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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.
54 km · about 65 min drive
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Artemisa
Artemisa, Cuba · North America
About Artemisa
Artemisa sits on the route: 25 minutes from Guanajay, 54km from Old Havana (Habana Vieja).
Artemisa is in Cuba, with about 68,000 people. The nearest town is Guanajay, about 14 km away.
Artemisa (Spanish pronunciation: [aɾteˈmisa]) is a municipality and city in Cuba, formerly part of La Habana Province.
According to a law approved by the Cuban National Assembly in August 2010, Artemisa became the capital city of the newly formed Artemisa Province, which comprises eight municipalities of the former LaRead more
Habana Province and three from Pinar del Río. It has an area of 642.0 square kilometers and a population of over 86,444 inhabitants (2022).
Due to its coffee crops in the past and the bucolic local landscape, it has received the nickname "Jardín de Cuba" (Garden of Cuba) and is also known as the "Villa Roja" (Red Village) due to the color of its soils.
The municipality is home to the University of Artemisa, which trains professionals in agricultural sciences, high school and higher education teachers, business sciences, among others. There is also the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Artemisa, which trains doctors, dentists and other health professionals.
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What is there to see near Artemisa?
Within an hour or so of Artemisa: Old Havana (Habana Vieja) (54 km), La Bodeguita del Medio (55 km), Cristo de La Habana (56 km).
Where is Artemisa?
Artemisa is in Artemisa, Cuba, about 14 km from Guanajay.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 68,073
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Cuba
- Region
- Artemisa
- Timezone
- America/Havana
- Coordinates
- 22.8137, -82.7581
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Worth the detour from Artemisa
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.
55 km · about 65 min drive
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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.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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Year-round
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