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Playa in Havana

Wednesday, 30 July 2025 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik
Category/Kategorie: General Reading Time:  2 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Playa (Spanish for beach) is a municipal district in the Cuban province and capital of Havana. The Playa district also includes the well-known district of Miramar.

In pre-Columbian times, the indigenous Taíno people settled in this area, not far from the coast and relatively close to four rivers. For this reason, one of the largest numbers of archaeological finds in the city have been recorded here.

Today, numerous foreign embassies are located in this district.

Miramar is a formerly exclusive district of Havana. Today it is part of the municipality of Playa. Before the revolution, the country’s upper class lived here. Its main street, Quinta Avenida, named after New York’s Fifth Avenue, is considered the most beautiful street in Cuba.

Miramar is a very green district with beautiful parks, gardens, and shady squares thanks to its dense tree cover, where Cuba’s upper class used to stroll.

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