CUBA WEST – HAVANA

CUBA – WEST (Havana, Pinar del Rio, Artemisa, Mayabeque)

DARE places: Cuba – Guanahacabibes Peninsula (westernmost)

HAVANA
World Heritage Sites:
Old Havana and its Fortification System
Urban Legends
Havana: Fraternity Park
Havana: Malecón
Havana: Paseo de Martí
Havana: Plaza de Armas
Havana: Plaza de la Revolución
Airports: Havana (HAV)
Havana Central Railway Station
Havana to Matanzas (Hershey Electric Railway)
Scenic Road – Havana: Malecón
History, Culture, National and City Museums
Havana: Montane Anthropological Museum
Havana: Museum of the City
Castles, Palaces, Forts
Havana: Castillo de la Real Fuerza
Havana: El Morro Fortress and La Cabaña
Havana: Palacio Cueto
Havana: Palacio de los Capitanes Generales
Havana: San Salvador de la Punta Fortress
Art Museums
Havana: Colonial Art Museum
Havana: Cuban Art Factory
Havana: Galería de Arte Villa Manuela
Havana: Napoleon Museum
Havana: National Museum of Fine Arts
House and Biographical Museums
Havana: Casa Oswaldo Guayasamín
Havana: Finca Vigia (Hemingway House)
Havana: Museo Casa de México Benito Juárez
Architectural Delights
Havana: Abandoned School of Ballet at the Instituto Superior de Arte
Havana: Bacardi Building
Havana: Centro Asturiano
Havana: Drogueria Sarra
Havana: Great Theater of Havana
Havana: Russian Embassy
Religious Temples
Havana: Havana Cathedral
Havana: Iglesia de Jesus de Miramar
Religious Monuments:
Havana: Christ of Havana (El Cristo de La Habana)
Military, War and Police Museums
Havana: Armory April 9 Museum
Havana: Museum of the Revolution
Religious and Sacred Art Museums (including Islamic and Jewish Museums): Havana:
Museum of the Orishas
Monuments
Havana: Colina Lenin
Havana: José Martí Memorial
Havana: Maximo Gomez Monument
Havana: Monumento a José Miguel Gómez
Havana: Monumento El Cacahual
Havana: The Bronze Titan (Monumento al General Antonio Maceo)
Havana: Yasser Arafat statue
Botanical Gardens: Havana: Jardin Botanico Nacional
Aquariums: Havana: Acuario Nacional
Beaches:
Havana: Playas del Este
Hospitality Legends
Havana: Hotel Ambos Mundos
Havana: Hotel Gran Caribe Plaza
Havana: Hotel Inglaterra
Havana: Hotel Nacional de Cuba
Havana: Hotel Telégrafo
Havana: La Bodeguita del Medio
Havana: Presidente Hotel
Markets:
Havana: Mercado Único Cuatro Caminos
Havana: Plaza de Armas Secondhand Book Market
Museums – Decorative Arts, Design, Fashion: Havana: Museum of Decorative Arts
Music, Film and Photography Museums: Havana: Museum of Music
Maritime/Ship Museums: Havana: Granma
Vehicle Museums: Havana: Car Museum
Museums – Various
Havana: Dance Museum
Havana: Havana Club Rum Museum
Havana: Museo de Naipes
Havana: Museo Del Numismatico|
Havana: Museum of Pharmacy
Havana: Perfume Museum|
The Dark Side:
Havana: Necropolis Cristobal Colon
Bizzarium
Havana: Coppelia Ice-Cream Parlour
Havana: Fusterlandia
Havana: John Lennon statue


VINALES VALLEY WHS
Villages and Small Towns: Viñales
Botanical Gardens: Viñales: Jardin Botanico de Viñales
Vinales Valley NP
Caves, Sinkholes and Saltmines: Viñales: Indian Cave

Tentative WHS
Central Campus of the University of Havana
El Vedado, ciudad jardín temprana
Escuelas Nacionales de Arte de Cubanacán
Sistema Arrefical del Caribe Cubano
Sites of Memory of Slavery in Cuba
The Aqueduct of Albear
Tropicana

PINAR DEL RIO
Urban Legends: Pinar del Rio: Teatro Milanés
History, Culture, National and City Museums:
Pinar del Rio: Provincial History Museum
Architectural Delights: Pinar del Rio: Museum of Natural History (formerly Guash Palace)

LA TERRAZAS
House and Biographical Museums
Las Terrazas: Buenavista Coffee Plantation
Las Terrazas: Casa de Polo Montañez
Religious Temples: Sandino: Sacred Heart Church of Jesus (first church built since 1959)

Islands: Colorados Archipelago
Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Cuba Intercity Railway Experience
Roads, Road Bridges and Tunnels
Bridge – Bacunayagua: Bacunayagua Bridge
Road – Carretera Central (La Fé-Havana-Santiago de Cuba-Baracoa)
Road – Circuito Norte (Mantua-Sagua la Grande-Baracoa)

Botanical Gardens
Camilo Cienfuegos: Hershey Garden
Soroa: Soroa Orchid Botanical Garden
World of Nature
Guanahacabibes NP
Güira National Park
Waterfalls:
Salto de Soroa
Mountains: Pan de Guajaibón
Rivers: Mayabeque River

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I would like to think of myself as a full time traveler. I have been retired since 2006 and in that time have traveled every winter for four to seven months. The months that I am "home", are often also spent on the road, hiking or kayaking. I hope to present a website that describes my travel along with my hiking and sea kayaking experiences.
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