Sights & Attractions in Havana

Worth Noting

Name	Category	Location

Acuario Nacional At the national aquarium, you can learn about many of Cuba's 900...	Zoos / Aquariums	Vedado, Miramar, and Beyond

Antigua Iglesia de San Francisco de Paula The restored San Francisco de Paula church stands in a plaza...	Religious Sites	La Habana Vieja

Asociación Cultural Yoruba de Cuba The Asociación Cultural Yoruba provides a close look at...	Museums / Galleries	Centro Habana

Callejón de Hamel This neighborhood project, directed by and featuring the painting...	Neighborhoods / Streets, Arts / Performance Venues	Centro Habana

Cárcel de la Habana A fragment of this 19th-century jail has been preserved as the...	Memorials / Monuments, Jails	Centro Habana


Centro Wifredo Lam Dedicated to and named for the great Cuban surrealist painter...	Museums / Galleries	La Habana Vieja

Droguería Sarrà This still functioning art-nouveau pharmacy may sometimes be...	Architectural Sites	La Habana Vieja

Finca Vigía Even those convinced that they've outgrown their thirst for Hemingway...	Houses / Mansions	Habana del Este

Iglesia del Espíritu Santo Havana's oldest church (c. 1638) was built by Afro-Cubans who...	Religious Sites	La Habana Vieja

Iglesia del Santo Angel Custodio This prim little white church is a required visit for literature...	Religious Sites	Centro Habana

Iglesia y Convento de la Merced Although it was begun in 1755, this church and convent complex...	Religious Sites	La Habana Vieja

Instituto Superior de Arte Built on the site of the pre-Revolutionary Country Club of Havana...	Educational Institutions	Vedado, Miramar, and Beyond

Jaimanitas Jaimanitas is a sweet little fishing village composed of wooden...	Towns	Vedado, Miramar, and Beyond

Museo de la Alfabetización This museum is dedicated to the literacy crusade of 1961, during...	Museums / Galleries	Vedado, Miramar, and Beyond

Museo del Ministerio del Interior This museum's displays include hard evidence of the 40 years...	Museums / Galleries	Vedado, Miramar, and Beyond

Necrópolis Cristóbal Colón The Christopher Columbus Cemetery sprawls behind a huge ceremonial...	Cemeteries	Vedado, Miramar, and Beyond

Palacio de Aldama Just past the Parque de la Fraternidad Americana's southwest...	Houses / Mansions	Centro Habana

Parque Emiliano Zapata This park is dedicated to the Mexican revolutionary agrarian...	Squares	Vedado, Miramar, and Beyond

Parque Lenin This vast amusement park was popular with Cubans before the 1992...	Parks	Habana del Este

Regla Probably named for a West African Yoruba deity, this seafarers'...	Towns	Habana del Este

Union Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba Occupying what was once the Casa Juan Gelats, one of Vedado's...	Arts / Performance Venues	Vedado, Miramar, and Beyond

Universidad de la Habana The University of Havana was originally founded in 1728 behind...	Educational Institutions	Vedado, Miramar, and Beyond
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