Welcome To Fusterlandia, Havana's Hidden Artistic Heaven

One simply cannot visit Havana without taking a detour to Fusterlandia! From Old Havana to Jaimanitas the taxi ride takes about 20 minutes to this magical hidden neighborhood.Show more

Fusterlandia is a phenomenal place, a neighborhood transformed by the still-growing artistry of Jose Fuster. Those who have visited Barcelona will get a strong impression of Gaudi, although far more naive and more playful. Those who are l really lucky might even bump into the artist. Jose Fuster is a Cuban artist very often compared to Picasso. After a tour in Europe, he was engulfed in the idea to translate European modern art into the Cuban setting.

Jaimanitas was an economically depressed area before Fuster arrived. In 1975, after moving into a modest wood house in the rundown neighborhood of Jaimanitas outside Havana, Fuster set about decorating his studio in colorful mosaic. Once he was done there, he asked his neighbors if he could decorate their homes and business as well. There were a few open-minded enough to accept his offer and the tile creations grew. Over the course of a decade, fountains, doctors’ offices, gateways, bus stops, benches and more were enveloped by Fuster’s fanciful imagination: a true artist’s paradise.

Today, Fusterlandia is a Cuban gem: his artwork coats the neighborhood in a rainbow of strange, enchanting fantasy even though many tourists do not know they can step inside. Tourists are bussed into the neighborhood to admire Fuster’s still-growing kingdom, which has spawned a new generation of artists inspired by the surroundings they came up in.