Havana
City
Of course the number ONE to visit in Havana Province is
the city of Havana, or as it used to be called; La Habana
A city of noise, old houses and American cars, cigars, a
stunning nightlife and many nice restaurants and places
to dance a salsa at night or listen to life Cuban music
on a terrace. Havana city has too much to do, to see and
to feel!
East
of Havana City; the beaches
Bacuranao, Megano, Boca Ciega, Santa Maria and Guanabo Beachesthe
last two are the largest and most popular-are over eight
and a half miles (around 14 km) long, white white sand of
coral origin and clear, warm, green-blue water. There are
many options for accomodations and services, including the
Tarara Marina, which has facilities forscuba
divingand other water sports.
West
of Havana City
West of Havana, the Marina Hemingway Tourist Community offers
the most complete range of marina facilities in the country.
Still farther west, in Havana Province again (city of Havana
is bounded by Havana Province to the east, south and west),
tranquil El Salado Beach, protected by coral reefs, has
more scuba diving sites.
Accommodations
and Facilities
The beaches have many hotels. Havana, the city itself has
more than 60 hotels, tourist complexes, villas and spas,
most of them of 5, 4 or 3 stars, with air-conditioned rooms,
satelite TV, internet, safes and other features, depending
on their category. The hotels also have swimming pools,
gymnasiums, beauty parlors, massages, saunas and jacuzzis;
restaurants with a wide range of cuisine, bars, grills and
cafetarias; and dicoteques, clubs, cafe's and cabarets.
What
to do besides the city of Havana?
There are scores of activities, both at the beaches and
in the city. They include swimming, sunning, snorkeling,
scuba diving and other water sports (windsurfing, pedal
boating, sailing and rowing); going on excursions along
the shore; fishing; tennis, squash, beach volleybal and
other land sports; tours of the city; visits to museums
and to other places of historic, cultural and recreational
interest; and going on excursion packages to other tourist
resorts in the archipelago.
Museo
Ernest Hemingway
Finca
la Vigía, San Francisco de Paula, Carretera Central
Km 12.5
Outside Downtown
7/891-0809
Mixed
feelings as to the experience of visiting this place, since
visitors are not allowed into the former home of the famous
writer. Sure you get a bit of the feel for Hemingway, but
you also end up feeling like a Peeping Tom. Circling the
ground floor you can see the house more or less as it was
when Hemingway was living and writing here. There's a copious
collection of books, paintings, and stuffed animal heads.
In addition to an old typewriter, artworks by Picasso, Miró,
and Klee are some of the more prized possessions.
There's
a small tower separate from the main house that has a gift
shop and some rooms with rudimentary exhibits, and you can
even climb it for a better view all around. In the surrounding
gardens, you can see Papa's pet cemetery and the author's
dry-docked fishing boat, Pilar
Parque
Lenin Lenin Parque where you can enjoy a
relaxing walk, through all the open green spaces. You can
even choose to go horse-riding if you feel like it.
