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Activities

What to do while you're here

It is one of the most commercial areas of the city and is always full of people of all ages, so it is a great place to experience the incomparable atmosphere of Old Havana. The main artery of Havana's historic center is narrow and pedestrianized, it is full of art galleries, shops, banks, museums, pharmacies, places to sit for lunch, private rental houses and live music bars. It is also one of the streets with the most books per square meter in all of Cuba, with bookstores such as Moderna Poesia, El Ateneo de Cervantes, la Venecia, la Victoria or Fayad Jamís, in which the works of masters of Cuban literature such as Leonardo Padura, Alejo Carpentier, José Lezama Lima or José Martí are exhibited and sold, the complete works of Ernest Hemingway , Che Guevara or Fidel Castro and the best of contemporary Cuban authors. Obispo Street extends from the Plaza de Armas plaza-de-armas to Avenida del Puerto, very close to the famous El Floridita bmy of the monument to the engineer Francisco de Albear y Lara. It houses numerous attractions, such as the Numismatic Museum, the Museum of Mural Painting, the Museum of Goldsmithing, The Restaurant la guaridala-guar where great personalities such as Madonna, Las Kardashian, The Producers and part of the Fast & Furious 8 team, the Taquechel Pharmacy Museum or st. Jerome College have dined.