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Havana Streets:
Street Names and City Layout

Havana street in Old Havana Cuba

Habana Street in Old Havana Cuba

Havana Streets:
Big parts of Havana have a grid system street layout especially the later built districts, Vedado, Miramar, Nuevo Vedado, Santos Suarez etc. where the streets and avenues bear numbers. In Old and Central Havana the streets have names, the composition of the addresses may appear a bit strange to a foreigner:

The address: Calle 26 e35y39 means 26th street between ( e= entre= between, y= and) 35th and 39th street.
Lots of houses in Havana bear no house number so an indication is given between which side streets the location is.
Ave 1 ra e22y24, means first Avenue between 22nd and 24th street.

To make the confusion even greater several Havana streets bear two names an old one and a newer name. Sometimes for popular Havana streets the old name is still used. For example : The Paseo del Prado, was renamed in Paseo José Marti but a lot of people are still using the old name Paseo del Prado , most Habaneros speak about the "Prado".

New name	Old name
Agramonte	Zulueta
Avenida Antonio Maceo	Malecon
Avenida de Belgica(North)	Monserate
Avenida de Belgica(South)	Egido
Avenida de Espana	Vives
Avenida de Italia	Galiano
Avenida Simon Bolivar	Reina
Avenida Salvador Allende	Carlos III
Padre Varela	Belascoain
Maximo Gomez	Monte
Brasil	Teniente Rey
Paseo de Marti	Paseo del Prado

Obispo street main shopping street in Old Havana

Important streets in Old Havana

The main street in Old Havana is Calle Obispo (Obispo street) a narrow and busy shopping street with lots of restaurants, bars, shops, hotel Ambos Mundos, hotel Florida, a Cadeca. Obispo street begins at Plaza de Armas and ends at Avenida de Belgica near Parque Central.
Other important streets in Old Havana:
Empedrado street
O'Reilly street
Lamparilla street
Amagura street
Brasil street
Muralla street
Luz street
Sol street

Important streets in Central Havana

Galiano street (new name Avenida de Italia)
Zanja street
Dragones street (with the Police station)
Maximo Gomez street (old name Monte street)
Padre Varela street (old name Belascoain street)
Avenida Salvador Allende (old name Carlos III street)
Concordia street
Neptuno street
San Rafael street

Important streets in Havana Vedado

The main street in the Vedado district is the 23th street also named
La Rampa with hotels, restaurants, bars, cine Yara, Copellia.
Other important streets:
Avenida de Los Presidentes
Paseo street
Linea street

Important streets in Havana Miramar

The main street in the residential Miramar district is the Fifth Avenue, with embassies, restaurants and shopping malls.
Other important streets:
First Avenue
Third Avenue
Seventh Avenue

Concordia street Central Havana Cuba

Street View Central Havana
Calle Concordia Habana Centro

Famous promenade in Havana

Havana Malecon
is a broad promenade along the sea of 7-8 km long, starting in Old Havana. The promenade is often used for political or cultural events.

Paseo del Prado(new name Paseo de Marti)
Once a gem of a promenade in Central Havana, starting at Parque Central. Nowadays the beautiful promenade and de surrounding mansions and buildings are in decay, but still a must to visit.

HAVANA STREETS and HAVANA DISTRICTS

Havana has 15 districts : La Havana Vieja (Old Havana), Havana Centro, Guanabacoa, Plaza de la Revolución,(Vedado) La Habana del Este, Playa, San Miguel del Padrón, Diez de Octubre, Cerro, Marianao, La Lisa, Boyeros, Arroyo Naranjo, Regla, Cotorro.

HAVANA BUILDINGS

Havana has several important buildings and skyscrapers, among them the Bacardi Building, the Lopez Serrano Building, the Focsa Building. Read more about renovations and Havana Buildings.

HAVANA CITY TOUR and HAVANA MAP

A guided tour through the important Havana districts. Read more about Havana City Tour

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