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Cristo de La Habana
20-metre white marble statue of Jesus on a hilltop overlooking Havana harbour, sculpted by a Cuban artist in 1958.
7 km · about 15 min drive
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Alamar
Havana, Cuba · North America
About Alamar
Alamar is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Guanabacoa, 7km from Cristo de La Habana.
Alamar is in Havana, Cuba, with about 100,000 people. The nearest town is Guanabacoa, about 4 km away.
Alamar, also known as Alamar-Playa, is a district in east part of the city of La Habana in Cuba, part of the municipio of Habana del Este. This district is primarily prefabrication construction of Soviet-style architecture. Because of this, Cuban poet Juan Carlos Flores has described it as "The Heart of The RussianRead more
Barrio". The president of the ward is Margarita Basilia Araujo Suárez.
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What is there to see near Alamar?
Within an hour or so of Alamar: Cristo de La Habana (7 km), La Bodeguita del Medio (8 km), Old Havana (Habana Vieja) (9 km).
Where is Alamar?
Alamar is in Havana, Cuba, about 4 km from Guanabacoa.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 100,000
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Cuba
- Region
- Havana
- Timezone
- America/Havana
- Coordinates
- 23.1579, -82.2784
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Worth the detour from Alamar
3 notable places within an hour's drive.
restaurant
La Bodeguita del Medio
A cramped Old Havana bodega claiming the mojito's invention, its walls layered floor to ceiling in decades of signatures and graffiti from patrons famous and otherwise. Live son trova most evenings.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Old Havana (Habana Vieja)
A UNESCO time capsule of baroque and neoclassical architecture, vintage American cars, salsa music, and the legendary Malecon seafront promenade.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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