Must see shopping in Havana

Cuba's largest and most modern shopping and business center houses myriad stores, airline offices and embassies. Look out for the offbeat art…

This lovingly curated private shop sells some interesting and unique souvenirs (not the standard government-branded stuff). It's on the upper floor of a…

Paintings and prints by young Cuban artists are exhibited and sold here, with prices ranging from CUC$30 to CUC$150. You can also see the artists at work…

This government-run ARTex shop opposite the Hotel Habana Libre has a good selection of CDs, cassettes, books, crafts and postcards.

A 20-year-old shopping center spread over four floors at the Vedado end of Miramar. By Cuban standards it's fairly comprehensive, if a little rundown.

Situated in the Casa de las Américas and featuring art from all over Latin America.

Pop into this gallery to see the large, hectic but intriguing canvases by Nelson Domínguez, whose workshop is upstairs.

For a range of coffee and a decent taster cup, pop into La Casa del Café, just off Plaza de Armas.

At Museo del Tabaco you can see various indigenous pipes and idols and buy some splendid smokes.

Great assortment of used books with a José Martí bias in downtown Vedado.

Havana Club rum, right from the source.

Well, it's an interesting idea. This exclusive perfume parlor reopened on the same premises as the original 1917 shop and sells high-end perfume and…

Part of the government-run Artex chain, the small, succinctly curated Memorias is where to come for a guayabera (men's shirt), a Museo de Bellas Artes…

This bookstore, a throwback to the 1920s, was refurbished by the City Historian to fit in with its Old Town surroundings. Editions are mainly in Spanish,…

Small bookshop in the historic center that sells books published or sponsored by the Office of the City Historian. Most are in Spanish and track the…

This small but respected store in the bookish Casa de las Américas building is great for contemporary literature and CDs, and has some guidebooks.

Literary magazines and Cuban literature in Spanish at one of Centro's best bookstores, named for one of Cuba's finest post-revolutionary poets.

There's a small CD outlet hidden here in leafy Miramar at the site of Havana's most celebrated recording studios.

A small musical outlet that graces Miramar's famous music venue.