Cienfuegos
On the southeastern corner of Parque José Martí stands the city's oldest building, once the residence of city founder Louis D'Clouet and now a souvenir…
Must-see attractions in Cuba
Habana Vieja
A project of Arte Corte inaugurated in December 2013 in collaboration with the Office of the City Historian, Barbeparque is a whimsical space that invites…
Bayamo
This algae-filled natural lake in the Cauto River delta, 40km northwest of Bayamo, is loaded with memorable fly-fishing possibilities. Black bass is the…
Viñales
Positioned halfway down Cisneros, Viñales' pine-lined main street, the Museo Municipal occupies the former home of independence heroine Adela Azcuy (1861…
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Camagüey
This twin-towered baroque beauty dates from 1825. Its former convent, Monasterio de las Ursalinas, is a sturdy arched colonial building with a pretty…
Museo de Arquitectura Trinitaria
Trinidad
A public display of wealth sits on the southeastern side of Plaza Mayor in a museum showcasing upper-class domestic architecture of the 18th and 19th…
Habana Vieja
Casa Oswaldo Guayasamín is an old studio and now a museum for the work of the great Ecuadorian artist, who painted Fidel Castro in numerous poses. The…
Museo de las Telecomunicaciones
Havana
A small museum in Centro Habana's Etecsa Telepunto office. Among the antique phones and telegraph equipment is some interesting material relating to…
Cienfuegos
On the east side of Teatro Café Tomás, this building with its striking colonnaded facade was constructed during the 1920s with funds left by wealthy city…
Matanzas
Dating from 1853, this muscular building with its huge arched portales forming a grand covered walkway fills the whole east side of Parque Libertad. These…
Havana
A peripheral museum housed in the old Cristina train station built in 1859. There's a big collection of signaling and communication gear here plus old…
Havana
The modest, book-filled house of late Cuban man of letters José Lezama Lima is worth a quick stop if you're interested in understanding Cuban literature…
Habana Vieja
This numismatist's heaven brings together various collections of medals, coins and banknotes from around the world, including a stash of 1000 mainly…
Habana Vieja
A simple museum that exhibits some beautifully restored original frescoes in the Casa del Mayorazgo de Recio, popularly considered to be Havana's oldest…
Holguín Province
At the top of Calle Cabada, this crumbling brick Spanish fort with graceful arches provides stunning town and bay views. Continue on this street for 200m…
Habana Vieja
Preserved in Parque de los Enamorados (Lovers' Park), surrounded by streams of speeding traffic, is a surviving section of the colonial Cárcel (Tacón…
Matanzas
This is one of several impressive constructions on the Plaza de la Vigía opposite the Teatro Sauto, first erected in 1826 and rebuilt between 1908 and…
Camagüey
A shopping complex, Cuban-style, with all its engaging foibles and interpretations of commerce. Hit this pink colonial building, spruced up for the city's…
Trinidad
On the southeastern side of Plaza Mayor, the 19th-century Palacio Ortiz houses an art gallery. It's worth a look for its quality local art, particularly…
Memorial a los Estudiantes de Medicina
Habana Vieja
A fragment of wall encased in marble at the end of Paseo de Martí marks the spot where, in 1871, eight Cuban medical students were shot by the Spanish in…
Monument to Mariano Baberán & Joaquín Collar
Camagüey
On a traffic island near the Casino Campestre entrance is a monument dedicated to Mariano Barberán and Joaquín Collar, Spaniards who made the first…
Bayamo
Directly next door to Céspedes' ex-home, this provincial museum completes Bayamo's historical trajectory with a yellowing city document dating from 1567…
Baracoa
This Spanish fort has watched over the harbor entrance at the northwestern end of town since 1803. The super thick, hurricane-resistant walls now hide a…
Baracoa
Facing the cathedral is the Bust of Hatuey, a Taíno cacique (chief) who was burned at the stake near Baracoa in 1512 after resisting Spanish colonization…
Cuba
A brief exposé of Palmira's famous Santería brotherhoods (including the societies of Cristo, San Roque and Santa Barbara) and their raison d'être can be…
Santiago de Cuba
Situated opposite the Bacardí Museum, the equally Hellenic provincial government seat is another building from Cuba's 20th-century neoclassical revival…
Camagüey
This modest house gives visitors a small insight into Cuba's late national poet and his books. It doubles as the Instituto Superior de Arte, where local…
Matanzas
An eye-catching Che Mural – a copy in mosaic of Alberto Korda's famous 1960 photo – lies to the south of Puente Calixto García.
Holguín
In the southwestern corner of Parque Calixto García is the Biblioteca Alex Urquiola, named after a local revolutionary and housing Holguín’s biggest book…
Habana Vieja
Thousands of people pass by his image every day, but few spare a glance for this marble statue of engineer Francisco de Albear, located in a small Habana…
Havana
Now the Spanish embassy, this beautiful wedding-cake-like building was constructed in the art nouveau style in 1912. It's the only embassy in this part of…
Habana Vieja
Encased in Plaza Vieja's oldest building is this quirky playing-card museum, with a 2000-strong collection that includes rock stars, rum drinks and round…
Habana Vieja
The Casa de México Benito Juárez exhibits Mexican folk art and plenty of books but not a lot on Juárez (Mexico’s first indigenous president) himself.
Centro de Interpretacion de la Ciudad
Camagüey
Cuba loves its maquetas (scale models), and Camagüey is no exception. This one offers a good overview of the twisting streets of the city.
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural
Habana Vieja
An average museum that contains examples of Cuba's flora and fauna; it overlooks Plaza de Armas in a building that once served as the US embassy.
Holguín
The tomb of Calixto García, containing his ashes, is in Holguín's Plaza de la Revolución, as is as a smaller monument to García's mother.
Cienfuegos
This park near the Club Cienfuegos at the beginning of the Punta Gorda Peninsula is festooned with a motley collection of modern sculptures.
Habana Vieja
Overlooking the harbor is this small-scale Cuban-style playground (for children aged four to 12), with inflatable castles and other games.
José María Heredia y Heredia Statue
Santiago de Cuba
The traffic circle at the corner of Av Manduley and Calle 13 contains an impressive marble statue of poet José María Heredia y Heredia.
Habana Vieja
This museum contains antediluvian fire equipment dedicated to 19 Havana firefighters who lost their lives in an 1890 railway blaze.
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