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In Cuba most addresses are given as locations
and street numbers are occasionally used.
For example, in Havana the address of a
building, business, restaurant, hotel or
home may be described as between two streets
on a certain avenue, then followed by the
neighborhood or district. Streets (calles)
and avenues (avenidas) are almost
laid out on the old Spanish rectangular
grid system centered at a main square or
plaza with parallel streets (calles)
running perpendicular to avenues (avenidas).
Some towns have even numbered streets running
perpendicular to odd-numbered streets. An
address may also be given as being on the
corner (esquina or esq.) or
between (entre, or e/) cross street.
However, be aware that many streets have
changed names but continue to be known by
their old names. This practice of double
naming is common. Below is a list of both
the new and old names (in parenthesis) of
the main streets in Havana.
- Argamonte - (Zulueta)
- Avenida Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
- (Avenida del Puerto)
- Avenida de España - (Vives)
- Avenida de Italia - (Galiano)
- Avenida de la Independencia - (Avenida
de Rancho Boyeros)
- Avenida de las Misiones - (Monserrate)
- Avenida México - (Cristina)
- Avenida Salvador Allende - (Carlos
III)
- Avenida Simón Bolívar - (Reina)
- Brasil - (Teniente Rey)
- Calle 23 - (La Rampa)
- Calle G - (Avenida de los presidentes)
- Enrique barnet - (Estrella)
- Leonor Pérez - (Paula)
- Malecón - (Avenida Maceo)
- Máximo Gómez - (Monte)
- Padre Varela - (Belascoaín)
- Paseo de Martí - (Paseo del prado)
- San Martín - (San José)
On the last page of this book we have included
a table with the approximate distance between
many points within the country. It should
help you find your way around if you travel
by car. Due to a lack of space we couldn't
possibly include all of the cities, larger
towns or beach resorts.
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