Page 82 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Cuba

80 ❯❯ Cuba Area by Area

Shopping

Centro Cultural
1
Antiguos Almacenes
de Depósito San José
MAP X6 • Av. Desamparados &
San Ignacio, La Habana Vieja
• 7864 7793
This handsomely restored water side
warehouse on the edge of the Old
City is home to Havana’s largest
artisan market. Taller Experimental de la Gráfica
Second-Hand
Taller Experimental
2 6
de la Gráfica
Book Market
MAP X4 • Plaza de Armas, MAP X4 • Callejón del Chorro, Plaza
La Habana Vieja de la Catedral, La Habana Vieja
Bibliophiles and bargain-hunters • 7864 7622
should browse the stalls in Plaza de This is the place to buy unique,
Armas for books, maps, coins, mem- limited-edition prints hot off the
orabilia of the Revolution, and curios. press. You can select from a vast
collec tion of lithographs.
Joyería La Habanera
7
MAP D2 • Calle 12 505,
Miramar • 7204 2546
Items of antique jewelry are
available here, as well as funky
contemporary pieces using re cycled
silverware and black coral.
Second-hand books, Plaza de Armas 8
Calle Obispo
Tienda El Soldadito
3 La Habana Vieja
MAP W5–X4 • Calle Obispo,
de Plomo
MAP X5 • Calle Muralla 164, This pedestrian-only street bustles
La Habana Vieja • 7866 0232 with shoppers browsing bookstores,
An unusual shop where you can fashion boutiques, and art galleries,
buy tiny lead soldiers made on site including the large and well-stocked
as well as miniatures of famous Galería Forma.
characters such as Charlie Chaplin. Casa de la Música
EGREM
Havana 1791
4 9
MAP X5 • Calle Mercaderes
MAP D2 • Calle 20 3309, Miramar
156, La Habana Vieja • 7861 3525 • 7204 0447 • www.egrem.com.cu
This charming perfume store sells EGREM, the state recording company,
brand-name imported perfumes as has the largest selection of music
well as 12 local floral fragrances, CDs, DVDs, and cas settes in town.
made on the premises. Prices, however, are not cheap.
Casa del Abanico
El Quitrín
5 0
MAP W5 • Calle Obrapía 107
MAP X5 • Calle Obispo 163,
La Habana Vieja • 7862 0810 • 7863 4452
Find hand-embroidered lace blouses Shop here for quality hand-crafted
and skirts for ladies and traditional and intricately painted traditional
guayabera shirts for men. Spanish abanicos (fans).

080-081_Top_10_Cuba.indd 80 27/06/2016 15:51