Plaza Vieja’s Planetarium
On my previous post of Cuba, Mesmerizing Havana Vieja, I mentioned Plaza Vieja as my favorite square in Havana. It was surrounded by colorful buildings with picturesque corridors and high ceiling. I could not help to take pictures of those corridors in several angles. The corridor and wall in front of the Planetarium in Plaza Vieja was perhaps the most interesting one. The ceiling, door and windows on the corridors painted in bright blue with antique looking lamps.
Meanwhile the wall of the planetarium has names of famous scientists. Are you familiar with their names?
The planetarium itself was small, built in 2010 with the Japanese funding. It has good air conditioning, a perfect place to escape from the afternoon heat and to learn our universe. Most of the explanation displays were in Spanish, I was forced to remember what I had learned from my short Spanish course.
Location:
Plaza Vieja, Old city of Havana, just look for the blue bright corridor/door as pictured 😉
Opening Time:
Monday to Saturday from 09:30 to 17:00
Sunday from 09:30 to 12:30
Entrance Fee
Dutchie and I entered without being asked to pay entrance tickets. However, some websites mentioned that actually visitors have to pay 10 CUP. Sincerely back then we had no idea that we had to pay!
I hope to visit Cuba one day! It’s on my bucket list. In the meantime I enjoyed the images and Caribbean colors!!
Thank you so much Anabell. I hope you will, I am sure you will enjoy the country, the culture and its people 🙂
Would love to see more photos from Cuba. I would love to go there someday, hopefully the US will end the ridiculous embargo and I can go there.
I hope so too – that the US and Cuba will be open to each other. It has been going on too long 😦 I have posted some of photos and writings about Cuba previously – if you’d like to see – https://indahs.com/category/countries/caribbean-countries/cuba-caribbean/
Love this blue color! Cosmos is pitch black, and it is nice to see the Planetarium so cheerfully sky blue:)
Thank you Inese, it is quite unique indeed..maybe that’s the idea 🙂
The blue of the corridor is so vivid. Great photos – Cuba is on my list of places to go before I die!
Reblogged this on mihran Kalaydjian and commented:
Plaza Vieja’s Planetarium
Brilliant – I enjoyed being at the other world! Bravo!
Thank you so much Mihran! My best wishes for you and many many thanks for your kindness 🙂
cantik banget mbak ceilingnya, warna birunya itu lho menarik perhatian sekali
kombinasi dengan warna putih bikin kelihatan semakin ceria
😉 iya..bangunan di Karibia memang banyak yang di-cat warna-warni..kadang-kadang nyentrik banget :D, tapi yang ini memang elegan kelihatannya ya..
Wonderful angles Indah! We traveled to Cuba 20 years ago but did not get to Havana. As always your photos are lovely.
Thank you so much Sue! That was so long ago..I met many Canadians in Cuba, I guess it is a popular place to visit by Canadians 🙂
Yes it is a popular destination for sure. 🙂