Although Old Havana is the tourist and heritage jewel of the Cuban capital, where virtually all of its visitors pass, it should be known that the city is considered by experts a kind of great architectural dossier of the eighteenth, nineteenth centuries and XX. Unlike what happened in almost all major Latin American cities, the Cuban capital remained outside the fierce real estate speculation that in the 70s and 80s standardized the urban landscape of the region, which has served to maintain Its traditional image. In any case, there is nothing more exciting in it than knowing it alive and imagining its history and its future, with the kind of people that inhabit it.

Of special interest are the system of fortifications of which the Castle of the Three Kings of Morro is a symbol; its squares escorted by emblematic buildings such as the Museum of the City, El Templete, the Hotel Santa Isabel, the Palace of the Second Cape, the Cathedral of Havana – raised exponent of the Cuban baroque -, the Museum of Colonial Art; or the Convent of San Francisco and the neighboring building of the Lonja del Comercio, among many others.

The city exhibits true landmarks in the formerly called Castile Wall – traffic between Old Havana and Havana Center -, which was formed as an elongated quadrilateral from the coast, at the foot of Castillo de la Punta, to the old Plaza de Marte, today shared by the Park of the American Fraternity and the majestic Capitol.

It is the environment of a French-style Havana that became fashionable very early in the twentieth century and that left for future generations an elegant architectural ensemble in which we must also highlight the Paseo del Prado, the Avenida de las Misiones, the current Museum of the Revolution, the Great Theater of Havana, the Hotel Sevilla, the Hotel Plaza and the Bacardí building.

A city tour of the most traditional in Havana will not exclude from the route to the famous Malecon, the Revolution Square and the elegant neighborhoods of Vedado and Miramar, which offer much to see the visitor. This is where we find what scholars call the Modern Heritage of the city, composed of the National Hotel of Cuba, the Coppelia ice cream parlor and public spaces such as Calle G-Avenida de los Presidentes, which is a statuary artery; Paseo street and further west, the luxurious Fifth Avenue and the internationally famous Tropicana cabaret, among others.

Anyway, all this does not happen to be the trite tourist snack, in a city that constitutes a universe of 15 municipalities with more than two million inhabitants and 180 square kilometers of urbanization, which is enough for the neophyte visitor who decides to do Your own route, so the best way to get to know Havana is with a guide who knows you like in the palm of your hand. Cuba Travel Group offers you your experience in this destination and puts at your disposal everything you need, from the processing of documents, transportation, accommodation, meals, guided tours, all to make your trip a pleasant and unforgettable experience.