Habana Vieja
An old gun shop (now museum) stormed by revolutionaries on the said date in 1958. Mercifully, the armaments are no longer for sale.
Must-see attractions in Cuba
Holguín
The Iglesia de San José features a distinctive dome with a bell tower (1842), once used by the Independistas as a lookout.
Bayamo
This is the one original section of Bayamo's main church to survive the 1869 fire. It sports a gilded wooden altar.
Viñales
A tiny art gallery next to the Casa de la Cultura in Viñales town center. Worth a stop on a rainy day!
Holguín
Situated in a colonial building, the Galería Holguín displays a revolving cache of good local art.
Habana Vieja
Casa de Asia exhibits a minor cache of paintings and sculpture from China and Japan.
Bayamo
Features pre-Colombian stone tools and objects such as shells, bones and ceramics.
Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
Viñales
This small cream-colored church anchors Viñales' equally diminutive main square.
Bayamo
A church dating from Bayamo's earliest years stood at this busy intersection until it was destroyed in the great fire of 1869. Later, the church's tower…
Bayamo
Cuba's first post-independence president, Tomás Estrada Palma, was born here in 1835. One-time friend of José Martí, Estrada Palma was disgraced post…
Bayamo
This museum is in the former officers' club of the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes military barracks, 1km southeast of Parque Céspedes. On July 26, 1953, this…
Casa de la Cultura Miguel Matamoros
Santiago de Cuba
The Casa de la Cultura Miguel Matamoros, on Parque Céspedes' eastern aspect, is the former San Carlos Club, a social center for wealthy santiagüeros until…
Camagüey
Dr Carlos J Finlay (1833–1915), Camagüey's other hero, made medical breakthroughs in discovering how mosquitoes transmit yellow fever. Calling this place …
Iglesia de San Cristo del Buen Viaje
Camagüey
Next door to Necropolis de Camagüey and overlooking a quiet square, this church is probably the least visited of Camagüey’s ecclesial octet, but it is…
Habana del Este
Built for the 1991 Pan American Games, this shabby stadium was fitted with a new athletics track in 2008, though it still looks neglected and unloved. It…
Santiago de Cuba Province
At Laguna Baconao, 2km northeast of Los Corales, you’ll find the Criadero de Cocodrilos, a dozen crocodiles kept in pens below a restaurant, plus other…
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Santiago de Cuba
You can dig deeper into Santiago's ecclesiastical history in this tumbledown construction, a hall church dating from the 1700s that is the final resting…
Santiago de Cuba
Across the street from the Museo de la Lucha Clandestina is the house where Fidel Castro lived from 1931 to 1933 while a student in Santiago de Cuba…
Bayamo
A forerunner of the national anthem, cowritten by Céspedes (and, confusingly, also called 'La Bayamesa') was first sung from here on March 27, 1851. A…
Trinidad
Grass grows around the domed bell tower, and the arched doorways were bricked up long ago, but the shell of this ruined church (1812) defiantly remains…
Santiago de Cuba
At the north end of Parque Alameda you'll see the old clock tower, aduana (customs house) and cigar factory. A curious mix of smart architecture and port…
Holguín Province
Housed in a worn colonial palace (more interesting than the stuffed stuff it collects) is the Museo de Historia Natural. Through barred windows you can…
Santiago de Cuba
The Museo Arquidiocesano houses a dullish collection of furniture, liturgical objects and paintings including the Ecce Homo, believed to be Cuba’s oldest…
Viñales
The sturdy building with its noble arches on the main square is the Casa de la Cultura, one of the oldest structures in town. Dancing lessons are held…
Baracoa
On triangular Plaza Independencia (this being Baracoa, they couldn't have a square plaza) is the neoclassical Poder Popular, a municipal government…
Havana
Pabexpo comprises 7300 sq meters of exhibition space, spread over four interconnecting pavilions, that hosts about 15 trade shows a year. It's only of…
Havana
This tiny watchtower was built by the Spanish in the 18th century and quickly fell to British troops during the invasion of 1762. You can admire it from…
Museo de Arqueología Guamuhaya
Trinidad
On the northwestern side of Plaza Mayor is this odd mix of stuffed animals, native bones and vaguely incongruous 19th-century kitchen furniture.
Bayamo
In 1868 Céspedes proclaimed Cuba's independence for the first time in front of the columned Ayuntamiento.
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