The 10 Best Things to do Good for a Rainy Day in Santiago de Cuba Province, Santiago de Cuba Province

September 4, 2021 Diedre Savory

Discover the best top things to do in Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba including Casa de las Tradiciones, Diego Velazquez Museum, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Casa de La Trova, Patio de Artex, El Cobre Basilica, Iris Jazz Club, casa Velasquez, Estadio Guillermon Moncada, Emilio Bacardi Moreau Museum.
Restaurants in Santiago de Cuba Province

1. Casa de las Tradiciones

Calle General Lacret 651, Santiago de Cuba Cuba +53 22 653892 http://www.vintagecarstours.com
Excellent
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5.0 based on 51 reviews

Casa de las Tradiciones

Reviewed By Wytham - Oxford, United Kingdom

Do not miss this place! Total heaven for music lovers. Small and intimate with different live bands starting at about 21:00. The place is a little out of the centre, but it makes for a very atmospheric walk there and back (even though the back- streets are dark and have lots of people hanging around they are completely safe: we walked to the venue and back on 3 consecutive nights and felt no threat whatsoever - quite the opposite- we loved It!). You have to pay 2 CUC to get in but it's really worth it, with good drinks service from friendly staff. The atmosphere was so wonderful with a good mixture of a few tourists and plenty of locals. If you want to dance, just do it! There are local male and female dancers to accompany you if you are by yourself or your partner is shy! This place was a highlight of our tour.

2. Diego Velazquez Museum

Felix Pena 612, Santiago de Cuba Cuba +53 22 652652 http://www.santiagodecubacity.org/es/architecture/museum-diego-velazquez.html
Excellent
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4.5 based on 297 reviews

Diego Velazquez Museum

Reviewed By 227ianc - London, United Kingdom

The museum is in fact two houses joined together. At the front is the oldest house in Santiago de Cuba - some say in Cuba itself, constructed from 1516 to 1530 for the governor Diego Velazquez, with historic Mudejar-style interiors; it is then connected to a later house at the rear to create a substantial museum which displays Cuban furniture and decorative arts from the 16th century onwards, in rooms which have been sensitively restored. Definitely worth visiting both for the architecture and for the collections on display. There is also a furnace previously used to make gold ingots. from a time when the building was used as a 'House of Transactions'. The assistants are helpful in explaining things, though generally in Spanish.

3. Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption

Felix Pena E/ Heredia y San Basilio, Santiago de Cuba 90100, Cuba, Santiago de Cuba 90100 Cuba +53 22 628502 http://www.vintagecarstours.com
Excellent
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4.5 based on 284 reviews

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption

Reviewed By Betula103 - Australia, null

Originally constructed in 1526 the cathedral has been destroyed by earthquake on four occasions, the last occasion being in 1932. It is architecturally imposing with two marble statues in the front and is also quite beautiful inside.

4. Casa de La Trova

Santiago de Cuba Cuba +53 22 652689 http://www.vintagecarstours.com
Excellent
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4.5 based on 242 reviews

Casa de La Trova

Reviewed By 453aleksandars - Toronto, Canada

They say that there is no musician in Cuba that did not play here. There is matinee at 6 PM and evening show at 9 PM. I've been both. Crazy place. Fantastic music and everybody dancing. I Could go there every evening. Right in the center of Santiago.

5. Patio de Artex

Between Pio Rosado and Porfirio Valiente, Santiago de Cuba Cuba http://www.vintagecarstours.com
Excellent
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4.5 based on 18 reviews

Patio de Artex

6. El Cobre Basilica

El Cobre Cuba +53 22 346118
Excellent
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4.5 based on 184 reviews

El Cobre Basilica

Reviewed By Betula103 - Australia, null

The 'Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre' dates from 1927 and is an important pilgrimage sife for Cuban Catholics. It is the only basilica in Cuba and when many people visit the shrine of the Virgen de Caridad, the patron saint of Cuba, they leave gifts for the Virgin. The most famous of these are the Pulitzer Prize left behind by Ernest Hemingway, and the golden guerrilla that Castro’s mother laid there. The spacious church is located in an elevated position just a little north of the city of Santiago de Cuba. There are some beautiful stained-glass windows to be seen.

7. Iris Jazz Club

calle Paraiso y calle Aguilera, Santiago de Cuba Cuba http://www.vintagecarstours.com
Excellent
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4.5 based on 15 reviews

Iris Jazz Club

8. casa Velasquez

Plaza de la Cattedral Fronte Catterale E Hotel Casa Grande, Santiago de Cuba Cuba
Excellent
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4.5 based on 99 reviews

casa Velasquez

Reviewed By Betula103 - Australia, null

This house in central Santiago de Cuba is possibly the oldest house in Cuba and dates from the very early 1500's. It now houses an outstanding museum with furnishings from the 16th to 19th centuries. I have already reviewed the museum itself in detail.

9. Estadio Guillermon Moncada

Reparto Sueno, Santiago de Cuba Cuba http://www.vintagecarstours.com
Excellent
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4.5 based on 14 reviews

Estadio Guillermon Moncada

10. Emilio Bacardi Moreau Museum

Esquina Aguilera y Pio Rosado s/n, Santiago de Cuba Cuba +53 22 628402 http://www.vintagecarstours.com
Excellent
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4.0 based on 153 reviews

Emilio Bacardi Moreau Museum

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