Paseo del Prado is one of the most popular streets in Havana, stretching between Old Havana and Centro Habana. Officially called Paseo Marti and Prado by the locals, this 2-km-long avenue was the first one built outside the old city walls. Its construction, which started in 1772 and was completed in the 1830s, was planned as a great promenade like those in Barcelona or Paris.

Along the promenade one can see La India Fountain, El Capitolio de Cuba, the Matrimonios Palace, the Fausto Theater, the neoclassical National School of Ballet, the renowned school of Ballet of Alicia Alonso, eight bronze statues of lions, Central Park with a sculpture of José Martí, Esquina Caliente, where the locals talk about baseball, the Capitol terrace, and Fraternidad Park with numerous busts of past leaders of the Americas.

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The Book Market in Plaza de Armas Camera Obscura Castillo de la Real Fuerza Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro Catedral de San Cristobal El Malecon Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabana Fusterlandia Gran Teatro de La Habana Hotel Nacional de Cuba La Bodeguita del Medio Miramar Museo de la Ciudad Museo de la Revolucion Museo Hemingway Finca Vigia Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Museo Napoleonico Paseo del Prado Playas del Este Plaza de la Revolucion Real Fabrica de Tabacos Partagas San Francisco de Asis Square The Capitol Building

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