Fábrica de Tabaco Partagas

Frommer's Review

Founded in 1845, this is Cuba's largest and perhaps most renowned cigar factory, producing around 5 million cigars a year. The off-yellow and rust-trimmed neoclassical facade is resplendent in the Havana morning sunlight. (You can take your best photos of it from the west-side windows of El Capitolio.) Official tours are offered only at 10am and 2pm daily, although you can sometimes work your way into one of the many tour groups that come through all day long. Throughout the day, you can stop in and buy cigars from their well-stocked shop, La Casa del Habano.

Alternately, or in conjunction, you can visit the nearby Fábrica de Tabaco H. Upmann, Calle Amistad 407, between Calles Barcelona and Dragones (tel. 7/862-0081), or the Fábrica de Tabaco La Corona, Calle Zulueta 106, between Calles Colón and Refugio (tel. 7/862-6173), which are similarly charged with producing some of the country's finest cigars.

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