40 Best Shopping in Cuba

There are art exhibits and works for sale at Arte Universal.

Stop by this artisan's cooperative for Cuban music, T-shirts, and other souvenirs.

This small shop offers a decent selection of music, as well as a few T-shirts and other souvenirs.

Stop by the Casa de Fondo de Bienes Culturales for beautiful ceramics, paintings, and leatherwork.

This small store is attached to the Miramar Casa de la Música nightclub and sells CDs and musical instruments.

This book store offers a good selection of Spanish-language books with Cuban themes.

This colonial house overlooking Parque Martí has an excellent selection of cigars, but also sells rum, coffee, T-shirts, CDs, and other souvenirs.

The many locations of the ubiquitous tobacco emporium make shopping for tobacco convenient.

This is Trinidad's address for cigars, rum, and coffee.

While wandering through Varadero's street markets, look for this cluster of shops.

The small shopping center on the beach next to the Club Santa Lucía has a number of tiny shops that sell souvenirs, tobacco, rum, coffee, and film, as well as other sundry items.

Fronting the beach near Guardalavaca's western end, Centro Commercial may be in an nondescript building, but it's your place to stock up on sundries (with payment in convertible pesos only).

Santa Lucía's cultural center has two excellent shops: one sells a good selection of Cuban music, books, and musical instruments; the other sells paintings, sculptures, and ceramics by Camagüey artists.

Just off Parque Céspedes, this state-run store sells high-quality paintings, prints, and a wide selection of crafts.

"The Ambassador" specializes in rum, coffee, and cigars.

This excellent and eclectic handicraft market is very near the Hotel Nacional and is open weekdays 9–5, selling anything from souvenirs, paintings, and clothes to locally produced jewelry.

The Fondo de Bienes Culturales sells ceramics, straw work, and other handicrafts.

A small selection of wood sculptures and other local handicrafts is available at the artisans' cooperative across from the Hotel Mascotte.

This cooperative sells a variety of local handicrafts including straw hats, leather bags, and knickknacks.

This cooperative in a colonial house across from the Museo Histórico sells paintings and handicrafts by local artists.

The large store run by the artists' association ACAA, on the northern end of the Plaza de los Trabajadores, has an extensive selection of ceramics and other handicrafts.

This colonial house on the pedestrian mall has been converted into a gallery and sells a wide array of local handicrafts, from paintings to wood sculptures and leather goods.