Plaza
The houses in Plaza (19)
Homes for Rent in the Plaza Borough
Our site is not only limited to manage Vedado and Nuevo Vedado areas. It also manages the home rental and sales in the remaining of Plaza municipality. The main advantage of this zone is that, still being central, the prices are more accessibles.
An Essential Description of Plaza
Plaza is a municipality of Havana City which also includes the Vedado and Nuevo Vedado districts, but, normally, when we are speaking about Plaza, we mean the remaining part of the municipality without counting these.
Even if these remaining districts were eclipsed by the popularity of Vedado and Nuevo Vedado, these still have important and known places. For example, among Plaza de la Revolución, the Carlos III Avenue, the Ayestarán street, all the zone called "Boyeros y Tulipán" and others, there are places not only famous, but also prestigious. And, sure, less expensive.
The Advantages to Stay in Plaza
We agree that Plaza is not the most centric place of Havana, if prestige is involved, but, from the geographic point of view, it's surely centric. Because you are really at the center of everything! In fact, if you check the image below, inside the red triangle is located the zone we are talking about. The green line delimitated the urban limit between Centro Habana and Plaza minicipalities (the Plaza side is the most important in this discussion).
The position of the triangle is not 100% accurate. It might also involve the upper zone a little as well, but the most important is the central idea. This zone of Plaza corresponds to an area which starts from the Carlos III Avenue and ends in the zone of Boyeros where the Onmibus Terminal and the Tullipan and Ayestaran crossroads are located.
The advantages to stay in this zone are multiple:
- The average prices of a room in casas particulares are 25 cucs per day or even less, instead of the 30 or 35 in other more popular zones.
- It is very close to Centro Habana and Old Havana, practically 5 minutes away in any taxi.
- It is very close to the El Vedado district, practically 5 minutes away in any taxi.
- It is very easy to get a taxi in this place and you will also finds many transportation variants, such as buses, personal, collective, or route taxis.
- There are easy routes of these transportations either for the Vedado or for the Old Havana.
- This zone is very active, you will find many places where to eat, buy or entertain without having to go in Old Havana or Vedado.
Places of interest in this zone of Plaza
The Carlos III Avenue and the Carlos III shopping center
The avenue which surrounds the shopping center has a lot of places where to eat something. Inside the shopping center you will also find several places to eat or recreate, there are games for children and other facilities to spend a good part of the day there, without counting the prices of everything, which are very interesting.
This place is mostly frequented by Cubans, but, do you want see how Cubans really live? Do you really want to visit and enjoy the real Cuba, the Cuba which is not only hotels and mass tourism? Therefore you have to pay a visit to this place.
The Park-Museum Quinta De Los Molinos
Before arriving to the Carlos III shopping center, and from the west, in the upper part of the Carlos III avenue (better said the Salvador Allende Avenue), you will find a national park of considerable size, named Quinta De Los Molinos, where you may spend a good time with your children, or you may relax or make some sport. Furthermore it constitutes a place for Cuban history lovers, because inside you can find the Máximo Gómez Museum, the last mansion of this important leader, which conserve letters and other interesting objects. You may also find at the same place the Mariposario a place with lots of butterflies. This place is especially recommended to enjoy a large variety of butterflies species, either endemic or general.
The La Perla Wi-Fi Connection Park
It is located in the Lugareño street, behind the Salvador Allende Avenue (which, starting from the crossroads with Infanta Avenue will become the Carlos III Avenue). This is also a park where you may find a little drugstore where you can find food and soft drinks, you can also connect to the internet in this park.
The Bus Terminal
Starting from Boyeros Avenue, before arriving to Paseo Avenue and proceding from the Salvador Allende one, you will find the Bus Terminal, which is a national temrinal where all the buses exit for all the privinces of Cuba. These buses has the advantage that they are much cheaper than the Viazul ones, and this is an additional option to travel outside Havana. Furthermore, you will find many collective taxi which for 5 cucs per person (or similar, depending on the distance) will bring you to the Pinar Del Río profince, to Matanzas or other places.
The National Library of Cuba
Immediately after the National Bus Terminal pointing to South, you will find the National Library of Cuba, which is the biggest. Surely intersting for those looking for information about Cuba or want to study something.
Revolution Place
This is one of the most popular places for tourists and it is also very close to this area of Plaza. There you may visit the Revolution Tower and have a panoramic view of the city, you can also get classic old car taxis, which will make several city tours, the famous Che Guevara sculpture in one of the buildings, among other things.
Conclusion
This zone clearly demonstrates that the most popular places are not always the best ones and that the geographical center is sometimes better that the "political center". If you decide to get a casa particular in this part of Plaza, not only you will be close to all the mentioned places, but you will also be equidistant to either the Classic (Old Havana) and the Modern Downtowns (Vedado).
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