Havana
Half restored and half collapsing, often on the same block. Come for the architecture and the music, and expect every practicality to be harder than anywhere else in the Caribbean.
Havana in eight slides
Wikipedia · 3 Sep 2026
Things to do in Havana
Where to stay in Havana
Havana in a day, two days, three
- Day 14 stops
- Castillo del MorroUNESCO
- El Capitolio
- Gran Teatro de La Habana
- Havana Cathedral
Landmarks in Havana
The Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, also known as Castillo del Morro, is a fortress guarding the entrance to the Havana harbor. The design is by the Italian engineer Battista Antonelli (1547–1616). Originally under the control of Spain, the fortress was captured by the British in 1762 and returned to Spain under the Treaty of Paris (1763) a year later.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 16 Jul 2026
National Photo Company Collection · Public domain
The National Capitol of Cuba, also known as Capitolio Nacional de La Habana , and often simply referred to as El Capitolio (The Capitol), is a public edifice in Havana, the capital of Cuba. The building was commissioned by Cuban president Gerardo Machado and built from 1926 to 1929 under the direction of Eugenio Rayneri Piedra.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 6 Jul 2026
Nigel Pacquette · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gran Teatro de La Habana is a theater in Havana, Cuba, home to the Cuban National Ballet. It was designed by the Belgian architect Paul Belau and built by Purdy and Henderson, Engineers in 1914 at the site of the former Teatro Tacón. Its construction was paid for by the Galician immigrants of Havana to serve as a community-social center.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
Tacorontey · CC BY-SA 4.0
Havana Cathedral is one of eleven Catholic cathedrals on the island. It is located in the Plaza de la Catedral on Calle Empedrado, between San Ignacio y Mercaderes, Old Havana, Havana, Cuba. The thirty by forty-nine meters rectangular church serves as the seat of the Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 8 Aug 2026
akasenn · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Malecón is a broad esplanade, roadway, and seawall that stretches for 8 km along the coast in Havana, Cuba, from the mouth of Havana Harbor in Old Havana, along the north side of the Centro Habana neighborhood and the Vedado neighborhood, ending at the mouth of the Almendares.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 17 Jul 2026
Lukas Mathis · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Museum of the Revolution is located in the Old Havana section of Havana, Cuba, in what was the presidential palace of all Cuban presidents from Mario García Menocal to Fulgencio Batista. The building became the Museum of the Revolution during the years following the Cuban Revolution. The palace building was attacked by the Directorio Revolucionario 13 de Marzo in 1957.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 17 Jul 2026
Paul Mannix · CC BY-SA 2.0
Old Havana is the city-center (downtown) and one of the 15 municipalities forming Havana, Cuba. It has the second highest population density in the city and contains the core of the original city of Havana. The positions of the original Walls of Havana are the modern boundaries of Old Havana.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 13 Aug 2026
Dэя-Бøяg · CC BY-SA 3.0
Plaza de la Catedral is one of the four main squares in Old Havana and the site of the Cathedral of Havana from which it takes its name. Originally a swamp, it was later drained and used as a naval dockyard. Following the construction of the Cathedral in 1727, it became the site of some of the city's grandest mansions.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 24 Sep 2025
Gorupdebesanez · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, also known as Castillo del Morro, is a fortress guarding the entrance to the Havana harbor. The design is by the Italian engineer Battista Antonelli (1547–1616). Originally under the control of Spain, the fortress was captured by the British in 1762 and returned to Spain under the Treaty of Paris (1763) a year later.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 16 Jul 2026
National Photo Company Collection · Public domain
The National Capitol of Cuba, also known as Capitolio Nacional de La Habana , and often simply referred to as El Capitolio (The Capitol), is a public edifice in Havana, the capital of Cuba. The building was commissioned by Cuban president Gerardo Machado and built from 1926 to 1929 under the direction of Eugenio Rayneri Piedra.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 6 Jul 2026
Nigel Pacquette · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gran Teatro de La Habana is a theater in Havana, Cuba, home to the Cuban National Ballet. It was designed by the Belgian architect Paul Belau and built by Purdy and Henderson, Engineers in 1914 at the site of the former Teatro Tacón. Its construction was paid for by the Galician immigrants of Havana to serve as a community-social center.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
Tacorontey · CC BY-SA 4.0
Havana Cathedral is one of eleven Catholic cathedrals on the island. It is located in the Plaza de la Catedral on Calle Empedrado, between San Ignacio y Mercaderes, Old Havana, Havana, Cuba. The thirty by forty-nine meters rectangular church serves as the seat of the Archdiocese of San Cristóbal de la Habana.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 8 Aug 2026
akasenn · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Malecón is a broad esplanade, roadway, and seawall that stretches for 8 km along the coast in Havana, Cuba, from the mouth of Havana Harbor in Old Havana, along the north side of the Centro Habana neighborhood and the Vedado neighborhood, ending at the mouth of the Almendares.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 17 Jul 2026
Lukas Mathis · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Museum of the Revolution is located in the Old Havana section of Havana, Cuba, in what was the presidential palace of all Cuban presidents from Mario García Menocal to Fulgencio Batista. The building became the Museum of the Revolution during the years following the Cuban Revolution. The palace building was attacked by the Directorio Revolucionario 13 de Marzo in 1957.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 17 Jul 2026
Paul Mannix · CC BY-SA 2.0