Cuba, an excellent tourist destination in the Caribbean region, offers a wide range of options based on its unique cultural heritage, which is complemented by traditional sun and beach options for domestic and foreign vacationers.

Hundreds of kilometers of shores are combined with emblematic institutions such as the National Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1913 and which has had its own venue since 1954, when its current building, known at the time as the Palace of Fine Arts, was constructed.

Some 47,600 artworks make up the Museum's collection, including 45,000 works of art that are national heritage and more than 2,000 that are kept in deposit.

Specifically, the Palace of Fine Arts keeps the collections of Cuban art, with more than 2,000 paintings, sculptures, engravings and drawings distributed in 7,600 square meters of exhibition halls.

It is worth mentioning that the Museum is included in Cuba's tourist agenda, as it received the Certificate of Excellence granted every year by TripAdvisor for Business, the world's largest website that allows users to plan and enjoy customized vacations.

The collection of Universal Art is kept in the building that used to house the Asturian Center of Havana, which is considered a unique example of Spanish eclectic architecture.

Experts noted the existence of more than 650 works that represent Ancient Art, although European paintings are predominant with pieces from Italian and Flemish Renaissance, Spanish baroque, French paintings from the 19th century and British paintings from the 18th century.

Of course, Cuba's heritage, accumulated for centuries, is preserved in a broad nationwide network of museums that is made up of nearly 300 facilities, 14 of which are museums of art, seven are devoted to science and technology, five of them deal about ethnography and anthropology, and 68 are museums of history.

There are nine specialized museums, 164 general museums and four museums of archeology, all of which have the common objective of exhibiting artworks and artifacts from ancient times.

In addition, there are new cultural options, like the Habanarte Festival, which brought together some 1,000 Cuban artists from all cultural expressions in its first edition.

Music, visual arts, literature, cinema, dance and theater were present in theaters, movie theaters, art galleries, squares, art schools and cultural centers to offer a unique show that has undoubtedly captivated both Cubans and foreigners.