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Top places to visit in Havana

6 places worth your time in Havana, with what each is actually like and when to go.

Last updated 2026-08-11

1. Habana Vieja

Habana Vieja
Photo: Adam Jones, Ph.D. - Global Photo Archive · CC BY SA 2.0 · source

The UNESCO-listed old city of colonnaded plazas, much of it restored and much of it not.

Watch outThe 'jinetero' approach — a friendly guide who leads you to a bar or cigar shop and takes a cut of an inflated bill.

2. Malecón

Malecón
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The eight-kilometre sea wall the whole city sits on in the evening.

3. Plaza de la Revolución

Plaza de la Revolución
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The vast civic square with the Che and Camilo steel portraits on the ministry facades.

4. Fusterlandia

Fusterlandia
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A neighbourhood covered in mosaic by the artist José Fuster, still growing.

5. Callejón de Hamel

Callejón de Hamel
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An alley of Afro-Cuban murals and Santería symbolism, with rumba on Sunday afternoons.

6. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
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Two buildings, one Cuban and one international — the Cuban collection is the reason to go.

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