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Latest Havana hotel reviews
Pro
Beautiful architecture, lots of vintage cars, no major chain stores or restaurants
Con
People suffer many shortages, damaged buildings
In a nutshell
Get there before the revolution in the sun runs out of steam
Habana Vieja (old Havana) - general
50 Reviews During our visit to Havana, one of my favorite things to do was to just walk through the streets of Habana Vieja, admiring the contrasts of both people and structure. It's an opportunity to see freshly painted colonial-era historical buildings right next to run down apartment complexes, a sense of...
22 Reviews There are two major cigar factories in Havana, the Partagas one (sounds like a retailer of methane to me) being the oldest. As I'm a non-smoker, I can't say I had much interest in the process, but the smell was wonderfully aromatic and you get some great photo opportunities with the workers smoking...
12 Reviews Opposed to other beaches in Cuba where one can only find tourists, Playas del Este is very popular among the habaneros, who can frequently enjoy these warm waters thanks to their closeness to the city. The next beach between Bacuranao and El Mégano is a tourist resort called Tarará, 20 kilometers...
41 Reviews This oceanside pedestrian walkway stretches all the way from the Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta in La Habana Vieja to the Almendares River that separates Vedado from Miramar. No trip to Havana is complete without at least some time spent strolling and lingering along the Malecón, which is the...
20 Reviews La Bodeguita del Medio is another bar where Hemingway hung out. He drank Mojitos here. It was so crowded I couldn’t even get in the door, and so smoky and grim that I wasn't sure I really wanted to go in anyway. Nothing upscale about this place! I had to see it because of the Hemingway connection,...
38 Reviews This monument, located at Plaza de la Revolucion, was built between 1953 and 1959. It is a 109 meters five-star-shaped tower. Grey marble was the material used for the tower. The memorial monument is at the floor ground of the tower. It has a 18 meters Jose Marti statue. There is an elevator to the...
46 Reviews Identical to the one in Washington,DC USA in smaller scale was built in 1929 to house the parlement of the Republic of Cuba . See the hall of pas perdus. A diamond last belonging to the Tzar of Russia now used to mark kilometer zero to all distances in the island. It is now the headquarters of the...
21 Reviews The Morro Castle, or "El Morro" as it is most commonly known, is the first fort you'll come to after crossing under the harbor channel tunnel. Sitting on the point overlooking Havana's narrow harbor channel, it was built between 1589 and 1630 and served as an important line of defense against pirate...
24 Reviews sculpture facade with great symmetry of styles, the facade is baroque, the interior has differents styles over the centuries. the sculptures and porcelains inside of done by Italians masters like Bianchini and Giuseppe Perovani. the left side you can see the funeral monument to Christopher...
Museo de la Revolution (Revolution Museum)
27 Reviews Museum worth to see... Entrance fee is 6cuc. If you have a bag, you have to leave to the box. Explaniton for last photo: In pictures something written: Thanks to Batista for help to making revolution. Thanks to Reagan for enlarging to revolution. Thanks to Bush for consalidate to revolution. (Or...
Plaza de la Catedral (Cathedral Square)
15 Reviews This square is located in front of the harbour, really close to plaza vieja.This is one of the more animated location of the Habana vieja, there are the S.Francesco church and the buildings of Lonja and the terminal of Sierra maestra. Actually the church is used as a concert hall, but unlukily we...
20 Reviews the Real Fuerza Castle is the oldest fortress in the island. Its construction began in December 1st, 1558 The basement of the castle is a square divided in nine identical parts that join other four regular bastions. It is surrounded by a grave limited by a perimeter wall. A sculpture made of...
8 Reviews We came upon an artisan market in Old Havana. I wish I could tell you where we were; unfortunately it was May, it was 38C, crowded, and all I could think about was how I was sweating from body parts I didn't even know I had..... we were down the street from Central Park. The market was shaded, which...
The Necropolis Cristóbal Colón (Havana's Cemetery)
7 Reviews World famous cemetery that contains the biggest concentration of statues and funerary monuments in Cuba. The Legend of "La Milagrosa" (see picture below): Doña Amelia passed away during childbirth in 1903 at the age of 23 years old. Her child died as well. She was buried with her dead child...
8 Reviews and 1422 Opinions This is a jewel of a hotel, located just a block or two away from Old Havana, and the shops of Calle...
4 Reviews and 545 Opinions I was here when it had just opened in 1998, and this time came back for meetings and conference...
22 Reviews family run, from chef to servers, using charcoal for cooking ,nice setting using the entire old home, you come to taste the local food, come here, very friendly and cheap. All is good. no web or tel i was there with my family , I am Cuban born, good food and cheap and great Cuban ambiance, cant beat...
18 Reviews There's a bar at the front that holds around a dozen people from which it is packed. The restaurant through the back is bigger. Unless though you are a real Hemmingway zealot, this is an unremarkable place. The other Hemmingway place is the Floridita a few mins walk away and while nothing mega to...
9 Reviews Tropicana is a little expensive to go to but i think that you should go there if you are in Havana. The music is good, the costumes is fantastic and the artists are very good. No special dresscode but people coming there tend to have nice evening clothes on.
8 Reviews A big stage with bands playing, in front of it the dance floor and around the dance floor tables/seats and bars. Very good atmosphere a good place to practize your salsa skills, or just dance the night away. There is no special dress code.
16 Reviews The Capital of Cuba and a UNESCO World Heritage Site Havana or LA HABANA is also the major port and leading commercial center of Cuba. With 2.3 million inhabitants, Havana is the largest city in both Cuba and the Caribbean region. Havana is located 106 miles ( 170 km ) southwest of Key West Florida,...
16 Reviews One of the buildings in Revolution Square is the Ministerio del Interior or MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR. It would just be another building, if not for the giant ironwork mural of the likeness of Ernest (Che) Guevara (1928 to 1967 ) Cuba's revolutionary Hero. His motto " Hasta La Victoria Siempre" -...
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La Villa de San Cristobal - Cubans make excellent friends and I can tell you this after more than ten years of my association with this loveliest country in the americas. I have visited most of the islands or groups in the...
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Q: We am hoping to travel to Cuba for 10 days this year. We are looking at 10 days, split between Havana and Varadero. Would it be...
A: Just got back 2 weeks ago,Havana was really neat,took a tour from Varadero for the day,if your adventurest you can take a bus from varadero and spend a couple of days,I...
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Gerardo Alfonso, Sabanas Blancas "Habana, mi vieja Habana senora de historias de conquistadores y gente, con sus religiones hermosa dama. Habana, si mis ojos te abandonaran si la vida me...
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Habana - La ciudad de las columnas
The famous Malecon and the Morro Fortress behind. Just an orgasm (for yr camera) to walk over - seeing people travelling by and knowing that this city has such a historical background reflecting the...
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Felt like going back in time...
I spent 6 days in this beautiful city that seems to be frozen in time for the past few decades...vintage cars, baroque style buildings, grand casas and palacios, beautiful courtyards. This was my...
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Dating back to the early 16th century, Havana is the kind of city where history oozes from every street and building, from every church and plaza. A city marked by numerous revolutions, Havana has...
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