Theme Week Havana – Centro Habana

20 May 2016 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Capitol and cars © Ji-Elle/cc-by-sa-4.0

Capitol and cars © Ji-Elle/cc-by-sa-4.0

Centro Habana is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs (municipios in Spanish) in the city of Havana. There are many retail spaces (such as Plaza de Carlos III commercial center), office buildings, hotels, bars and clubs (such as the Casa de la Musica on Galliano).   read more…

Theme Week Havana – Malecón

16 March 2016 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

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© Velvet/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Malecón (officially Avenida de Maceo) is a broad esplanade, roadway and seawall which stretches for 8 km (5 miles) along the coast in Havana, from the mouth of Havana Harbor in Old Havana, along the north side of the Centro Habana neighborhood, ending in the Vedado neighborhood. New businesses are appearing on the esplanade due to economic reforms in Cuba that now allow Cubans to own private businesses.   read more…

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