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Cojímar

Cojímar is a historic fishing village located in the municipality of Havana del Este, Cuba.

Cojímar
Cojímar · Carol M. Highsmith
The place

Cojímar is a historic fishing village located in the municipality of Havana del Este, Cuba. Situated on the northern coast of the island, approximately 7 kilometers east of Havana, Cojímar is known for its cultural significance, history, and natural environment. The town was the residence of the American author Ernest Hemingway, who lived there for a time and kept his fishing boat, the Pilar, in the town. Cojímar's historical roots date back to Cuba's colonial period, and has played an important role in the maritime and cultural history of Havana.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Cojímar

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of Havana

    The University of Havana is a public university located in the Vedado district of Havana, the capital of Cuba. Founded on 5 January 1728, it the university is the oldest in Cuba, and one of the first to be founded in the Americas.

    1.2 km · university located in the Vedado district of Havana, Cuba · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Old Havana

    Old Havana is the city-center and one of the 15 municipalities forming Havana, Cuba. It has the second highest population density in the city and contains the core of the original city of Havana.

    3.6 km · World Heritage site and municipality of Havana, Cuba · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Museum of the Revolution

    The Museum of the Revolution is located in the Old Havana section of Havana, Cuba, in what was the presidential palace of all Cuban presidents from Mario García Menocal to Fulgencio Batista. The building became the Museum of the Revolution during the years following the Cuban Revolution.

    3.9 km · museum dedicated to history of the revolution on Cuba, located in Havana · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    National Library José Martí

    The National Library José Martí is the national library of Cuba. It is located in Havana and named after the national hero José Martí.

    1.6 km · Cuba National Library · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Colón Cemetery, Havana

    El Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón, also called La Necrópolis de Cristóbal Colón, was founded in 1876 in the Vedado neighbourhood of Havana, Cuba, to replace the Espada Cemetery in the Barrio de San Lázaro. Named for Christopher Columbus, the cemetery is noted for its many elaborately sculpted memorials.

    1.4 km · cemetery in Havana, Cuba · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    National Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba

    The National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana in Havana, Cuba, is a museum of fine arts that exhibits Cuban art collections from the colonial times up to contemporary generations.

    3.8 km · art museum in Havana, Cuba · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Palace of the Revolution

    The Palace of the Revolution, is a palace in Havana, Cuba within the Plaza de la Revolución that serves as the house of the Cuban government and the First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party.

    1.7 km · building in Havana, Cuba · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    John Lennon Park

    John Lennon Park or Parque John Lennon is a public park, located in the Vedado district in Havana, Cuba.

    700 m · urban park · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    José Martí Memorial

    The José Martí Memorial is a memorial to José Martí, a national hero of Cuba, located on the northern side of the Plaza de la Revolución in the Vedado area of Havana. It consists of a star-shaped tower, a statue of Martí surrounded by six columns, and gardens.

    1.6 km · building in Havana, Cuba · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Estadio Pedro Marrero

    Pedro Marrero Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Havana, Cuba. Built as a baseball stadium, it is now used primarily for football matches, and is the former home of CF Ciudad de La Habana.

    3.6 km · Football stadium in Cuba · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Cojímar

Airports
José Martí (HAV), 16 km · Juan Gualberto Gomez (VRA), 99 km · Abel Santamaria (SNU), 261 km
  • Matanzas → Cojímar
    75 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · $7–10
  • Santa Clara → Cojímar
    254 km · quickest by road, 4h 27m · $22–30
  • Santiago → Cojímar
    6416 km · quickest by air, 15h 42m · CLP$517,010–801,400
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Cojímar

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cojímar. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inTerminal 1 is for internal (domestic) flights, Terminal 2 is mainly for charter flights and some scheduled flights from the United States and Terminal 3 is used for all other international flights.
  • Get inTaking the bus will take longer than a taxi colectivo.
  • Get inFor passengers transferring to reach Terminal 3, By colectivo – A taxi colectivo route follows the same route as bus P-12 between Parque Fraternid (Simon Bolivar, just west of Fraternidad), and stops for Terminals 1 (stops on Avenida Rancho Boyeros at Avenida Van Troi) and Terminal 2 (stops on Avenida Rancho Boyeros at Carretera De Murgas).
  • Get inTaxis colectivos are more frequent than the bus, will stop less than the bus and only has seated passengers, but are likely not suitable to accommodate space for more than one full-sized travel, hiking backpack or passenger.
  • Get inRancho Boyeros, just walk to the nearest road (GPS: 23.0, -82.41058) and take some passing shared taxi or bus, for usually less than 100 CUP.

From Wikivoyage: Havana, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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Around it

Next door to Cojímar

Cojímar is 1 km from Havana, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.