| 1.Hotel Nacional. | | | | |
| | | | A beautiful old style pharmacy with dark |
| A Cuban national monument and in the fifties | | | | wooden shelves and white porcelain jars with |
| host to revolucionaries and the Mob,lead by | | | | motifs. The pharmacy serves mainly as a a |
| Meyer Lansky. | | | | tourist attraction, their stock of medicines |
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| Enter via the palm tree driveway and go to | | | | |
| the glamorous terrace bar, and enjoy the | | | | |
| magnificent view over the Malecon sea | | | | |
| boulevard. | | | | 7.Real Fabrica de Tabacos Partagas.( Cigar |
| | | | factory Partagas) |
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| | | | The biggest cigar factory in Cuba, situated |
| 2.Cementerio Colon. (Columbus Cementery) | | | | on Calle Industria (Industry street) near the |
| | | | Capitolio. An interesting guided tour of the |
| The Columbus Cementery is one of the most | | | | cigar factory gives a good impression how the |
| impressive places to visit in Havana. It is | | | | cigars are fabricated. At the entrance is a |
| said to be the second largest cementry in the | | | | big cigar shop where you can buy the famous |
| world after the Pére Lachaise Cementery in | | | | brand names : Romeo y Julia,Bolivar, Cohiba, |
| Paris. | | | | Cohiba, Partagas. |
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| 3.The Capitolio. | | | | 8. El Barrio Chino ( Chinatown) |
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| The Capitolio was built in the same style as | | | | China town is situated west of the Capitolio, |
| the US Capitol in Washington DC by the | | | | the entrance is marked by a big pagode style |
| dictator Machada. Nowdays the Capitolio | | | | gateway. Near 1900 Havana had a Chinese |
| houses the Cuban Academy of Sciences. At the | | | | community of more than 10.000 people. Nowdays |
| lefthand entrance is an internet café. | | | | the estimate is that there are less than |
| | | | thousand Chinese in Havana. Be sure to visit |
| | | | the colorful food market. |
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| 4.Bodegita del Medio | | | | |
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| This restaurant and bar is famous for its | | | | 9. Museo de la Revolucion |
| Mojito cocktails and was one of Hemingway's | | | | |
| favourites. The tiny bar is a real tourist | | | | A spectacular attracion is the Museum of the |
| magnet and the cocktails are expensive | | | | Revolution installed in the former |
| compared to the other bars. | | | | Presidential Palace An overview of the Cuban |
| | | | history as well as the battles against the |
| | | | former dictator Batista are shown. The yacht |
| | | | "GRANMA" from which Fidel Castro disembarked |
| 5.Casa de la Musica - Havana Centro. | | | | and launched the revolution,is shown at the |
| | | | side entrance together with a tank used in |
| The house of the music, situated on Galiano | | | | the Bay of Pigs invasion and air missiles |
| street, Central Havana, is a big club where | | | | that shot down the US spy plane. |
| the hottest names in Cuban salsa play. Great | | | | |
| ambiance and hot salsa dancing all night | | | | |
| long. Be on time , there is always a crowd. | | | | |
| The cover charge is up to 25 CUC (30 US$) | | | | 10. Playas del Este.( East Havana beaches) |
| when famous bands such as the VAN VAN or | | | | |
| CHARANGA HABANERA make their appearance. | | | | Lovely tropical beaches starting at 15km from |
| | | | Central Havana, with clear blue water and |
| | | | palm trees. Santa Maria del Mar is the most |
| | | | tourist oriented place. The beaches can be |
| 6.Farmacia Taquechel. (the Taquechel | | | | reached by Viazul bus or by taxi. |
| pharmacy) | | | | |