Havana
Havana is the capital and largest city of Cuba.
Havana is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. It is the most populous city, the largest by area, and the second-largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean region. The population in 2021 was 2,142,939 inhabitants, and its area is 728.26 km2 (281.18 sq mi) for the capital city and 8,475.57 km2 for the metropolitan zone. Its official population however had dropped to 1,749,964 inhabitants by the end of 2024.
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Worth seeing in and around Havana
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.
- 01University 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.
2.4 km · university located in the Vedado district of Havana, Cuba · Wikipedia - 02Havana Cathedral
Havana Cathedral is one of eleven Catholic cathedrals on the island. It is located in the Plaza de la Catedral on Calle Empedrado, between San Ignacio y Mercaderes, Old Havana, Havana, Cuba.
900 m · Roman Catholic cathedral in Havana, Cuba · Wikipedia - 03Museum 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.
600 m · museum dedicated to history of the revolution on Cuba, located in Havana · Wikipedia - 04San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress
Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña, colloquially known as La Cabaña, is an 18th-century fortress complex, the third-largest in the Americas, located on the elevated eastern side of the harbor entrance in Havana, Cuba. The fort rises above the 60-meter hilltop, along with Morro Castle.
1.5 km · Spanish colonial fort in Havana, Cuba · Wikipedia - 05National 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.
2.9 km · Cuba National Library · Wikipedia - 06Colón 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.
4.3 km · cemetery in Havana, Cuba · Wikipedia - 07Christ of Havana
The Christ of Havana is a large sculpture representing Jesus of Nazareth, on a hilltop overlooking the bay in Havana, Cuba. It is the work of the Cuban sculptor Jilma Madera, who won the commission for it in 1953.
1.6 km · sculpture · Wikipedia - 08Palace 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.
3.4 km · building in Havana, Cuba · Wikipedia - 09National 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.
700 m · art museum in Havana, Cuba · Wikipedia - 10John Lennon Park
John Lennon Park or Parque John Lennon is a public park, located in the Vedado district in Havana, Cuba.
4.3 km · urban park · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The Old Town of Havana, 'La Habana Vieja, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and strolling along its streets and enjoying the beautiful buildings is a must for any visitor. Some parts of the Old Town are quite dilapidated with crumbling buildings but many others have been restored to their former glory.
- 01Museum of the Revolution
Housed in the former presidential palace, this iconic museum offers a history tour from pre-Columbian to the revolution in 1959 and on to present-day socialist Cuba.
- 02National Capitol Building
Completed in 1929, this neoclassical building which resembles the U.S.
- 03Partagás Cigar
- 04Havana Club Rum Museum
- 05Plaza de la Revolución
Huge square dominated by a statue and monument of Jose Marti and the iconic image of Che Guevara adorning the Ministry of the Interior.
- 06Lennon Park
Features the only statue of a western musician in Havana.
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Things to do
- 01Walk along the Malecón
- 02Walk down the Paseo del Prado
A lively pedestrian zone full of locals spending their free time.
- 03Bike
Discover Havana by bike (Citykleta), 117 San Francisco street, Centro Habana, between San Lázaro St.
- 04National Theater
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Where to eat
Whilst restaurants can be quite expensive at the top end for rather mediocre food, some such as the Café de Oriente have a splendid ambiance. The average government-run restaurants are about US$20 for two. Peso stalls are all over the city, particularly on Prado Marti. Some restaurants like Hanoi, in Calle Brasil, offer generous meals for the equivalent of US$5.
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Getting to Havana
- Airports
- José Martí (HAV), 17 km · Juan Gualberto Gomez (VRA), 95 km · Abel Santamaria (SNU), 258 km
- Stations
- Havana Central railway station, 900 m · Ciudad Libertad Airport, 9.4 km
- Matanzas → Havana82 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · $8–11
- Santa Clara → Havana261 km · quickest by road, 4h 35m · $22–31
- Santiago → Havana6414 km · quickest by air, 15h 23m · CLP$516,990–801,370
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Havana
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 Havana. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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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- Habana del Estemunicipality of Cuba9.3 km
- Vedadourban neighborhood in the city of Havana, Cuba3.7 km