15 Best Places to Shop in Central Cuba, Cuba

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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