Make sure you are there late in the afternoon, best sunset we've ever seen. Pay the additional fee for the balcony, you get a free drink upstairs and you can watch the 9pm Canon display from there.

A good place to get an excellent view of Havana across the water. See also the nearby cigar shop. A few locals plying their wares.

We came to see the canon firing ceremony at San Carlos del la Cabana citadel and were a bit disappointed- it seems that this is a ceremony for tourists, performed by amateurs (not soldiers). The citadel seems impressive, but it's still not properly organized to show exhibits.

Nice and quiet place to see the dusk over the Malecon while you wait the Cañonazo ceremony to begin.

Every day at 2100 there is the canon ceremony fire which is preformed by soldiers wearing custome of 200 years ago,and restoring you to the old time as the comends and custome refers to past images nice show, and the port itself also nice.

We spent several hours exploring this fortress. There were very few tourists, as it's not offered on most tours, and we had some great views of the harbor and Old Havana across the harbor. It is being restored so a few parts were not accessible.

This fortress sure wasn't designed in 18th century to be a tourist sight. Nice walk trough the big fort but not much to see. It least during the day time. Every evening the old canon is fired, also the entrance fee is more expensive. Of course it is a propaganda museum but in Cuba, which isn't?

We, a family with two young boys, understood that this fort is the place to be, due to its views on Havanna Vieja and the well-preserve fort. It was a bit of a disappointment. Two of the three musea were closed. And the one wich was open was another propaganda museum for the sake of Che. It is a nice... More

We visited the site where you can find a lot of rockets, airplanes . Some of them from Russian origin.