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76 ❯❯ Cuba Area by Area

The Best of the Rest

Hotel Nacional
Malecón
1 6
MAP U1 • Calle O & 21
MAP S2–W1
Connecting La Habana Vieja to Vedado, • 7836 3564
this seafront boulevard offers grand This imposing Neo-Classical 1930s
vistas and is a gathering spot for hotel draws visitors with its lavish
locals. Beware of dangerous potholes. decor, various bars, and gardens.
Fundación Havana Club
Cementerio Colón
2 7
MAP S3–T3 • Av. Zapata &
MAP T3 • Calle San Pedro
262, La Habana Vieja • 7861 8051 Calle 12, Vedado • 7830 4517
• Open 9am–5:30pm Mon–Thu, • Open 8am–5pm daily • Adm
(to 4pm Fri–Sun) • Adm (includes One of the world’s most astounding
guided tour and drinks) cemeteries, this massive necropolis
The Havana Club Foundation’s lively features tombs representing a
museum edu cates visitors on rum pantheon of important figures.
production. A range of rums can be
Miramar
sam pled at the bar. 8
The most elegant district of
Paseo de Martí
3 Havana, Miramar’s leafy avenues are
Known locally as “Prado,”this
lined with grandiose man sions. Many
is a is a tree-shaded promenade modern deluxe hotels are here.
guarded by bronze lions. Here,
Museo Ernest
child ren play improptu soccer matches 9
as locals sit and chat (see p14). Hemingway
MAP V3 • Calle Vigía, San Francisco
Fábrica de Tabacos
4 de Paula • 7692 0176 • Open 10am–
H. Upmann
4:30pm Mon–Sat (closed when
MAP V2 • Calle Belascoaín 852, Centro raining) • Adm • mushem@cubarte.
Habana • 7878 1059 • Open 9am–5pm cult.cu
Mon–Fri • Adm for guided tours (book Hemingway’s former home remains
in advance through a state tour agent) just as he left it (see p47).
This cigar factory dates back to 1875
Parque Histórico-Militar
and provides a fascinating glimpse 0
into the art of cigar-making. Morro-Cabaña
MAP X1 • Carretera de la Cabaña
Universidad
5 • 7791 1222 • Open 9am–6pm daily
de La Habana
(El Morro); 9am–10pm (San Carlos de
The city’s university boasts Neo- la Cabaña) • Adm
Classical buildings, two mu seums, This vast military complex com prises
and a staircase that was the setting El Morro castle and the Fortaleza de
for several violent demonstrations San Carlos de la Cabaña, the largest
in pre-revolutionary days (see p14). fortress in the Americas.
Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña

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