Historic sites

Old Havana

Cuba Havana La Habana Vieja

Old Havana
Photo: Martin Cígler, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The colonial heart of Havana, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with four great plazas, baroque churches, crumbling and restored mansions, and 1950s American cars. Walk the Malecón seafront at sunset and hear live son music in the bars.


Take a classic car tour, visit the Museum of the Revolution and the Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña, with its 9 pm cannon ceremony. Bring cash; shortages and power cuts are common.

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