Lonely Planet Pocket Havana

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• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781786576996
• eBook ISBN: 9781787012196

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Pocket Havana is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Take in the dramatic sweep of the Malecon, observe Havana's mosaic of art deco and colonial baroque architecture, and explore the rehabilitated Habana Vieja -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of the best of Havana and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Pocket Havana: Full-color maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Free, convenient pull-out Havana map (included in print version), plus over 14 color neighborhood maps User-friendly layout with helpful icons, and organized by neighborhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time Covers Habana Vieja, Parque Historico Militar Morro Cabana, Centro Habana, Vedado, Playa & Marianao, Playas del Este and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Pocket Havana, a colorful, easy-to-use, and handy guide that literally fits in your pocket, provides on-the-go assistance for those seeking only the can't-miss experiences to maximize a quick trip experience. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet Cuba guide for a comprehensive look at all the country has to offer. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. Lonely Planet enables the curious to experience the world fully and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves, near or far from home.TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jum

Habana Vieja

Havana's Old Town is one of the historical highlights of Latin America, an architectural masterpiece where fastidiously preserved squares and grandiose palaces sit alongside a living, breathing urban community still emerging from the economic chaos of the 1990s. The overall result is by turns grand and gritty, inspiring and frustrating, commendable and lamentable. No one should leave Cuba without seeing it.

Habana Vieja | KAMIRA/SHUTTERSTOCK ©

The Sights in a Day

MTo tackle history-filled Habana Vieja properly, sit down for breakfast with a map in La Vitrola on the corner of Plaza Vieja, and draw up a strategic plan of attack. The overriding motto: you won't have time to see everything. You can spend a good hour enjoying Plaza Vieja itself before moving onto Plaza de Armas with its book market and essential Museo de la Ciudad, which will tell you all you need to know about Havana's swashbuckling roots.

RTop up your sugar levels in the Museo del Chocolate before strolling down the colonial time capsule of Calle Mercaderes. Continue on to the Catedral de la Habana before hailing a cab to take you under the harbor to the Parque Histórico Militar Morro-Cabaña. Stay until sunset peacefully perusing the gory details of conflicts past.

NReturn to the old quarter and go for a long, slow dinner in El Rum Rum de la Habana before hitting the bars and live music scene in Plaza del Cristo.

1 Top Sights

Parque Histórico Militar Morro-Cabaña

Plaza Vieja

Catedral de la Habana

l Local Life

Rehabilitated Habana Vieja

x Best of Havana

Eating

Lamparilla 361 Tapas & Cervezas

El Rum Rum de la Habana

Doña Eutimia

Trattoria 5esquinas

Donde Lis

Café del Ángel Fumero Jacqueline

La Vitrola

Restaurante el Templete

Getting There

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Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Welcome to Havana
• Hurricane Irma and its aftermath in Cuba
• Top Sights
• Local Life
• Day Planner
• Need to Know
• Havana Neighbourhoods
• Habana Vieja
• Centro Habana
• Vedado
• Playa & Marianao
• Habana del Este
• Regla & Guanabacoa
• Museo Hemingway
• The Best of Havana
• Survival Guide
• Language
• Behind the Scenes
• Our Writers