Castillo de la Real Fuerza, Havana

Castillo de la Real Fuerza Reviews

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• By MPWEST10

  One of the oldest European defensive structures in the Americas... built to guard te city. It took nearly 20 years to build as was finished in 1577. It was built by forced labour... all blacks or...  more »

• By Diane R

  This fort is exactly how you imagine them to look with it's huge unscaleable walls and large moat. The museum is also very interesting - it was actually built too far from the harbour to be truly...  more »

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• By Nathan Ramirez

  A beautiful fort that is located very close to port, one of the most affordable museums as well at only 2-3 cuc. The exhibits were nice and there was plenty to see both upstairs and down. Unfortunately the staff took it upon themselves to try and sell us unofficial or knockoff items for their personal gain. That was fine and we bought a couple coins to help them out and kind of get them off our backs. As soon as we bought them another worker took our phone and proceeded to take our photos… throughout many rooms and artifacts. We told them thank you but we were leaving and they proceeded to ask for more money, they then took out their phone w/ photos of their children and grand-children continuing to ask for money. We told them sorry and good-bye and we weren’t really in the mood to explore the fort any longer.

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• By Dan Green

  A must see if you are in Havana. It has undergone restoration so it is in great shape. I found the construction interesting to see.

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