15 Best Shopping in Central Cuba, Cuba

ARTEX

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

Calle Colón e/Parque Vidal y San Cristóbal, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, 50100, Cuba
4221–4397

Casa Arco

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

Av. 54, No. 3301, Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, 55100, Cuba
4351--1879

Casa del Fundador

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

Calle 29, esq. de Av. 54, Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, 55100, Cuba
4354–2134

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Casa del Tabaco

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

Calle Antonio Maceo/Gutiérrez y Calle Francisco Javier/Rosario, Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus, Cuba
4199–6149

Centro Comercial Santa Lucía

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.

Playa Santa Lucía, Camagüey, Cuba
3233–6204

Centro Cultural Mar Verde

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.

Playa Santa Lucía, Camagüey, Cuba
3233–6205

El Embajador

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

Av. 54 y Calle 33, Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, 55100, Cuba
4345–1343

Fondo de Bienes Culturales

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

Calle Simón Bolívar/Desengaño 418, Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus, 62600, Cuba
4199–4199

Fondo de Bienes Culturales

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

Calle Estévez 9, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, 50100, Cuba
4220–4195

Fondo de Bienes Culturales

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

Calle Máximo Gómez, Remedios, Villa Clara, Cuba
4239–5617

Fondo de Bienes Culturales

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

Av. de la Libertad y Calle Vega, Camagüey, Camagüey, Cuba
3229--2877

Galería ACAA

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.

Calle Padre Valencia 2, Camagüey, Camagüey, 70100, Cuba
3228--8923

Galería Arcada

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.

Calle Independencia 55 Sur, Sancti Spíritus, Sancti Spíritus, 60100, Cuba
4132–7106

Galéria Colonial

The gallery here in front of the Iglesia de la Soledad is really two shops in one: one sells T-shirts and other souvenirs, and the other sells cigars, rum, and coffee.

Av. Ignacio Agramonte 406, Camagüey, Camagüey, 70100, Cuba
3228–5454

Galería Moroya

This gallery south of Parque Martí is packed with paintings, sculptures, clothes, and handicrafts.

Av. 54, No. 2506, Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, 55100, Cuba
4354–1208