Hotel Ambos Mundos

Hotel Class: 4 out of 5 stars4 Stars - 2 Reviews and 74 Opinions

Calle Obispo 153, Havana, 10100, Caribbean

 

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On the corner of Obispo and Mercaderes streets in Old Havana stands the Ambos Mundos Hotel, a building of eclectic architecture finished in 1923. It was reformed and enlarged in 1924 and 1930. At the beginning of the 1930s, U.S. writer Ernest Hemmingway stayed in the hotel, where he wrote "Fishing Chronicles" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls". About the hotel he said: "...it was a good place to write..." The room where Hemingway always stayed was turned into a small museum on the writer's life. Nowadays it is also "a good place" to enjoy a stay that will let you admire the values of the old part of the city. Nearby places of interest: Plaza de Armas (Arms Square), Museum of the City of Havana, El Templete, De la Real Fuerza Fortress, Palace of the Second Corporal, National Museum of Natural History, House of Silver Work, La Mina Restaurant, House of Asia, Taquechel Pharmacy Museum, La Torre de Marfil Restaurant, House of Tobacco, La Dominica Restaurant, Museum of Archaeology, Don Giovanni Restaurant. Havana's "José Martí" International Airport, 20 kms./ 12.42 miles.

Unique Quality: Rooms
Total: 52 / Doubles: 49 / Mini Suites: 3

Plaza de Armas
Restaurant à la carte
Hours: 07:00 - 23:00 hrs

Roof Garden
Restaurant à la carte
Hours: 07:00 - 23:00 hrs

Ambos Mundos
Bar
Hours: 24 hrs

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This hotel, built in the 1920s, recently reopened after a long restoration. It is conveniently located around the corner from La Bodeguita, Ernest Hemingway's 'little shop in the middle of the street,' and a 10-minute wobble from El Floridita. Off and on throughout the 1930s, Hemingway laid his head in Room 511, where the plot of For Whom The Bell Tolls formed in his mind. After the Revolution, the hotel was turned into a hostelry for employees of the Ministry of Education across the way. Hemingway's room—'a gloomy room, 16 square meters, with a double bed made of ordinary wood, two night tables and a writing table with a chair,' recalled Colombian author and Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez—was preserved, however, down to an old Spanish edition of Don Quixote on the night table (entrance US$1). You can easily identify his top-story room when gazing up from street level. The hotel was once painted white; although rose-pink today, the exterior walls of Hemingway's room have been left white to commemorate his presence.

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Ambos Mundos

by diana_renou

Ambos Mundos is a romantic hotel with a nice terrace for breakfast. There is a pianist who play in the bar and the place is wonderful situated in Havana Vieja. It is not a luxurius hotel, but I like it.)

Hemingway Wrote and Slept Here

by TRimer about Hotel Ambos Mundos

The hotel has just been remodeled in the past few years and is now considered a 5 star hotel. The hotel's reception area is mostly a bar overlooking Calle Obispo. The hotel has 52 airconditioned rooms all with art deco furniture and private bathrooms. In this hotel, built in the 20s, Ernest Hemmingway lived and wrote some of his masterpieces. He penned "For Whom The Bell Tolls" and "Fishing Chronicles" in room 511. Today, his room is a museum.

Hemingway's room at Ambos Mundos

by Jefie

The beautiful Hotel Ambos Mundos was built in the 1920s and by the early 1930s, Ernest Hemingway had made it his second home. Located at a convenient distance from his favorite watering holes, the American writer once said that "it was a good place to write". Even after he acquired La Finca Vigia, he retained his favorite room, No. 511, at Ambos Mundos. This room has been turned into a little museum and it is possible to visit it for 2 CUC. It's just a room so obviously there isn't much to see but there are some letters and a typewriter that belonged to Hemingway, as well as some early editions of his novels.

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Ambos Mundos, Havana

by PoppyBooth

I'm about to book a twin Centre Holidat to Cuba, staying in Havana's Ambos Mundos Hotel, travel books state it to be great, steeped in history etc, but reviews I've read from peopel say how horrid it is, Please could recent travellers give me some feedback on location, rooms, noise etc?

Thanks

Re: Ambos Mundos, Havana

by AnjaV

Ambos Mundos IS in the middle of the center...so..noisy

I always suggest when one stay in the center of Habana...bring earplugs

Have fun there, its a great place to stay in the middle of the best of Habana

Anja
www.cuba-junky.com

Re: Re: Ambos Mundos, Havana

by PoppyBooth

Cheers,

I guess we'll be up partying all nite & use our beach twin centre to recover...sounds great!

Re: Ambos Mundos, Havana

by mirenia

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 Rooms
Total: 52 / Doubles: 49 / Mini Suites: 3

Plaza de Armas
Restaurant à la carte
Hours: 07:00 - 23:00 hrs

Roof Garden
Restaurant à la carte
Hours: 07:00 - 23:00 hrs

Ambos Mundos
Bar
Hours: 24 hrs 

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Address: Calle Obispo 153, Havana, 10100, Caribbean