Places
Paladar San Cristobal
Private restaurant visited by former United States President Barack Obama with his family in a central place of Centro Habana.
An environment full of reminiscences that point to our culture and our heritage. The Havana of the 50s stalks us in every corner, in the meticulous composition of each dish. San Cristóbal transports those who visit it to the lost universes that still remain in the works of Lezama Lima.
Restaurant Mimosa
Mimosa Restaurant is very close to Chinatown with a la carte service of Italian cuisine. With a decoration in its interior arches with dark bricks very original similar to the interior of an old castle and comfortable wooden seats upholstered in embossed leather that make a nice combination of colors.
A purely Italian place where you can taste different flavors with a wide variety of dishes, creams, risotto, pizzas, gnocchi, raviollis, spaghetti, macaroni, pancerotti, fruit salads, desserts, drinks, infusions, classic...
La Bodeguita del Medio en Santa Clara
La Bodeguita del Medio in Santa Clara is a Bar-Restaurant located in the city of Santa Clara, where both Cubans and tourists who come to Santa Clara in search of the most varied distractions can enjoy the food and music of musical Trios that are presented here.
It is located next to Hostal Vista Park and is part of the attractions of the city near this accommodation.
Hotel Presidente
The Hotel Presidente, founded in the second decade of the last century, was the first scratch built in Havana, located in a very privileged area of El Vedado, Havana Cuba, in one of the corners of the Avenue of the Presidents known as Calle G and very close to the Havanan Malecon.
With great style, elegance and comfortable spaces, with a lobby full of antiques and chandeliers, the restaurant Chez Merit recognized for its excellent service and the Coat of the Homeland on its facade.
Embajada de Estados Unidos en Cuba
The Embassy of the United States of America in Havana is the diplomatic mission of the United States in the Republic of Cuba. There were no direct bilateral diplomatic relations between the two governments from 1960 until the decade of 2010.
On January 3, 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower broke relations after the Cuban Revolution was proclaimed in 1959. Relations were later restored by Cuban President Raúl Castro and former President Barack Obama...
Playa el Mamey
El Mamey beach is located on the north coast of the city of Matanzas, with access by the road that leads to the most precious pearl in Cuba, Varadero. Hide incredible treasures and little known even by their own inhabitants.
It has a special gift of nature to enjoy the hot summer days. The presence of beaches or bathing areas on the coast is the first recreational option of the Matanzas and those who visit us.
Cueva del Indio
The Valley of Viñales is a karstic zone pierced by lots of caves, the best prepared for your visit is undoubtedly this, the Cueva del Indio.
It is a cave with an underground river that is first visited on foot and then mounted on a boat.
There is 1 km open to the public and it is quite impressive! The entrance costs 5 CUC.
Mural de la Prehistoria
A great trip. This huge mural has been painted on the rocky slope of the Pita mogote and represents the evolution of man.
There are different figures, both men and animals, all in full color.
Admission costs 3 CUC.
Palenque de los Cimarrones
Crossing the 150 meters of the Cavern of José Miguel, in the Valley of Viñales, allows the visitor to go back in time to reach the eighteenth century Cuba and come into direct contact with the rich heritage bequeathed to our culture by the so-called "continent" black".
Created at the beginning of the 90s, El Palenque de los Cimarrones is a kind of living museum that weaves, between legend and history, the passage of Afro-descendants through western Cuba.
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Casa del Veguero
It is one of the most famous tobacco plantations. Depending on the season of the year you will see it with some plants or others (corn is planted in summer and tobacco in the winter).
The beautiful thing is the warehouse where they have dried tobacco leaves and the demonstration of the manufacture of cigars. Obviously you can buy there a packet of 10 cigars for 10 CUC.
Parque Céspedes
With an architecture in which several styles converge, it is surrounded by some of the most emblematic buildings: the former City Hall, the House of Diego Velázquez, the Cathedral, the old Club San Carlos and the Hotel Casa Granda.
It constitutes the foundational ring of what initially in 1515 was the seventh village on the island, today the second largest city in the country. It was declared a National Monument in October 1978.
Catedral Metropolitana de Santiago de Cuba
It is one of the best places of interest in Santiago de Cuba and one of the first buildings built in the town, as regulated by the urban laws of Castile, characterized by a strong medieval influence.
Its current forms respond to the reforms made by the renowned architect Carlos Segrera in 1922, which increased the height of the towers, and the old pediment of the main entrance was topped with a great archangel.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago de Cuba is the seat of the Fourth Bishopric...
Casa de Diego Velázquez
It is considered the Spanish construction of its type, preserved, oldest of all Latin America, so it represents a valuable example of colonial architecture, since it was built between 1516 and 1530.
The building, seat of the first government of the island, presents in its structure notable architectural and decorative elements characteristic of Mudejar art.
It was converted into a museum that revives the colonial atmosphere of the Cuban dwelling, while at the same time possessing a valuable collection...
Antiguo Ayuntamiento
Its architecture was adapted by Francisco Prat Puig and reopened in 1950. From the beginning of the town, it was the place from which the edicts issued by the Spanish Crown were read in public.
The Old City Hall is known by most Cubans as the place from which Fidel Castro spoke for the first time to the people on the 1st. January 1959, after the triumph of the Revolution.
Today it is the seat of the Municipal Assembly of Popular Power.
Club San Carlos
It was the San Carlos Academy, in honor of Don Carlos Vargas y Machuca, governor of the eastern department.
In 1864 it took the name of Club San Carlos. Several functions have had this property in the course of time. In the 1970s its second level was used as Palaces of Marriages and the first as Cubana de Aviación Office.
Currently on the top floor is the Museum of Fine Arts and on the first level the famous Oriente Gallery.