Travel to Havana | Trip to Havana

Later we detail the places most distinguished from the province of Havana in order that you enjoys to the maximum your trip to the Havana.
	*Old Havana*
	*Square of the Cathedral*	*Square of Weapon*
	She is one of the most popular and met of the whole city of the Havana. It places near the Square of Weapon and this one surrounded with buildings of the 18th century of great beauty as the House of the Count Bayona, that of the Marquess of Aguas Claras, that of the Marquess of Arcos, The Cathedral or the Bodeguilla among other prominent buildings.	It's the most ancient Plaza of the Havana where the governor of the island was present at the relevant acts. After the war of independence the square was left and later restored in 1935. The this zone surrounded by numerous colonial buildings of great beauty.
	*Palace of the General Captains*	*House of the Arab*
	It was constructed in 1776 as residence for the General Captains sent from Spain to govern Cuba. Later it was occupied by the American Manager and later by the new Republic after the colonial wars with Spain. It's considered to be like the most out-standing baroque work of the whole Cuba and one of his more emblematic buildings. Nowadays it shelters the Museum of the city.	It's placed in San Ambrosio's former college that dates back to the 18th century. In it is possible to contemplate a collection of objects of the Islamic culture.
	*The Templete*	*Palace of the Segundo Cabo*
	It's placed in the Square of Weapon and byline of 1828 and considered as Patrimony of the humanity. It was the first work of neoclassic style in the Havana that later I inspire the rest of those who were carried out. The place chosen for his construction was where I realize the first mass.	It's a palace placed in the Plaza of Weapon near the Palace of the General Captains. The Second Cabo was after the Captain Governor the most important second agent chief executive of the Island and this was his official residence. After the colonial epoch it did the times of Supreme Court of Justice until 1950 year in which the above mentioned court go to the Plaza of the Republic.
	*Palace of the Count of Santovenia*	*Castle of the Royal Force*
	Placed in the Square of Weapon it was used in his day as residence of the Count of Santovenia and his family. The high floor was decorated of elegant form whereas the low one towards the times of store. From 1867 the Palace it happens to turn into the Hotel Holy Isabel, nowadays of five stars and specialized in the North American tourism.	Placed in the square of Weapon it was ordered constructed by the king of Spain immediately after the siege that suffered the city to hands of the French pirate Jacques of Sores in 1555. It was an official residence of the Governor of the Havana and nowadays it shelters the Museum of Weapon. This museum shows artistic and ceramic works of Cuban authors.
	*The Giraldilla*	*Numismatical museum*
	This figure is placed in the watchtower of the Castle of the Royal Force turning into symbol of the city of the Havana.	Placed in the former House of the Bishop it possesses approximately 1.500 numismatical pieces from the 16th century up to the current importance. Stands out a collection of 20 golden coins as well as numerous foreign coins and detected falsifications.
	*Palace of the Counts of Bayonne*	*Cathedral of Havana*
	Placed opposite to the Cathedral of the Havana one finds this Palace of the year 1720 and classic style. It was sedate of the College of Forensic Notaries, of the newspaper Discussion and nowadays it's sedate her of the Museum of Colonial Art.	Placed in full heart of the Havana, it was constructed in 1788 by the Bishop of Salamanca and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. His architecture shows the Baroque original style and the posterior reforms with a colonial touch. It's considered to be A Patrimony of the Humanity by the UNESCO and is of obliged visit if we travel to the Havana.
	*Palace of the Marquess of Arches*	*House of the Marquess of Aguas Claras*
	Placed next to the Palace of the Count Lombillo in the Plaza of the Cathedral this building places constructed in 1741 by Ignacio de Peñalver and of Purple the first Marquess of Arcos. The palace is of baroque style and shows in his interior a beautiful stairs of Italian style, Doric columns and balconies with showy gratings.	It's a palace of the year 1775 constructed near the Cathedral that it stands out for his interior fountain surrounded with tropical plants and some tortoises that the tourists like much and which beauty has been the causer of giving name to the building.
	*House of the Count of the Reunión*	*Model of the Havana*
	It's a building constructed in 1820 with style baroque and restored recently from which it's necessary to distinguish his interior court, his stairs and the balconies.	It's a model of the city of the Havana with all luxury of details. We recommend it if you travels to Havana to do a stop in this center to know the local situation that goes to visit and to be orientated better.
	*House of the Count Lombillo*	*Bodeguita del Medio*
	This palace was constructed at the beginning of the 18th century and Stony native of the Havana belonged to the family. The name him comes from the Count of Lombillo that Stony descendant from the family married one. Nowadays it shelters the Museum of Cuban Pedagogy.	It's a restaurant placed near the Cathedral that offers traditional plates of the Cuban gastronomy. It was inaugurated in 1942 and they have been on all the famous prominent figures who have passed for this restaurant as Ernest Hemingway, Salvador Allende, Pablo Neruda or Agustín Lara.
	*Museum of the Ron*	*House of the Counts of Jaruco*
	Museum dedicated to this traditional drink of Cuba very estimated by the tourists and consumed by all the Cuban.	It was constructed in 1737 belonging up to the 19th century to the Counts of Jaruco and Mopox. This one placed in the old Plaza of the Havana and nowadays it's sedate her of the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods.
	*House of the Cárdenas Sisters*	*Convent of Santa Clara*
	Placed in the old Plaza of the Havana it was restored in the 80s and nowadays it's sedate her of the Center for the Development of the Visual Arts. His more out-standing owners were the daughters of the Marquess of Cárdenas that were offering gatherings and it was a place of expansion of the culture.	Constructed in 1635 nowadays it receives the Center of Conservation, Restoration and Museología. In the interior we can see his court of colonial style, the cells of the nuns, the cemetery and the first fountain publishes of the Havana.
	*Square and Convent of San Francisco*	*The Castle of San Salvador de la Punta*
	It's a convent placed in the Plaza of San Francisco that it dates back of the year 1591 and declared by the UNESCO patrimony of the Humanity. It was the institutional center of the Havana up to his movement to the Square of Weapon in 1791. In the center of the Square there gets up the Fountain of the Lions yielded by the Count of Villanueva.	Placed in the Shore opposite to the Castle of the Morro to the beginning of the curve of the Levee it was constructed in 1590. In the night there was joining with a thick chain with the Castle of the Morro what was preventing the entry to the port of no Ship and prevented this way the assaults of corsairs and pirates. Nowadays it's a restaurant for tourists with typical Cuban gastronomy.
	*Castle of Three Magi of the Morro*	*San Carlos' Fortaleza of the Cabaña*
	There was constructed in 1610 by the architect Bautista Antonelli author also of the castle of the Knob of Santiago de Cuba and tape-worm the aim to defend close to San Carlos' Fortaleza of the Cabin the port of the Havana. It has a few spectacular sights of the Levee, the best of the city.	It was constructed after an English invasion to defend the city in the second half of the 18th century with a length of 700 meters what they do of it of the longest of Latin America. It's a tradition that at 9 p.m. goes off a volley of cannon. It shelters the Museum of the Piracy of the Havana.
	*Havana Center*
	*National museum of Fine arts*	*Museum of the Revolution*
	The Museum was founded in 1913 and moved to the new building in 1954 that is placed close to the Brief Granma and account by almost 8.000 m ² of rooms for exhibitions. We can see collections of Cuban artists, paintings, engravings and objects of the colonial epoch. Also it emphasizes his collections centred on the independence of Cuba and the exhibitions on the Cuban revolution.	There treats itself the one that was between 1920 and 1960 the Presidential and current Palace sedate of the Museum of the Revolution. In the interior we can see multitude of documents, weapon and photos related to the revolution that expel from the power the Colonel Fulgencio Batista.
	*Walk of the Prado*	*Museum of the revolution and Brief Granma*
	It's a walk of 2 km from length constructed in the 18th century and several times remodelled. Around it there are numerous interesting buildings as the Museum of the Revolution, the Brief Granma, the Palace of Fine arts, the National Capitol, the Park of the Brotherhood, the Central Park and the Fountain of the India sculpture placed at the end of the walk.	Placed in the attached square to the Museum of the Revolution one finds this building where we can see light aircrafts, vehicles and even the yacht Granma from which Fidel Castro and the Ché moved of Mexico to initiate in Main Saw the revolt against the government of Batiste.
	*Museums and the Factory of Cigars Partagas*	*The National Capitol*
	It's placed behind the Capitol in a building of the year 1845 where 500 workers produce the famous pure Havana cigars so quoted in the world. If she likes to smoke take advantage of the trip to Havana and one smoke one of these Havana cigars.	It places in the end of the Walk of the Prado it was constructed in 1929 by the architect Eugenio Raynieri Piedra in order to be the legislative center of the Republic. It's one of the most important symbols of the country and sedate of the Department of Science, Technology and Environment.
	*Museum Marries Natal of Jose Martí*	*Park of the Lovers*
	It's the house where the acquaintance was born in 1853 as Apostle of the Cuban Independence turned into Museum to offer objects and documents relative to his life and work.	One places near the Tunnel of the Havana where long ago the jail of the Havana existed. In this park the execution took place in 1871 to hands of the colonial Spanish troops of 8 students of medicine, fact that I cause great popular hatred against the Spanish.
	*Park of the brotherhood*	*Great Theatre of Havana*
	It's a placed Park near the Capitol that was a shooting range of the colonial Spanish army. It was a place of prison during the war of independence and later I raise this park planting on the center the so called tree of the brotherhood for the reconciliation.	Former called Theatre of Heel was constructed in 1838 though later extended in 1915 up to leaving it as is we it can see nowadays. There have been numerous the personalities of the artistic world that have passed for this scene and nowadays is sedate of the National Ballet of Cuba.
	*Vedado - Modern Havana*
	*Malecón*	*University of Havana*
	Is a wide avenue that trascurre for the coast of Havana along 8 km. His origin dates back of 1901 when there began the works that were extended until the 50s. Along the same one we can see numerous monuments and buildings of Havana being the Malecón the local one more popular of the whole island and indispensably if you decides to travel to Havana.	Founded in 1728 by the Dominicans is the most ancient University of Cuba. The Pope Inocencio XIII and the king Philip V of Spain authorized the construction. In 1902 was moved to the current emplacement in Arostegui's hill in the zone of the Preserve.
	*Plaza of the Revolution*	*Napoleonic museum*
	Is an immense square that 1 million persons can receive and that becomes a glut on the market all the Mayo 1 to celebrate the day of the Worker with the extensive speech to Fidel Castro's nation. Maybe is the most famous postcard that is possible to do of Cuba with Jose Martí's statue and the image of the Ché Guevara.	It was inaugurated on December 1, 1961 and shows a collection of objects, engravings, paintings, suits, weapon and even some documents of the Napoleonic epoch used by Napoleon Bonaparte.
	*Palace of the Revolution*	*Christopher Colón's cemetery*
	Is a building placed in the Plaza of the Revolution and in it is sedate her of the Council of State, of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist party and of the Ministers' Council.	There places in the zone West of the Plaza of the Revolution and is one of the most wide and beautiful of the whole Latin America. It was constructed in 1854 and is one of 21 necropolis of the Havana catalogued as National Monument.
	*Chinese neighborhood*	*National theatre*
	It's a neighborhood founded by the first emigrants Chineses that they came to the island in 1847 with big illusions that returned in failures since they were treated little less than as slaves. They are scarcely 4 streets but is nice to see the contrast of his buildings and ornaments with the rest of the city.	The National Theatre is a building of contemporary style with two rooms for spectacles, restaurants and a popular coffee to enjoy the Cuban environment.
	*Church of the Charity of the Copper*	*Church of the Sacred Heart*
	There was constructed in 1739 under the name of Church Our Lady of Guadalupe who later was changed to the current one in 1913.	It's one of few churches of the Havana of Neogothic style and with one of the highest belfries of the existing ones in Cuba. It was constructed at the beginning of the 20th century and in the interior we can see the famous windows where Christ's life appears.
	*Marina Hemingway*	*Fifth Avenue*
	It's the major sports port of the whole island of Cuba. It's a zone of scattering where besides the beach there are a luxurious hotel, several restaurants and discotheques to happen awhile agreeably though it's a not suitable zone of luxury for all the pockets.	It's a wide avenue that has the most luxurious mansions of the whole Havana.
	*National Aquarius*	*Palace of Conventions*
	It was inaugurated in 1960 by few specimens and with the passage of time it was extended up to turning into an important tourist center of the Havana. In the interior the delfinario is where spectacles offer for tourists.	It's the manager of the celebration of the most important Congresses and conventions that develop in Havana. It has 11 rooms of different dimensions and offers all kinds of services for the lecturers.
	*National library Jose Martí*
	The National Library Jose Martí is the major depository of the documentary, historical, cultural, artistic and sonorous exchequers of the country. It's the rector of 411 libraries that exist in the whole country.
	*Surroundings of Havana*
	*Botanical garden of Havana*	*Zoological garden*
	It places to 25 km to the south of the Cuban capital and depends administratively on the University of Havana. It has 600 hectares where there live approximately 4.000 species different from flowers and plants.	It shelters numerous autochthonous as well as different species of different places of the planet. His aim beside showing them to his visitors is the conservation and reproduction of protected species.
	*The Vigía*	*Cojimar*
	It's an estate placed in the Municipality of Paula's San Francisco to approximately 15 km from Havana where there lived the American writer Ernest Hemingway. In his interior there are numerous objects that remember the life of the novelist who I donate to the Cuban government this estate.	It's another small seaworthy town placed to the east of the Havana and very tied also to the life of the novelist Ernest Hemingway who was accustomed to visit it to practise fishing. It's said that it was here where the brilliant writer inspired to write " The old man and the Sea " work that served him to win the Nobel Prize on Literature.
	*Guanabacoa*	*Cabaret Tropicana*
	A small village to the southwest of the province where there is a culture very related to the holiness. As principal attractions it has the Historical Museum, the Municipal Museum and the Church of Our Lady of Regla.	It places in Marianao's neighborhood from 1939 and offers spectacles to the tourists besides an agreeable restaurant. For this cabaret there have passed important stars of the world of the spectacle as Libertad Lamarque, Elena Burke, Cheo Feliciano, Ball of Snow or Rita Montaner.

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