Information: Old Havana Private City Tour

On this Havana City Tour you will experience a city that has morphed its face over five centuries of architectural design. La Habana Vieja (old Havana) is a virtual time machine of methods and techniques.

Old Havana has many sights and sounds to captivate the inquisitive traveller. These include Plaza de Armas  (the oldest square in Havana and the site of the city’s foundation), El Templete (the oldest neo-classical building in Havana),  La Catedral San Cristobal de la Habana and the Museo de la Revolucion. However for most visitors who join us on our Havana city tour it is the excitement of  being part of the commotion of daily street-life is the number one highlight. So, put your walking shoes on and  soak up the atmosphere of this lively, excitable city.

.Experienced, English-speaking Havana tour guide
.Soak up the street theatre in Old Havana
.Showing the most important museums for you to have a better idea and decide later (according to your likings) which one to visit.

Visit the historical city squares: plaza de la catedral; plaza de armas; plaza san francisco de asis; plaza vieja
Stop to take photos and admire the architecture at many of the city’s most famous sights

All Old Havana hotels and Casa’s are a short walk from the Hotel Inglaterra. Otherwise I can go for you and we can take a car to the old town (tip: good ida to take an old vintage car we take for our regular transportation)

This Old Havana walking tour starts  and works its way through the heart of Old Havana. During the Havana city tour you will take in some of the city’s most iconic sites including:  the Capitolio, Gran Teatro, Museo de Revolucion, Parque Central, Bacardi building, Art Museum, Calle Obispo, Plaza de Armas, Plaza de la Catedral, Plaza San Francisco de Asis, Plaza Vieja and Hotel Ambos Mundos.

The Old Havana walking Tour finishes at Plaza Vieja. This is where your Havana tour guide can recommend some good places for lunch.

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Connecting with Havana: Architecture Tour

 A specialized tour that will allow a full appreciation of the eclecticism of the city and the adaptation of the different architectural styles to the Cuban conditions.

    * Visit to the Scale Model of the City to understand the urban development of the city.
    * Tour of Miramar: an exclusive and residential neighbourhood built from the 30¨s through the 50¨s.
    * Tour of Vedado, an example of the modern city planning (early  20th century). It includes an approach to emblematic constructions such as the López Serrano and Focsa buildings (Art Deco and Modernism), and the visit to the Hotel Nacional de Cuba (eclecticism). Tour of the Havana seafront.
    * Panoramic Tour of Rampa (examples of the heroic architecture: Coppelia Ice Cream Parlour and Pabellón Cuba).
    * Visit to the Casa de La Amistad, former residence of Doñá Catalina Laza and evidence of the residential Art Deco from the beginning of the 20th century.
    * Panoramic tour of the Presidents Avenue, Carlos III and Reina Streets (examples of the architectural transition from the colonial period to the republican time and to modernism). Tour of the Prado promenade and the Havana Ports Avenue.
    * Visit to El Templete: the founding site of San Cristobal de la Havana Village.
    * Tour of Obispo Street
    * Approach to the main residential, public, religious and military buildings located in the Historical Centre: the Captain Generals Palace, the Palace of the Second –in –command, the Castle of the Royal force, the Havana Cathedral, the Stock Exchange, the St. Francis of Assis Basilica, etc.

Duration: aprox. 4 hours

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