Havana City
Of course the number ONE to visit in Havana Province is the city of Havana, or as it used to be called; La Habana
A city of noise, old houses and American cars, cigars, a stunning nightlife and many nice restaurants and places to dance a salsa at night or listen to life Cuban music on a terrace. Havana city has too much to do, to see and to feel!

Havana City

East of Havana City; the beaches
Bacuranao, Megano, Boca Ciega, Santa Maria and Guanabo Beachesthe last two are the largest and most popular-are over eight and a half miles (around 14 km) long, white white sand of coral origin and clear, warm, green-blue water. There are many options for accomodations and services, including the Tarara Marina, which has facilities for scuba diving and other water sports.

Map of Havana's Playas del Este
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West of Havana City
West of Havana, the Marina Hemingway Tourist Community offers the most complete range of marina facilities in the country. Still farther west, in Havana Province again (city of Havana is bounded by Havana Province to the east, south and west), tranquil El Salado Beach, protected by coral reefs, has more scuba diving sites.

Scuba Diving in Havana
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Accommodations and Facilities
The beaches have many hotels. Havana, the city itself has more than 60 hotels, tourist complexes, villas and spas, most of them of 5, 4 or 3 stars, with air-conditioned rooms, satelite TV, internet, safes and other features, depending on their category. The hotels also have swimming pools, gymnasiums, beauty parlors, massages, saunas and jacuzzis; restaurants with a wide range of cuisine, bars, grills and cafetarias; and dicoteques, clubs, cafe's and cabarets.

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What to do besides the city of Havana?
There are scores of activities, both at the beaches and in the city. They include swimming, sunning, snorkeling, scuba diving and other water sports (windsurfing, pedal boating, sailing and rowing); going on excursions along the shore; fishing; tennis, squash, beach volleybal and other land sports; tours of the city; visits to museums and to other places of historic, cultural and recreational interest; and going on excursion packages to other tourist resorts in the archipelago.

Museo Ernest Hemingway

Finca la Vigía, San Francisco de Paula, Carretera Central Km 12.5
Outside Downtown
7/891-0809

Mixed feelings as to the experience of visiting this place, since visitors are not allowed into the former home of the famous writer. Sure you get a bit of the feel for Hemingway, but you also end up feeling like a Peeping Tom. Circling the ground floor you can see the house more or less as it was when Hemingway was living and writing here. There's a copious collection of books, paintings, and stuffed animal heads. In addition to an old typewriter, artworks by Picasso, Miró, and Klee are some of the more prized possessions.

There's a small tower separate from the main house that has a gift shop and some rooms with rudimentary exhibits, and you can even climb it for a better view all around. In the surrounding gardens, you can see Papa's pet cemetery and the author's dry-docked fishing boat, Pilar

Musea in Havana

Parque Lenin
Lenin Parque where you can enjoy a relaxing walk, through all the open green spaces. You can even choose to go horse-riding if you feel like it.

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