Guanabo

Location of Guanabo in Cuba

Guanabo is a beach town in the Ciudad de la Habana Province of Cuba. It is a ward (consejo popular) located within the municipality of Habana del Este halfway between the centre of Havana and Santa Cruz del Norte, at the mouth of the Guanabo River, between the Atlantic Ocean coast and the Sierra del Canchón (mountain range).

Overview

Guanabo is a seaside touristic town, with small scale villas and a few low rise hotels.

The town was founded in 1800. In 1827 it was the place where the Peñas Altas uprising was crushed by troops from Havana (Peñas Altas is a neighbourhood east of Guanabo).

Overview of Guanabo and Atlantic Ocean

External links

Media related to Guanabo at Wikimedia Commons Guanabo travel guide from Wikivoyage

Town info (Spanish)

Municipalities and wards of Havana

Arroyo Naranjo	Callejas Calvario-Fraternidad Eléctrico Guinera Los Pinos Managua Mantilla Párraga Poey Víbora Park

Boyeros	Altahabana-Capdevila Armada-Aldabo Boyeros Calabazar Nuevo Santiago Santiago de Las Vegas Wajay

Centro Habana	Cayo Hueso Colón Dragones Los Sitios Pueblo Nuevo

Cerro	Armada Cerro El Canal Las Cañas Latinoamericano Palatino Pilar-Atares

Cotorro	Alberro Cuatro Caminos Lotería San Pedro-Centro Cotorro Santa Maria del Rosario Magdalena-Torriente

Diez de Octubre	Acosta Jesús del Monte La Víbora Lawton Luyanó Santos Suárez Sevillano Tamarindo Vista Alegre

Guanabacoa	Chivas-Roble Debeche-Nalon Hata-Naranjo Mañana-Habana Nueva Minas-Barreras Peñalver-Bacuranao Villa I Villa II

La Habana del Este	Alamar Este Alamar-Playa Alturas de Alamar Camilo Cienfuegos Campo Florido Cojímar Guanabo (incl. Santa María del Mar, Tarará) Guiteras

La Habana Vieja	Belén Catedral Jesús María Plaza Vieja Prado San Isidro Tallapiedra

La Lisa	Alturas de La Lisa Arroyo Arenas Balcón Arimao El Cano-Valle Grande-Bello 26 y Morado Punta Brava San Agustín Versalles-Coronela

Marianao	CAI-Los Ángeles Libertad Pocito-Palmas Pogoloti-Belén-Finlay Santa Felicia Zamora-Cocosolo

Playa	Ampliación Almendares Buena Vista (incl. Puentes Grandes) Ceiba Cubanacán Miramar Santa Fe Siboney Sierra

Plaza de la Revolución	Colón-Nuevo Vedado El Carmelo Nuevo Vedado-Puentes Grandes Plaza Príncipe Rampa Vedado Vedado-Malecón

Regla	Casablanca Guaicanimar Loma Modelo

San Miguel del Padrón	Diezmero Dolores-Veracruz Jacomino Luyanó Moderno Rocafort San Francisco de Paula

Landmarks and attractions in Havana

Commerce, government	Bacardi Building Coppelia (ice cream parlor) El Capitolio FOCSA Building Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital Lonja del Comercio building Manzana de Gómez Palacio de los Capitanes Generales Russian embassy Oriental Park Racetrack^† Tropicana Club

Education	ELAM (Latin American School of Medicine) University of Havana

Fortifications	La Cabaña Castillo de la Real Fuerza Morro Castle San Salvador de la Punta Fortress Castle del Príncipe Santa Clara Battery Torreón de la Chorrera

Hotels	Hotel Capri Hotel Habana Riviera Hotel Inglaterra Hotel Nacional de Cuba Hotel Sevilla Hotel Tryp Habana Libre Meliá Cohiba Hotel

Monuments	Central Railway Station Colón Necrópolis Fuente de la India El Templete José Martí Memorial USS Maine monument

Museums	Museo del Aire^† Museum of Decorative Arts Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana Museum of the Revolution Napoleon Museum

Natural	Almendares River Havana Harbor

Neighborhoods	Centro Habana Miramar Old Havana (La Habana Vieja) Vedado Others

Religious	Havana Cathedral Iglesia de Jesús de Miramar San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary Our Lady of Kazan Orthodox Cathedral Basilica Menor de San Francisco de Asis Christ of Havana

Streets, parks	Calle 23 ("La Rampa") John Lennon Park José Martí Anti-Imperialist Platform (Wall of Flags) Malecón Paseo del Prado Plaza de la Revolución Plaza Vieja

Theatres	Amadeo Roldán Theatre Gaia Gran Teatro de La Habana Hubert de Blanck Theater Karl Marx Theatre National Theatre of Cuba Teatro Miramar

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Coordinates: 23°09′53″N 82°08′21″W / 23.16472°N 82.13917°W / 23.16472; -82.13917 (Guanabo)

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