Rutas y Andares: Top Summer Attractions Until August 30

Until August 30, Rutas y Andares offers families access to some of the most popular itineraries, according to audience studies. Highlights include “La Habana de Cecilia Valdés,” historic churches, stained glass windows, archaeology, and colonial fortresses. This season features special options, including visits to completed restoration projects that were toured last summer while still under renovation.

This week, the Folk Art Route will depart from the Museum House of the Distinguished Benemérito de las Américas Benito Juárez. Since July, participants have been admiring pieces crafted from metal, wood, and papier-mâché that reflect the imaginations of various peoples and regions, highlighting the vital role these authentic creations play in fostering local economies.

A route dedicated to textile design will showcase the evolution of women’s fashion through collections at the Casa de la Obra Pía Museum, Casa de África, the Museum of the City, and the Center for the Interpretation of Cuba-Europe Cultural Relations (Palacio del Segundo Cabo).

The Special Route on Spanish Culture continues this August at the Centro Hispanoamericano, located along Havana’s Malecón. Here, visitors can view a selection of masterpieces by Iberian painters, preserved within the Museum of the City’s collections.

Andares and Children’s Heritage Guides

For the Andares (Walking Tours), this Wednesday’s departure from Plaza de Armas will explore the theme «Travelers Through Time: Chronicles of Women.» The following day, the Architecture Tour will focus on Amargura Street. On Friday, the tour of Havana’s Colonial Defensive System will include a visit to the San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress.

On Thursday, families at the Quinta de los Molinos will virtually connect with Spain’s Cultural Center for Peace Cooperation. Additionally, at the Mural Painting Museum, the focus will be on documenting decorative mural painting. On Saturday, the Tour of the Entrepreneurial and Creative Woman will feature a discussion on the path of change, including topics related to recycling and inclusion.

Every Tuesday in August, the Children’s Heritage Guides workshop takes place at Casa Eusebio Leal Spengler, involving primary and secondary school students from the 64th Anniversary Pioneers’ Congress of the José Martí Organization in Old Havana. This series of workshops will conclude with its final tour on August 22.

Translated by Luis E. Amador Domingue

Photos: Cultural Program of the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana on Facebook