Wild
Bill's Pub Crawl is a half a day tour along several bars in Habana
Vieja (old Havana) You can see the full tour by watching the videodownload it on your Apple iPod and print out the explanation and the map to take with you to Havana to do it yourself.
Don't drink too much ;)
The colonial
period, lasting nearly 400 years, gave Habana much of the
Spanish colonial architecture that distinguishes it and
led the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) to designate the colonial core of
the city, Old Havana, as a World Heritage Site in 1982.
While visiting the old part of Havana, Habana Vieja, you will notice the Spanish influences and how beautiful the buildings are rebuild with the money of UNESCO
Pillo Chocolate is a performer in Old Havana giving shows for the tourists together with his two dogs.
You can contact Pillo at: pillochocolate@correodecuba.cu
Capitolio
Nacional
Calle Paseo del Prado
e/Calle Dragones y Calle San Jose
La Habana
Built
in 1929 as the Senate and House of Representatives (and
said to be a replica of Washington DC's Capitol), this colossal
building is recognizable by its dome which dominates the
city's skyline. Inside stands the largest indoor bronze
statue in the world representing Pallas Athena. Nowadays,
the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (the National Museum
of Natural History) has its venue within the building and
contains the largest natural history collection in the country.
In
the surrounding areas of the Capitol, there are a few attractions
worth visiting, among them, the Partagás cigar factory,
the Parque Central (Central Park), and the Teatro Nacional
(National Theathre) with its baroque façade.
Admission:
3 CUC
Disabled access is available
Morro
- Cabaña Historical Military Park Carretera
de la Cabaña
on the far side of the harbor entrance.
This
fortress, together with Morro Castle (Castillo de los Tres
Reyes del Morro), make up the Morro - Cabaña Historical
Military Park, the most extensive museum in the country.
Morro Castle is, in ftself, a museum piece that reveals
the solutions of renaissance architecture applied to military
strategy.
The
fortress of San Carlos and San Severino de La Cabaña
holds the most important collection of antique weapons in
the country: a full-scale medieval catapult and battering
ram; double-curved swords of Southeast Asia; the Indian
Katar, a fearsone three-bladed dagger; the venerable katanas
of the samurai; ornate Arabian rifles; and an entire battery
of cannon cast in Seville in the 18th century.
When
Havana was a walled city, every night at 9:00 p.m. La Cabaña
fortress would fire one of fts cannon to announce the closing
of the doors, a tradition preserved by the people of Havana
to this very day. The impressive view from Morro Castle
or La Cabaña takes in the entire harbor and the skyline
of the city.
Open:
Monday to Sunday: 09:00 to 20:00.
Daily: 21:00 Cannon Ceremony
Castillo
San Salvador de la Punta
Esquina de Prado y Malecón
Habana Vieja
La Habana
This
small fortress, at the western entry point to the harbour,
played a crucial role in the defence of Havana during the
first centuries of colonisation. Built in the 16th century,
the four-sided construction gives visitors coming into Old
Havana from the port an idea of the architecture this area
of town has in store for them. The fortress still houses
some twenty old guns and other military antiques.
Disabled access is available
