Quinta de los Molinos, National monument and botanical garden in Havana, Cuba

Quinta de los Molinos is a monument and botanical garden located where Infanta, Carlos III, and Boyeros avenues meet in Havana. The property spans two centuries with historic buildings, sprawling plant collections, and pathways that wind through the grounds.

The mills belonged to Martín de Aróstegui, president of the Real Factoría de Tabaco, and ground tobacco into snuff and pipe tobacco until the second half of the 19th century, driven by water from the Zanja Real. The name appears in the National Archive in 1850; before that the site was called Jardín de Tacón. In 1836 Miguel Tacón began a rest house for the Captains General beside the mills.

The name comes from two tobacco mills that once operated here using water from Havana's first aqueduct system. Visitors can still observe how this water system shaped the layout and design of the gardens.

The grounds sit on the terraced slope of the Loma de Aróstegui, so paths climb between the old mills, the botanical garden and the Máximo Gómez Museum. The site lies where Infanta meets Carlos III avenue, near the Castillo del Príncipe; allow time to walk between the buildings and the plant collections.

The mills that gave the estate its name ground tobacco into snuff and pipe tobacco until the second half of the 19th century, driven by water from the Zanja Real, Havana's first aqueduct, begun in 1592 and finished 27 years later.