Havana

💡 About Havana

Havana, the vibrant capital of Cuba, feels like a city frozen in time yet pulsing with life — a place of crumbling colonial grandeur, 1950s American cars in candy colours and the constant rhythm of live music spilling from every doorway. Founded by the Spanish in 1519, it became the key port of their New World empire.

Old Havana (La Habana Vieja) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, its cobbled plazas lined with baroque churches, fortresses and pastel mansions slowly being restored to former glory. The seaside Malecón esplanade, stretching eight kilometres along the coast, is the city's beloved gathering place at sunset.

Havana is the spiritual home of rum, cigars and son cubano music, and the haunts of Ernest Hemingway remain a draw for visitors. Its warm, resilient culture — born of Spanish, African and Caribbean roots — makes it one of the most soulful and distinctive capitals on Earth.

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