2007 ... are American owned and they are not allowed to put into Havana (Cuba) - the embargo again. As we walk along the seafront ...
- Oct 24, 2007 ... that is the entrance to the harbor. I started by visiting El Morro. A big fort, with a lighthouse, and many terraces (all ...
- Oct 2, 2011 ... the day with a brief visit to the Rosenberg Memorial and dinner at the historic El Morro Castle. A great first day in ...
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Lookout Farm (Finca Vigia) Havana
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7 reviews

Distance: 1.7 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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La Bodeguita del Medio Havana
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36 reviews 14 travel blogs 21 photos
Distance: 2.7 miles from city center

Category: Nightlife

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- Jan 21, 2008 ... ! This involved the most famous bars in Havana including Floridita and La Bodeguita del Medio - both made famous by Ernest ...
- Jul 21, 2007 ... couldn't see what all the fuss was about, and La Bodeguita del Medio, another Hemingway joint, this time for a Mojito, and ...
- Jul 16, 2010 ... Ernest Hemingway's advice and went for a mojito in La Bodeguita del Medio and a daiquiri in El Floridita. Decent drinks, ...
- Oct 13, 2008 ... dinner. We found so much of Havana that we'd previously missed. This included La Bodeguita del Medio, made famous by Ernst ...
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Castillo de la Real Fuerza Havana
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4 reviews 6 travel blogs 5 photos
Distance: 3.4 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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- Jun 13, 2009 ... make a killing !!! Eventually, we arrived at the Castillo de la Real Fuerza. It's a little castle which was used to defend ...
- Jan 22, 2011 ... headed back to the San Fransico plaza and nearby Castillo de la Real Fuerza. Wander around this fort for a bit. Definately ...
- Nov 5, 2007 ... out the plaza Armas and the sort of fort/castle Castillo de la Real Fuerza. The Carthedral de San Critobal de la ...
- May 10, 2011 ... Spanish built fortresses and walls to protect the city. Castillo de la Real Fuerza was the first fortress built in 1558. ...
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Granma Memorial Havana
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21 reviews 1 photo

Distance: 2.5 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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Museum of the Revolution (Museo de la Revolucion) Havana
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120 reviews 22 travel blogs 7 photos
Distance: 2.9 miles from city center

Category: Museums

Reviews & Experiences:
- May 2, 2008 ... security guards & members of the military. At the museum of the revolution, we ran into a female guard in some of ...
- Jan 10, 2005 ... the Malecon in a Chevy Impala...so that was cool. The Museum of the Revolution is fascinating and there are lots of other ...
- Aug 22, 2007 ... shaped like swans. The afternoon we visited the Museum of the Revolution, very interesting and depicting the heroic, ...
- Jan 21, 2008 ... few American tourists - a refreshing change! The Museum of the Revolution was therefore quite interesting with ...
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Plaza de Armas Havana
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51 reviews 17 travel blogs 20 photos
Distance: 6 miles from city center

Category: Sightseeing

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- Feb 19, 2007 ... Medina for lunch, we break new ground south from the Plaza de Armas, letting sudden views of squares and church spires lure ...
- Feb 23, 2007 ... session with one of the book merchants around the Plaza de Armas, wherein I proposed various prices and he never budged, ...
- Feb 27, 2007 ... that as our prime objective we taxi to the Plaza de Armas for a Best of Old Havana excursion. We seek refuge from the heat ...
- Aug 5, 2007 ... um t�xi rumo � Habana Vieja, ou Havana velha. O taxista nos deixou pr�ximo � Plaza de la Catedral, mas antes, uma feira ...
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Miramar Havana
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2 reviews 16 travel blogs 10 photos
Distance: 2.5 miles from city center

Category: Sightseeing

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- Feb 23, 2007 ... that lure people into the further districts of Miramar and Playa. Cuba's paladares, as these restaurants are called, were ...
- Feb 16, 2008 ... sad.. Last night we started at Casa de la Musica en Miramar., as usual, and afterwards we had some drinks back in Havana, ...
- Jan 26, 2009 ... of gears on diesel modified American antiques. I biked into Miramar which is the affluent neighbour of Habana with ...
- Apr 15, 2008 ... illegal to take them into Cuba? I never found out). We were staying in Old Havana in a restored ...
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Paseo del Prado Havana
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9 reviews 2 travel blogs 5 photos
Distance: 2.5 miles from city center

Category: Sightseeing

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- Feb 6, 2009 ... acceptance. After a quick inconclusive chat in the Paseo del Prado, one even snuck through the door of my apartment ...
- Nov 9, 2010 ... becoming a reality! The driver parked in front of Paseo del Prado 20, a 9-storey building in Habana Vieja, a street block ...
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Playas de Este Havana
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65 reviews 1 travel blog 1 photo
Distance: 17.4 miles from city center

Category: Beaches, Water Sports, Lakes & Rivers

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- Nov 17, 2010 ... (note to future travelers - do not take a taxi!) out to Playas de Este - about a 40 minute drive east of the city. Our bags ...
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Hershey Train Havana
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3 reviews 3 travel blogs 2 photos
Distance: 3.9 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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- Jan 21, 2008 ... head to the beach via the local electric train (nicknamed the Hershey Train). T his train was noted for its slowness and ...
- Feb 1, 2011 ... ice down the centre to keep it chilled. Back to Havana We caught the Hershey train from Matanzas back to Havana at 11.30am ...
- Aug 8, 2008 ... . We took two local trains: the Hershey train from across the harbour in Havana to Matanzas, extremely slow and ...
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Christopher Columbus Cemetery (Cemetario de Colon) Havana
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41 reviews

Distance: 1.3 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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Bar Dos Hermanos Havana
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8 reviews

Distance: 3.2 miles from city center

Category: Nightlife

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Ernest Hemingway Marina Havana
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4 reviews

Distance: 3.5 miles from city center

Category: Beaches, Water Sports, Lakes & Rivers

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Casa De La Obrapia Havana
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1 review

Distance: 3.2 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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Fabrica de Tobaco Partges Havana
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60 reviews

Distance: 2.7 miles from city center

Category: Tours

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Acuario Nacional Havana
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8 reviews 1 travel blog
Distance: 2.5 miles from city center

Category: Zoo/Aquarium

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- Feb 25, 2007 ... requests.) ** Our destination for the day is the Acuario Nacional, the national aquarium. Lucy is enthralled by the ...
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