莫罗城堡

davidjG9322GU

Great place to walk around and take panoramic pictures of the city of Havana. They charge CUC 6 per person to enter the fort and climb the tower

Noshfordosh

Great views across the harbour steeped in history and good for photos. Dont make a point of doing this visit in isolation combine it with something else if you doing it by taxi as you wont stay long

TinekevB

El Morro Castle is another historic landmark on the outskirts of Havana. On a clear day, you can get some good views of the city from there. The museum side of things could be presented a bit better.

fincaran

We took a taxi from Old Havana (6CUC) across the harbour wanting to see the lighthouse. Unfortunately it was a Sunday and there were literally thousands of locals there for some sort of festival. The driver dropped us at the fortress about a 20 minute walk away. Luckily we figured this out before paying an entry fee. Once we made the trek as part of the throng entering El Morro we found the lighthouse closed. The area reeked of urine and there was garbage everywhere. We luckily found a quick cab back across the harbour (7CUC). We returned the next night as part of a tour for the canon ceremony but were given no background for what we were to see and the crowd was so large that we couldn’t really see anything anyway. I got some great shots of the lighthouse and fortress from the Malecón in Old Havana so didn’t even need to make the trek. Definitely the low point in an otherwise wonderful trip around Cuba.

jazzman7777

Stopped there on a tour last year and enjoyed the walk around there and the story of the chain and the harbor. The view across the harbor is amazing. It was a little rainy/cloudy which made for great photos. There are some vendors selling a variety of typical souvenirs but I recommend just enjoying the view and the breeze.

JD28204

From the Morro Castle you have a spectacular view over Havana. Worth the stop just for the panoramic view.

Anicka70

Another example of the "Caribbean islands" and other countries where the Spanish left an heritage of great forts.

Linnbada

We enjoyed our visit to El Morro, if for nothing else the views were spectacular. It was easy to walk around and get a close up of the cannons still in place and to walk around the old walls. It also has a nice place to buy Cuban cigars.

darreng337

This fortress was a great stop on our trip to Havana, well worth it. The history here is amazing. The view of Havana across the harbor is worth the stop alone, just fantastic.

Lonelobster

(The entry fee for this is separate from the Fortress. I'm not sure if the 6CUC entry fee ( plus 2CUC to go up the lighthouse) is worth it. The views are incredible. No one checks to se eif you paid to go up the lighthouse. We saw people going up who had not paid :( The displays are deteriorating and are almost all in Spanish so difficult for us to read.

pinkflowerfl

installation and museums could be better maintained. The place is imprecionante. from here you can see the whole city.

DaleL943

There were some great views of downtown Havana from around the fort. Skip the extra $2 for the lighthouse as the view is just as good from different points in the fort. If you are running short on time skip this and go to San Carlos fort. There is a lot more to see there. Many of the rooms here were closed with no displays.

jenniferf805

Pretty cool to see where el Che's office was and to get a very nice view of Havana. The newly constructed Che museum isn't that great, though.

stellarsupreme

THe place is very well preserved, it contains a few exhibits on old armory (reproductions), a collection of objects that belonged to the Che Guevara, and many canons from the colonial times.

argosyvr

We had Rolando at Casa Amistad arrange for a taxi to take us up to 'El Morro' and then pick us up after the 9 o'clock gun, This is the way to go unless you're on a tour because you have a per-determined price The fortress is definitely impressive and offers great views of Havana. As reviewer "TravelingMac60" mentioned, there were numerous vendors offering all the same dreadful tourist stuff one finds throughout Havana. The night we visited there were probably 100 tourists. No one seemed to know where to go, less have a good idea where the gun was. I hate to say it but the choreography of the four or five 'soldiers' in costume was embarrassing. In retrospect, I'd put this at the bottom of my list for a night time activity in Havana and only consider it if I had maxed out on the great energy of Havana.