Estadio Panamericano

Habana del Este


Built for the 1991 Pan American Games, this shabby stadium was fitted with a new athletics track in 2008, though it still looks neglected and unloved. It’s supposed to hold 50,000, although 34,000 is quoted as the current capacity. It’s used mainly for athletics and soccer.


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1. Torreón de Cojímar

1.55 MILES

Overlooking Cojímar's harbor is an old Spanish fort dating from 1649, a twin of the Torreón de la Chorrera in Vedado. It was the first fortification taken…

2. Observatorio Nacional

1.92 MILES

Havana's distinctive national observatory sits on a hill above the Casablanca neighborhood on the eastern side of the harbor.

3. Estatua de Cristo

2.03 MILES

This impossible-to-miss statue on a rise on the harbor's eastern side was created by Jilma Madera in 1958. It was promised to President Batista by his…

4. Crisis de Octubre

2.07 MILES

On a grassy knoll outside La Cabaña fort, this outdoor museum of anachronistic-looking rockets and missiles dates to the infamous Cuban Missile Crisis …

5. Museo de Fortificaciones y Armas

2.18 MILES

Inside the Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña, this armaments museum contains weapons from bows and arrows to giant catapults and cannons.

6. Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Regla

2.19 MILES

As important as it is diminutive, Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Regla, which sits close to the dock in Regla, has a long and colorful history. Inside on…

7. Museo de Comandancia del Che

2.22 MILES

Probably the most interesting of the several museums spread around Havana's two eastern forts is this diminutive but nonetheless riveting exposé of the…

8. Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña

2.25 MILES

This 18th-century colossus was built between 1763 and 1774 on a long, exposed ridge on the east side of Havana harbor to fill a weakness in the city's…