Havana is a dream vacation spot for households and kids of all ages.

Cubans place their household at the coronary heart of every thing. Kids are cherished and pampered and your kids shall be fussed over in casas particulares (B&Bs), on the streets and in eating places. 

The excessive season – from November to April – is a wonderful time to go to Havana as temperatures are extra manageable and the humidity of summer season is absent. These months coincide with a bunch of cultural festivals throughout the metropolis.

What’s Havana like for household vacationers?

A lot of life in Havana is lived on the colourful streets and kids will love the buzz as a result of there may be leisure and distraction at each flip. Town provides parks, playgrounds, seashores and music and no child will need to miss using round in a candy-colored convertible traditional American automobile. Many museums and sights supply free-of-charge or discounted entry to kids underneath 12.

Of Havana’s neighborhoods, the tree-lined, upmarket Vedado provides extra inexperienced areas and quiet than Previous Havana and Centro. 

When you’re staying in a casa explicit (Cuban B&B), do not forget that costs are quoted per room, so rooms with a number of beds are a greater deal. In inns, guidelines differ on infants and kids staying with adults in one room. When you want a crib, contact your lodging in advance. 

Typically, eating places in Havana don’t supply kids’s menus, however all shall be accommodating. Few lodge eating places supply highchairs. When you’re too drained to head out, use Mandao for house supply from many metropolis meals spots.

Hop-on hop-off open-top HabanaBusTour is a simple manner to discover neighborhoods, and can be an excellent choice for getting to Havana’s nearest white-sand seaside, Playas del Este, simply 20 minutes away.

Havana’s sidewalks are fairly damaged so depart strollers at house and use carriers for infants. In vehicles and taxis, don’t anticipate to discover seat belts. For door-to-door service, obtain taxi app La Nave.

Havana’s obstacles may put some mother and father off, however Cubans are enablers, and most hiccups might be overcome. Havana is generally a protected metropolis.

Best things to do in Havana with infants and toddlers

Discover Havana’s hottest playground

Discover swings, climbing frames and a sandbox at Hábitat Calzada. Keep for its workshops and exhibits – messing about with clay, watching musical displays, kids’ theater and studying percussion. Juice, espresso and ice cream is accessible from painted repurposed transport containers.

Get pleasure from kids’ exhibits on stage and on display screen

Havana’s beloved Teatro el Arca homes a puppet museum and theater providing free, pleasant exhibits each weekend mornings. Catch screenings for kids at Cinecito movie show, too.

Best things to do in Havana with school-age kids 

Cruise Havana in a traditional automobile

Nothing beats exploring Havana in a gleaming, gelato-hued traditional convertible. Kids will love using in the again with the wind in their hair whereas they take in the sounds and sights of the metropolis.

Stroll round Previous Havana

The Spanish colonial core of Havana is all the time abuzz with exercise. Look out for Havana’s Gigantes – stilt walkers in colourful, flamboyant gown who parade by fairly squares to music and draw the crowds. 

Decide up churros at a stand reverse the Museo de Chocolate. Wander over to the shipwreck museum in La Fuerza Fortress with its illuminated mannequin galleons and treasure chests. And taxi over to Morro Fortress and lighthouse to play at being pirates.

Be taught new arts, crafts and sporting expertise

Join an arts or crafts workshop with retailer Alma. Be taught papermaking, textiles, notebook-making and embroidering photographs.

Maintain a watch out for workshops at Gallería Continua in Chinatown targeted on making artwork and music, or go to the Havana Music Faculty, which provides devoted workshops in percussion and dance courses for kids, teenagers and households. 

In search of one thing a bit extra energetic? Certified instructors educate kids from eight years of age to surf the waves at El Cayo Surf Membership on La Concha seaside.

Tour Fusterlandia

Artist José Fuster has adorned his unbelievable home and virtually his whole Jaimanitas neighborhood in a rare patchwork of colourful ceramics.

Best things to do in Havana with tweens and youngsters

Watch road rumba on Sundays

At midday on Sundays, Callejón de Hamel, a colourful alley in Centro Havana painted in murals and adorned with recycled furnishings is reworked as a rumba group sings and dances earlier than the tightly packed crowds.

Snap road artwork

Teenagers will love artsy Previous Havana neighborhood San Isidro with spray-painted partitions tagged by Cuban and overseas road artists, plus artwork galleries, cool bars and eating places. Stroll round and permit loads of time to take some photographs.

Be taught to field

Cuba is the solely nation in the world to produce two three-time Olympic gold winners in boxing. The Rafael Trejo boxing gymnasium in Previous Havana arranges coaching, which might be booked in advance by a lodge concierge similar to the one at Paseo 206.

Bike the metropolis

Cycle Havana’s again roads and get a close-up take a look at its exuberant structure. E-book with Cubyke and ask in advance for a child’s further seat or trailer.

Catch a baseball recreation

Cuba’s baseball prowess is world well-known. Test with your lodging on recreation schedules and make your manner to the stands at Havana’s Estadio Latinoamericano to see house crew Industriales play.

Catch a matinee

Some of Havana’s music venues stage matinees – round 4pm to 6pm – that are excellent for household vacationers.

Try salsa musicians and dancing at Casa de la Música with well-known names. Extra central is Salón Jelengue, El Patio de Areíto with rumba each Sunday between 4pm and 8pm. Faucet into son Cubano, bolero and extra on different nights of the week.

Take a road meals tour

Well-liked restaurant Jíbaro in southern Previous Havana does an excellent road meals tour with energetic anecdotes, visiting markets and shops. Excursions are tailor-made for kids on reserving.

Planning ideas for household journey in Havana

Many objects are tough or not possible to discover in Cuba, so child meals, diapers, medicines and favourite snacks must be introduced with you. Bottled water is sometimes arduous to come by; deliver bottles with in-built filters.

Staying in a central neighborhood like Previous Havana, Centro or Vedado will see you shut to most parks, museums, eating places and the ocean highway. You’ll discover the biggest focus of transport choices right here, too. B&Bs and sensible boutique stays shall be your best wager for help with bookings and experiences.

Inns with swimming pools are a plus, too, for these days when you do not need to stray too far. The massive pool with lifeguard service at the Melia Cohiba, which is in an excellent location close to the Malecón, is a winner. Public restrooms are discovered solely in inns, eating places and a few museums.