Havana Things to Do Tips by Alain_Smeets

Plaza de la Revolucion Plaza de la Revolution Review

This Plaza is a must, especially on the first of May. Follow the crowd and go with the flow.

Large crowds gather here on the 1 May to listen to the speeches. But besides that it holds the statue of Marti. Have also a look around you and try to find the different faces of Ché. And if you listen closely, maybe you can here the voice of Castro coming out a speaker and you can dream away.

You will easily get carried away by the atmosphere and the crowd. It's a one of a life time experience.

You can read the full story in my travelogue: 1 May celebration in Havana

Castillo el Morro Castillo el Morro Review

When you visit Havana, you have to go to La Regla and pay also a visit to the Castillo el Morro. Walk through the rooms and see the exhibits and enjoy the views over the city.

The castle is huge and the rooms are big and you can find interesting information about the history of the place. You even can see the transport-system for the cannonballs.

The Malecon The Malecón Review

When you are in Havana, you have to take stroll over the Malecon, breath in the fresh air from the sea and look to the buildings at the other side.

Feel the life and the joy of the Cubans who are passing by and maybe you are lucky to see some fishermen who catch a shark and bring them to shore.

Or you can have a swim with the Cubans or try one of the peanuts that they sell, delicious, but above all relax and breath the atmosphere.

The graveyard of Havana Havana's graveyard Review

The graveyard of Havana is 56 hectares big and gets 40 to 50 new “inhabitants” everyday. This place is huge. During our visit, we could see only a small part of it and we saw several funeral-cars driving through the main gate.

Walk around and explore the luxurious graves and listen to the explanation of a guide, that's quiet interesting when you hear about the symbolic behind the statues and pillars and.... check it for yourself.

El Bojito Del Media Bars / Pubs Review

El Bojito Del Media, the pub of Hemingway a place where he was often. We drank 2 Cuba Libre’s and 1 mojito and we paid 14 dollars. This is much more then in a not touristic place. But for going in here and sitting in the place where the most tourist just take a picture off it’s a small price to pay.

Statue of José Marti on the Plaza de la Revolution Plaza de la Revolution Review

Well if you are at the Plaza de la Revolution, walk up to the statue of José Marti and turn around and see that empty plaza. This is the plaza where every 1 May you can walk over the heads of the people. Behind the statue you can see a 109 metres high column.

You see us here just after the speech of Castro, standing on the same place as he stood and just a few moments before a police man asked us to move away from this restricted area.