Tour "Extramural Architecture and Urban Development"
General Information
- Category: Half day tours
- Modality: Landing tours
- Duration: 4 hrs
- Departure time: OnRequest, from 09:00 AM
- Tour guide: Yes
- Children are allowed: Yes
- Languages spoken: Spanish, English and French
Program Details
Tour "Extramural Architecture and Urban Development"
The growth of the city from 1863 beyond the wall allowed the emergence of the city outside the walls, with the presence of various architectural styles and influences, the hierarchy of buildings, the landscape value of its coastal edge, the width of the streets and the presence of green areas.
The tour includes buildings and sites representative of the neoclassical, eclectic, art-nouveau, art-deco, modern movement and post-revolutionary architecture.
Places of Interest
Model of the City and buildings and sites representative of the different architectural styles.
The tour includes
- Collection transfer.
- Visit to the Model of Old Havana.
- Walking tour to appreciate the main residential, public, religious and military buildings located in the Historical Center, from the Plaza de Armas to the Plaza de San Francisco.
- Walk along the Avenida del Puerto and the Prado habanero.
- Panoramic tour of Carlos III, Reina and the Avenida de los Presidentes (eclecticism, art deco, art nouveau and neoclassicism).
- Tour of Vedado (López-Serrano and Focsa Buildings and the Hotel Nacional) and of La Rampa (Coppelia and Pabellón Cuba).
- Visit + cocktail at Hotel Nacional de Cuba.
- Visit to the Colon Necropolis.
- Tour of the Malecón and residential area of Miramar.
TIPS: - Light clothing, sunglasses, hats or caps, tennis shoes, sandals or comfortable shoes, sunscreen, water bottle and camera.
For Collective tours
- Pick-ups may be delayed by a few minutes depending on the number of hotels and the punctuality of the customers.
- This tour operates with a minimum of passengers. It must be reconfirmed 48 hours before the departure of your tour. If the supplier decides to cancel because the minimum number of passengers required is not reached, the agency will offer you an alternative tour or a full refund of the tour price.
Cancellation policy - Cancellations made 48 hours before the tour departure time, a penalty of 50% of the tour fee will be applied. - In case of no-show, 100% of the tour price will be discounted.