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Best of Havana





NATIONAL AQUARIUS
It was inaugurated the 23 of January of 1960 with simple peceras and pools and thirteen years later it arrived the first marine mammal, a marine wolf Artocephalus pusillus baptized with the name of Silvia. In 1985 the demonstrations with Morning call and Cyclone, two dolphins began "toninas or nose of bottle" Tursiops truncatus. The 14 of January of the 2002 conclude the first stage of the extension where the Delfinario with capacity for 1 is included 200 spectators and demonstrations until with eight units of simultaneous form. At the same time a restaurant specialized for 120 companions at table Was built, while the commercial areas of relaxation were multiplied and that make possible an pleasant stay to the tens of thousands of visitors who go daily to the Aquarius, located in the residential quarter inhabitant of the capital of Miramar.

CHINESE DISTRICT HAVANA
Their roots go back to the three of June of 1847 when they arrived the first 260 Chinese at Havana. They arrived loaded from dreams and hopes in search of work in the most important colony of the Spanish crown. The contract by eight years that had signed was a deceit to turn them slaves. Since then this country received the yellow, that next to the black and target accentuated the beautiful racially mixed color to us that sometimes without seeing itself, we took in the blood. They bequeathed culinarias prescriptions and medicines to our culture. After the triumph of the Revolution, they left to other countries; others remained to share the new life that glimpsed in its adoptive mother country. Varied commerce and restaurants that maintain the traditions alive make possible to the visitor a placentera stay.

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF CUBA
This enclosure is in the area of constructions that surround to the Seat of the Revolution, but the institution as so it were founded the 18 of October of 1901. Its initial location, between all those that it has had, it was in the Castle of the Force and consisted hardly with 3 151 volumes. It was not until 1949 when by initiative of Don Fernando Ortíz, the meeting of patronos decided to designate with the name from Jose Martí to the building that would be constructed years after it in the beginning had the positioning of the first stone the 28 of January of 1952 like introduction of the works that officially concluded the 12 of June of 1957, when the delivery is had the building and therefore the transfer of the National Library to the new building that began to receive all the support required after First of January of 1959 with the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.

BODEGUITA OF MEANS
The famous restaurant nailed in the heart of the old Habana opened its doors in 1942 and between the most assiduous users to the Bodeguita of Means they appeared intellectuals who went after making managements in the near press. It adopted its name to be located, indeed, in the center of the Paved with stones street, closely together of the Seat of the Cathedral. To a journalist it was happened to him to put its name in the wall and thus it began an initiative that still lasts. Between the multiple headings that appear they are those of Pablo Neruda, Agustín Lara, Brigitte Bardot, Ignacio Villa (Snow Ball), Ernest Hemingway and Salvador Beyond. Ideal place to taste the typical Cuban food with rice, frijoles black, fried bananas, roasted pig and entomatado jerked, next to yucca with Creole gravy.

NIGHT CLUB TROPICANA
It was founded on 1939, soon that Paradise under stars becomes favorite of those who visits the Cuban capital. He is one of the greater nocturnal centers of the country and in the multiple options they are restaurants, Hall under stars and the incomparable spectacle to the disposition of almost a thousand of spectators. By the track of Tropicana figures like Nat King Cole have marched past, Josephine Baker, the Chavales of Spain, Carmen Miranda, Pedro Vargas, Lamarque Freedom, Tania Freedom, Alejandra Guzmán, Cheo Feliciano, Celia Cross, Olga Guillot, Elena Burke, Rita Montaner, Snow Ball and many others. From 2002 it is considered like National Monument.




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