Hotel NH Collection Victoria is a small hotel with a great location in the core of El Vedado, one of Havana’s nicest districts, within walking distance to banks, airlines and some of the city’s attractions such as Hotel Nacional de Cuba and the Malecón (seaside promenade). It is also a short ride from Old Havana (historical center) and Miramar (business district).

Built in 1928 has been...

Hotel Comodoro is a large complex that rises facing the sea in the residential neighborhood of Miramar, where most embassies and business offices are. The hotel is in fact across the street from Miramar Trade Center and not far from Palacio de las Convenciones de Cuba- Havana’s international conference center- therefore location is ideal for business, not so ideal for holidays (not many tourist...

Hotel Nacional de Cuba is probably the most famous hotel in Havana, and also the most historic. Built in 1930 where the Santa Clara battery was (one of the many spots built by the Spaniards to protect the city from the attack of privateers and pirates) it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage in 1982, together with Havana’s historical center.

The remnants of this defense system, two cannons...

The Hotel Tryp Habana Libre, one of Havana’s most emblematic hotels, was built in the 1950´s as the Havana Hilton under the personal auspices of President Fulgencio Batista and was Latin America's tallest and largest hotel.

After Fidel Castro entered Havana, on January 8, 1959, it became his headquarters for three months. Suite 2324 served as his central office. Over the next three decades...

Hotel Meliá Cohiba is a twenty-two-story post-modern building rising 50 meters on the corner of the beautiful Paseo avenue and 1st Street, only a few steps from the wonderful Malecón (Havana´s seaside promenade) in El Vedado, a residential neighborhood where magnificent mansions from the beginning of the 20th century coexist with tall buildings from the 50´s.

The Cohiba, named after the...

The 9-story Hotel Melia Habana (397 rooms) is located in the heart of the Miramar residential and business area, overlooking the sea, across the street from the Miramar Trade Center, very near Havana's Fifth Avenues and Congress Center.

Even though not particularly beautiful from the outside, once you step inside it´s something else: a vast marble floor lobby featuring tropical plants, ponds...

Memories Miramar Havana stands on Havana's renowned Fifth Avenue, in the luxurious Miramar area, where most embassies and commercial offices are.

This nicely decorated property features a surfeit of limestone, marble and isles of rattan furniture in the vast lobby; its 427 spacious rooms are distributed among 5 floors and are done up in regal dark blue and gold decor, with large and well...

Hotel Vedado is part of a hotel complex composed of 3 different hotels: Vedado, Saint John's and Flamingo. The latter is connected to the Vedado. Saint John´s stands by itself only a few meters away.

The hotel complex enjoys a privileged location in the heart of the district of Vedado, perhaps the most interesting (culturally speaking) and centric district in the city after the historic...

The twenty-story Habana Riviera is no doubt one of the most interesting mid-twentieth-century buildings of Havana, and the Cuban hotel that best preserves the atmosphere of the 1950s.

Built by mobster Meyer Lansky in 1957, it was the largest casino-hotel in Cuba (and the world outside Las Vegas) until the Havana Hilton surpassed its size a year later.

On entering the lobby, visitors will...

Hotel Kohly stands on the top of a hill in a quiet, eponymous residential area very near Havana Forest- El Bosque de la Habana-, a huge park of exuberant vegetation.

It's not centrally located but it's easy to grab a taxi to go downtown, and some guests could appreciate being away from the hustle and bustle of Old Havana.

Now, it is not a very attractive hotel, architecture dates from the...

Hotel El Bosque rises in a quiet and residential neighborhood of Havana, it is located only meters from a huge park known as “El Bosque de la Habana” (Havana Forest) and some 10 km away from the city’s historical center.

With its 5 stories and 62 rooms it’s a rather big hotel with very nice friendly staff. However, it must be said El Bosque is not modern or sophisticated; just a simple hotel...

Hotel Be Live Chateau Miramar is a small hotel (50 rooms) that rises facing the sea on a quiet section of Miramar -one of Havana’s nicest districts- while it is at the same time very close to Miramar’s Trade Center, to the city’s aquarium, to many hotels, bars, restaurants, and only two blocks away from Havana’s gorgeous 5th avenue.

However, Be Live Chateau Miramar is not in an ideal...

Hotel Saint John's is part of a hotel complex composed of 3 different hotels: Vedado, Saint John's and Flamingo. The latter is connected to the Vedado. Saint John´s stands by itself only a few meters away.

The hotel complex enjoys a privileged location in the heart of the district of Vedado, perhaps the most interesting (culturally speaking) and centric district in the city after the historic...

Hotel Neptuno – Tritón is composed of two towers which rise facing the sea in Miramar district.

They are in a very nice area and offer beautiful views over the ocean, but the latter are probably their only good features. Unfortunately the hotel is in appalling condition: moldy walls, leaking bathrooms, worn rooms and non-working elevators are only some of the problems. The hotel hasn’t had...

Hotel Roc Presidente is housed in an elegant vermilion and beige building that rises gracefully with its 10 floors in the corner of Calzada and Avenida de los Presidentes, in the beautiful neighborhood of Vedado , only 2 blocks from the famous Malecón (Havana’s seaside promenade).

The hotel, built in the second half of the 1920’s was the first skyscraper in the city and still boasts some of...

H10 Habana Panorama, formerly Oasis Panorama, is located oceanfront in the residential area of Miramar, very near Havana's 5th Avenue.

This modern hotel, with good quality standards for the vacationer and the business traveler, boasts 317 rooms with beautiful views of the Havana coastline; features three restaurants, four bars, a swimming pool for adults and one for children, three meeting...

Hotel Lido's main virtue is no doubt its location, on a rather abandoned street of Centro Habana but very near El Malecón & El Prado- two of the city's more beautiful promenades- and within walking distance from all attractions of the historical center.

The hotel is somewhat shabby and some issues can be found in its 65 rooms: doors that fail to lock, non working toilets, lack of hot water,...

Hotel Colina is a small hotel of El Vedado district whose main appeal is undoubtedly its location, only steps away from Havana’s University, El Coppelia -Havana’s famous ice cream parlor- and Hotel Habana Libre, among other sites of interest that are withing walking distance.

Besides having so much to offer (restaurants, jazz clubs, hotels and shops abound in the area), Vedado is also halfway...

Starfish Montehabana is nestled amid a nice tranquil area in the residential district of Miramar, very near Hotel Memories Miramar Havana of the same chain and close to other hotels of the neighborhood.

Conceived for extended stays, the hotel features 164 rooms: 75 apartment-style accommodations (1 for physically disabled guests), 13 studio apartments and 76 standard rooms.

Rooms are...

The hotel Bellevue Deauville is located in the heart of Havana facing the popular avenue known as the Malecón, between the districts of Habana Vieja and Vedado.

Bellevue Deauville 's position allows being a few minutes away from the tourist, social and cultural centers of Havana while getting acquainted with the peculiarities and insides of the city.

Its a budget Havana hotel in the middle...

Hotel Be Live Habana City Copacabana is located seafront in Miramar, a nice and quiet residential district in the western area of the city, with easy access to Havana's historical center and its main attractions.

It is a modest hotel but offering beautiful ocean views, a natural pool (in the sea) plus a fresh water pool, gym, a tennis court, nautical sports and an international diving...

Hotel Four Points by Sheraton Havana (former Quinta Avenida Habana) is the first hotel of this brand in the island and also, the first one in Cuba to be managed by an American company (Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide).

Set in the residential neighborhood of Miramar, only a few steps from Havana's 5th Avenue and with excellent views to the city and to the ecological "Montebarreto park"...

Hotel Lincoln is excellently located to explore Havana, since it is near the Old Town and the Malecón (the seaside promenade). But this is probably the only good thing that can be said about it.

It’s an old building (1926), but old in all senses and looking pretty abandoned if not run down. Some renovations are being carried away and hopefully it will be looking better in a new...

The Hotel Terral’s main virtue is undoubtedly its location facing The Malecón (Havana’s beautiful and very lively seaside drive and promenade).

Standing in the belly of a U formed by Havana’s curving coastline, the hotel offers unique views stretching from the Hotel Riviera (Vedado neighborhood) on the west to the Morro Castle on the east. If you are ever bored while inside the hotel, you...

Capri Hotel is a 19 story, 220-room structure located right in the heart of Havana, just meters away from the famous Hotel Nacional and from The Malecón, the popular city seafront.

Built in late 1957 with Mafia money, it was run by the mob until the Revolution triumphed. Charles Tourine (The Blade) managed the nightclub, and Nicholas di Costanzo (The Fat Butcher) ran the casino. Tourine and...

Paseo Habana is a small hotel located on a quiet street of the residential neighborhood of Vedado, away from the buzz of Old Havana and all the tourists, but not far from it.

Vedado is a very nice neighborhood, very safe day and night. There are many theaters, hospitals + some good restaurants and bars (many of the latter two are private so one needs to know them in order to find them), and is...

Situado en el corazón del Reparto Nuevo Vedado y en la calle que le da nombre, el Hotel Tulipán se encuentra a pocos minutos del Centro de la Ciudad y cercano a lugares de interés como la Plaza de la Revolución, el Memorial José Martí y el Teatro Nacional. Este hotel se caracteriza por su ambiente acogedor, el cual junto a sus cómodas habitaciones y un trato agradable, harán su estancia...

Meliá Santiago de Cuba is a 5* hotel of 302 rooms spread among 15 stories of modern architecture, located near Santiago de Cuba's city center and even closer to the convention centre.

With elegant and spacious interiors recreating Santiago's features and places, the hotel also offers the comfort and facilities the modern vacationer travelling to Cuba could expect.

As a matter of fact, this...

Hotel Casa Granda stands strategically on a corner of Parque Céspedes, Santiago's main plaza and heart of the city.

The hotel features a fantastic terrace that overlooks the square where guests can sit to enjoy a Cuba Libre, smoke a puro, and watch the flood of life through the colonial plaza. On the rooftop there's another terrace with breathtaking views of the city and its surroundings which...

Villa Gaviota Santiago de Cuba is located in the district of Vista Alegre, a neighborhood of beautiful gardens and elegant mansions from the 1940’s and 50’s.

Since it is at a few minutes walk from the city center, the area is very quiet and totally safe; it offers great views of the city and on the access path one can visit El Jardín de los Helechos (Fern garden), recognized as a natural...

Hotel Encanto San Basilio has a privileged location on the street of the same name, just minutes away from Parque Céspedes, Santiago's main square and the city's heart, and therefore within walking distance to most of the city’s attractions.

The mansion that houses the hotel dates from the second decade of the 20th century and stands out for its facade, ample windows and fine ironwork. It has...

The Rex hotel is located right on the heart of Santiago de Cuba, very near Plaza de Marte and Enramadas street, the most interesting city artery.

It has been recently renovated and it now features 24 modern and well furnished, though not very large, rooms.The ones facing the street can be a bit noisy since the hotel is located in one of the busiest areas of Santiago.

There is one à la carte...

Encanto Gran Hotel is located on Calle Enramadas, Santiago de Cuba’s main commercial artery, the city’s longest street (at this moment) and the one with more business establishments, also connecting Plaza de Marte (one of the city’s main squares) with La Alameda, a lovely promenade by Santiago's bay.

On top of its excellent location, within walking distance to most of the city's attractions,...

Hotel Encanto Imperial is about to open its doors after a complete restoration.

This historical hotel of 4 stories located in the core of Santiago de Cuba, was one of the first "high buildings" of the city by the time it was built, between 1914 and 1915.

It features 39 rooms in total and a roof top terrace that will for sure become one of the places to visit in Santiago due to the...

Hotel Pernik is located in a quiet area not far from Holguín’s city center by car. It is a fairly big property with a nice swimming pool, some bars and an outdoor disco that is very popular.

One shouldn’t expect much though since standards are not high and rooms are pretty dated. If one needs only a place to sleep for a night or two while travelling through Cuba, then it is adequate.

It is...

Located in Gibara, a small but very picturesque port town in the province of Holguín, Hotel Encanto Arsenita is housed in a gorgeous mansion from the beginning of the 20th century that has been wonderfully restored and tastefully decorated to open its doors as a boutique hotel in year 2015.

In fact the word “Encanto” (which means “charm” in Spanish) is a fairly new brand of Cuban hotel chains...

Hotel Encanto Caballeriza is a brand new boutique hotel of only 21 rooms located in Holguín’s historical center which occupies a house from 1810 that has been beautifully restored and tastefully furnished and decorated.

As a typical colonial house of the upper classes of the XIX century, there’s an inner courtyard, lovely and perfect for enjoying a drink or delicious Cuban coffee, and most...

La Habanera is a small, simple hotel that rises in the center of Baracoa, right in the city’s historical center and facing Independence Square.

Location is probably the best and worst of its virtues since while great for sightseeing it could get noisy at night, being the square a favorite gathering place for locals and tourists alike.

The hotel is housed in a colonial style building from...

Hotel La Rusa (the Russian woman) is a simple but charming three story hotel offering basic amenities and rooms in a great location, and with lots of history since one of the city’s iconic characters lived here until her death.

La Rusa was Magdalena “Mima” Rubenskaya, a Russian lady who settled in Baracoa in 1917 and inspired the character “Vera” in Alejo Carpentier’s novel “The Rite of...

Hotel El Castillo stands atop a marine terrace that looms 40 meters above the city, offering a bird-eye view of the beautiful surroundings, by the east side of the bay of Baracoa.

The building was, originally, El Castillo de Seboruco de Santa Bárbara, a fortress built by the Spaniards (1737 - 1742) to protect the harbor and the city from pirate attack. Parts of the castle walls, including a...

El Hotel Colón, which has served as a hotel since 1926, stands on one of the main arteries of the city of Camagüey. A lovely restored Spanish Colonial building built around an interior terrace with a gorgeous mahogany bar, colonial tile floor, lofty ceilings and elegant furnishing.

A charming old reception greets the guests and a marble staircase leads to the rooms, which are very clean,...

Hotel Camaguey is nestled in a building from the 1970’s, reminiscent of former Soviet bloc countries, located in the outskirts of Camagüey (about a 5 minute drive) by the Central Road.

It features a pleasant swimming pool with children’s area, a restaurant, some bars, a disco, a shop, an elevator, and modestly appointed yet clean and well-presented rooms.

This hotel could be a good budget...

Founded in 1907, Hotel Plaza is Camagüey's oldest hotel that still functions as such. It is located across the railway station, right on the convergence of the city’s main access roads, a bit of a walk away from the city center along the shopping pedestrian street República.

All of its 67 rooms differ from each other, with different sizes and shapes, following the contour of the building. The...

Camaguey's Gran Hotel stands in a very centric position by the old quarter of the city, where the historic centre is. It's a restored building from 1939, of significant architectural importance and a nicel colonial look.

For many years the best hotel in the city, it hosted international celebrities like the American writer Ernest Hemingway, the Mexicans Jorge Negrete and Mario Moreno...

Hotel Camino de Hierro is nestled in a beautifully restored old building that stands in Camagüey’s most central square “Plaza del Gallo”. Its central location, in fact, is probably its best and also its worst feature because, while perfect to explore the city, is also on the busiest square downtown.

Thus, if you are a light sleeper, this is not the right hotel for you. If you like to be in...

La Avellaneda is a small and beautiful hotel in the heart of Camagüey, new (opened in 2014) but nestled in a typical colonial house, ie, of only one floor and built around a courtyard.

Its name pays tribute to Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, a Cuban female poet born in 1814 in Santa María de Puerto Príncipe, as the city was called before, recognized as one of the most prominent writers of...

Santa Maria is one of the recently opened hotels in the historic center of the city of Camaguey, the 5th of the 7 villas founded under the name of Santa María del Puerto del Principe, by the Spaniards in Cuba. To mark its 500th anniversary (2014) the city started an amazing work of restoration and beautification that included the 1920’s building now housing Hotel Santa Maria, among many...

Hotel E. El Marqués is one of the recently opened hotels in the city. The E.stands for Encanto, meaning charm, which it truly radiates through its stylishly decorated halls and guest rooms, only six in total.

The building, from 1920, has been totally renovated and decorated with taste. Its vintage furniture, high colonial doors and beautiful tile floor combined with modern facilities such as...

Hotel E. La Sevillana occupies a gorgeous house from 1920 that is perfectly situated to explore the beautiful city of Camagüey, since it’s only 100 meters from its main square “Parque Agramonte”, the city’s cathedral, some important galleries, cafés, restaurants, and other hotels.

La Sevillana is in fact across the street from El Marqués, another boutique hotel from the same brand...

Hotel El Colonial is the most recent hotel of the brand Encanto that has opened in Camagüey.

Small and charming is also ideally located on one of the main streets, less than 100m from one the most centric corners of the city, Plaza del Gallo or Plaza de la Soledad.

Hotel Jagua rises in the residential area of Punta Gorda, a lovely neighborhood that’s located only a short drive from Cienfuegos’ city center; one of the best areas of the city due to the proximity of the sea, the nice layout of its streets, its picturesque Malecón (seaside promenade and avenue) and lovely architecture of its houses, mostly from the 1950’s.

The Jagua, also built during those...

In the very heart of the city of Cienfuegos, hotel La Union is housed in a marvelously restored colonial mansion located on a boulevard, just a block away from the José Martí park, the core of the city.

It's a small hotel featuring only 49 rooms, a nice colonial feel, helpful-friendly staff and a fantastic pool located in an interior courtyard, with tiled bottom, columns and a bar; an...

Hotel E Cadillac is easily spotted because of its peculiar shape, looking like a ship that is anchored at one corner of the boulevard of Las Tunas.

Its perfect location right in the center of the city is not its only attribute. The building, dating from 1945, has been recently and totally renovated featuring fairly modern facilities and rooms.

It is a small hotel, with only 8 rooms, but...

Hotel Las Cuevas is a large complex of 114 rooms built in 1956 on a hill that overlooks the city of Trinidad and the Caribbean Sea.

Location is good because of the pleasant views and because it’s only a few minute walk downtown; but the hill is very steep, path and steps are not well paved and at night it is poorly lit hence not a good option for everyone.

The rooms are in concrete prefab...

The Hotel Iberostar Grand Hotel Trinidad is, beyond doubt, the best place to stay in Trinidad.

It is an adults only (15 +) boutique-hotel built on a converted colonial mansion, a very well achieved architectural integration into its environment with the best facilities available. Modern, but boasting all its grandeur from the past.

Its fantastic location facing a park and within walking...

Mesón del Regidor is housed in a charming, very old colonial house located in the very center of Trinidad, very near Plaza Mayor (the main square).

With only 4 rooms it offers an intimate atmosphere and friendly service.

Rooms are spacious and nicely laid out, with colonial furniture, their own private bathroom and views to the street and Playa Mayor. Entrance is through the inner...

Trinidad 500 is a small (only 8 rooms) yet charming hotel in the city of Trinidad, the perfect base for exploring this amazingly well preserved colonial city.

The hotel has been recently renovated maintaining its original colonial architecture while offering a marked Cuban touch, especially at its restaurant.

Guests staying here can benefit from Hotel Las Cuevas' (of the same chain and...

Hotel Vueltabajo occupies an attractive building from the 19th Century which is conveniently situated in the center of the city of Pinar del Río, close to art galleries, shops, and cigar / rum factories.

The hotel interiors are quite impressive, with beautifully decorated high ceilings and a magnificent marble staircase.

Rooms are plain but still adequate, comfortable and clean. Some...

Encanto Royalton is a charming yet budget hotel that stands facing Parque Céspedes, in Bayamo's historic core.

Built in the 1940's it reopened in May 2010 after being totally and tastefully restored.

There's a lovely bar in the lobby and a very nice terrace overlooking the square, perfect to watch the world go by while enjoying a coffee or a mojito.

Rooms are clean and comfortable...

Hotel Encanto Mascotte is a small boutique hotel located in San Juan de los Remedios- the 8th villa founded by the Spaniards in Cuba-, province of Villa Clara, relatively close to the popular keys of Villa Clara (Cayo Las Brujas, Ensenachos and Santa María) and famous for its “parrandas” (traditional parties).

Remedios has the simple charm of a place that has barely changed in many many years....

Hotel Cubanacán América has a great location in the very heart of the city of Santa Clara, in front of the park Leoncio Vidal, very near the city's downtown and only a short taxi ride from the Che Guevara Monument.

Being so close to everything there is to see it is ideal for exploring the city, especially at nights, when one can go for a pleasant evening stroll or visit the nearby Casa de la...

Hotel Islazul Santa Clara Libre is on a great location in the heart of the city, at the main plaza, only one block from the shopping boulevard and near everything there is to see in Santa Clara.

Formerly Santa Clara Hilton, the 11 story hotel was built between 1953 and 1956. It is, still today, the tallest building of the city and offers wonderful views, especially from the top-floor terrace...

Inaugurated in 2012 but housed in a typical colonial mansion Hotel Encanto Barcelona is located in San Juan de los Remedios, the 8th villa founded in Cuba by the Spaniards (1578), and famous for its “parrandas”- probably the oldest and better known traditional Cuban party-.

The hotel stands facing Remedios’ Plaza Mayor, the only plaza in Cuba featuring two churches; one of them- la Parroquial...

Hotel Encanto Camino del Príncipe is located in Remedios, the 8th villa founded by the Spaniards in Cuba and a lovely city in the province of Villa Clara (central part of Cuba).

Remedios is relatively close to the popular keys of Villa Clara, Cayo Las Brujas, Ensenachos and Santa María, is famous for its “parrandas” (probably Cuba’s biggest and oldest traditional party) and offers the simple...

Encanto Plaza of Sancti Spíritus is a beautiful, charming, small hotel of only 27 rooms located in the old town, on the recently reconstructed main square (Parque Serafín Sánchez); one block from the pedestrian shopping street and within walking distance to almost everything.

Built in the late 19th century as family mansion it had several other uses from 1914 to 1996, when it was totally...

Hotel Encanto Rijo is set in a gorgeous colonial house from mid 19th century which used to belong to the distinguished doctor Rudesindo García Rijo. Beautifully renovated it is now a boutique hotel of only 16 rooms with a truly nice atmosphere and very good service.

The property is built around an open central courtyard which has a fountain, many tropical plants, tables and chairs. It...

Hotel Encanto Don Florencio is housed in a beautiful colonial mansion which was restored and turned into a hotel, among others, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the founding of the city of Sancti Spíritus, the capital of the province of the same name.

The word Encanto (charm in Spanish) is one brand of hotel chain Islazul which features mostly small hotels- once residences of important...

Dating from 1909 Hotel Plaza is considered a gem among Havana’s hotels due to its triangular shaped design, its magnificent neoclassical facade and its lobby bar, featuring a lovely fountain, abundant vegetation, Mudejar tiles on walls and original floors plus Art Nouveau stained-glass windows that filter the tropical light creating a very special atmosphere.

It is a shame that El Plaza has...

Hotel Inglaterra opened its doors in 1875 and was declared National Monument in 1981. The oldest Cuban hotel that still stands, it is located on one of the busiest corners of Havana, very near the Opera, the Capitol Building and facing the Parque Central, in a perfect spot to explore the city.

Its beautiful neoclassical façade contrasts with its interior decor, featuring beautiful...

The modern and luxurious Hotel Iberostar Parque Central is located in the very heart of the old city, across the street from Havana's Central Park, surrounded by famous buildings such as the "Gran Teatro de La Habana", the Capitol Building, the Museum of Fine Arts, and within walking distance from The Cathedral, The Malecón (the emblematic seaside promenade), the gorgeous Paseo del Prado (where...

Santa Isabel hotel is located just a few meters from where the town of San Cristóbal de la Habana was founded, back in the 16th century, on the eastern side of the Plaza de Armas, the city's first and most beautiful square.

Built in the 18th century, the magnificent mansion belonged to the Counts of Santovenia, but on 1867 it became a very elegant hotel, the favorite Havana hotel for artists,...

Hotel Tejadillo is very centrally placed in the very heart of old Havana facing the Cathedral Square, just around the corner from the famous Bodeguita del Medio and 10 minute walk away from the Malecón.

The Tejadillo also has its very own history as it is formed by 3 houses built back in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is decorated with paintings that show the reigning eclecticism in Havana,...

Built in 1888 and once regarded as the best hotel in town and one of the top ten in Latin America, Hotel Telégrafo was reopened in 2002 after a total restoration that melds some of its classical elements with a contemporary vogue.

In the inner courtyard the exposed brickwork of the arches contrasts with the modern design of the building, highlighting the combination of colonial and modern...

Right on one corner of the Port Avenue, facing the Havana harbor and on edge of the historic center stands the hotel Armadores de Santander with its magnificent façade, tall colums, marble stairways, massive doors and windows.

Its architectural motifs and decor evoke the beautiful and maritime Spanish region of Santander.

The hotel comprises three adjoining buildings and features 32...

The 4* Hotel Florida is a magnificent building from the beginning of the 19th century that was originally the mansion of a Count. In 1885 it was turned into a hotel, promptly becoming one of the finest of the capital. Afterwards it served as bank, law offices, stores...until the Office of the Historian of the City finally rescued it in 1994, carefully restoring it and re-opening it as Hotel...

Ambos Mundos is a 5 floor, 52 room hotel built with an eclectic set of characteristics of 20th-century style architecture.

Besides its privileged location and lively ambience, the hotel takes pride in having hosted Ernest Hemingway, who found it "a good place to write", and thus wrote here (room 511) the first chapters of his novel "For Whom the Bells Toll" which he started on March 1, 1939....

Very near Paseo del Prado (one of Havana’s most important and beautiful avenues) stands Hotel Park View.

The building, from 1928, was totally restored and reopened in 2002. It features 55 rooms which are simple, nothing fancy about them, but are nicely furnished and the ones on the upper floors that face the ocean have a very nice view.

Breakfast isn’t great and doesn’t offer many options,...

Only a block away from Plaza Vieja and very close to Plaza San Francisco de Asís, the elegant Hotel Raquel captivates guests and visitors with its sublime architecture, the beauty and sensuality of its romantic ambiance and its many intriguing Jewish references: A star of David at the entrance, mezuzahs on each doorframe, Hebrew biblical names for each room, and paintings with biblical themes on...

Palacio O’Farril is one of the Old Havana hotels managed by the office of the City Historian. A gorgeous palatial building which was once the house of Don José Ricardo O’Farrill and O’Daly, an irish immigrant who made a fortune on sugar in Cuba and who founded here one of the wealthiest families of the nobility in the colonial times.

Completely and elegantly renovated, the hotel features 38...

Los Frailes is a small and nice looking hotel located in a narrow, busy street of the old city, only a few steps away from beautiful "Plaza Vieja" (Old Square), the majestic St. Francis of Assisi's Basilica and the similarly named square "Plaza San Francisco de Asís".

The hotel building was once the mansion of Marquis Pedro Claudio Duquesne, Captain of the French Navy, and was at the time...

From its privileged location on the edge of the old town, with a great view of the Capitol building, El Parque de la Fraternidad, Cuba’s most important opera and ballet house (the gorgeous Gran Teatro de la Habana), and right across from the famous Partagás cigar factory, stands the elegant XIX Century Hotel Saratoga, revealing the city life in all its decaying, bustling and musical...

The Conde de Villanueva hotel was designed especially for the joy and delight of cigar smokers and it hosts probably the best cigar shop in town, hidden in the hotel’s mezzanine.

Here, the passionate cigar aficionados can even rent their personal humidor, something along the line of a personal vault in a Swiss bank. However, you don’t have to be a smoker to enjoy the colonial patio with its...

Hostal San Miguel is housed in a splendid colonial mansion from the 19th century which used to belong to Antonio San Miguel y Segalá, a Spanish journalist, politician and business man, who arrived in Cuba in 1869.

Completely and beautifully restored by the Office of the City Historian, San Miguel is today a cozy intimate boutique hotel of only 10 rooms, with a great location in Old Havana...

El Comendador is a small and charismatic hotel located in the very heart of the historical center of Old Havana, very near Plaza San Francisco de Asís and Plaza de Armas, but on a quiet street.

The property, that belonged during the XIX century to the family of Don Pedro Regalado Pedroso y Zayas, "Comendador de la Orden de Isabel La Católica", was erected in the XVIII and XIX centuries and was...

Hotel in the Historic Center operated by the Office of the City Historian.

In 1732, Don Gabriel Beltrán de Santa Cruz contracted the building of a house in the Old Square, to be home to the Counts of Jaruco, but passed away during the early stages of the work. His widow, Doña Antonia Aranda y Avellaneda, daughter of the Governor of the San Salvador de la Punta Fortress, expanded the project...

Hostal Valencia is one of the first buildings in Old Havana to have been restored and turned into a guesthouse by the Office of the City Historian.

Also known as “The house of Valencia in Havana” due to its cult of the Valentian traditions and specifically to its paellas, awarded in national and international contests, it was originally the mansion of Governor Sotolongo and dates from the...

Hotel Mesón de la Flota has the looks of a Spanish Tavern, or better, of the inns of yore where sailors that traveled aboard the legendary Galleons Fleet gathered during their stays in the port of Havana.

Being so close to Havana’s harbor, one of the most important of the Americas in the 18th and 19th century, there’s a big chance that ship’s crews stayed here or in similar inns in this...

Located on the picturesque promenade Paseo del Prado, just a few steps away from all the cultural treasures of Old Havana, Hotel Mercure Sevilla is one of the four grand historical hotels (together with the Inglaterra, the Plaza and the Saratoga) near Havana’s Central Park.

Built in 1908 with marked Moorish influence in its architecture, the Sevilla is a classic hotel steeped in history,...

Hotel Caribbean is located on the Paseo del Prado, very near to Havana’s Historical Center and within walking distance to most attractions.

It is a basic hotel featuring simple rooms which are mostly interior (no windows or views in many of them) and the ones that do have windows are kind of noisy, since the glass windows offer poor isolation, and Paseo del Prado is a truly busy...

The Marques de Prado Ameno hotel is a colonial mansion built in the first decade of the 18th century, the typical Cuban aristocratic mansion of that time.

The famous black poet Juan Francisco Manzano served as slave to the Marquises of Prado Ameno, and gained his freedom thanks to the efforts of Domingo Del Monte and other prominent personalities of the time.

Today, the hotel features 15...

The Palacio de San Felipe y Santiago de Bejucal is a charming boutique hotel which enjoys a privileged location on Plaza San Francisco de Asís, the second square ever built in Havana, just a few steps from The basilica and the monastery of San Francisco de Asis (which houses one of the most renowned concert halls in the city) and facing Havana's Chamber of Commerce.

The other three more...

Residencia Habana 612 is Habaguanex's (tourist company belonging to the Office of the Historian of Havana) newest hotel.

Open since December 2014 it’s nestled in an exquisitely renovated colonial building, located in the very heart of Old Havana, near one of its most beautiful squares: Plaza Vieja.

It’s a small (only 12 rooms distributed among 3 floors), intimate and stylishly decorated...

Opening in June 2017, the Hotel Manzana Kempinski La Habana is a brand-new hotel located in the very heart of Old Havana and enjoys great views of the Capitol of Havana and the Havana Great Theatre.

Hotel Manzana Kempinski La Habana is the first real luxury inn in the old city and counts with 246 spacious rooms and suites, high ceilings and French windows overlooking the beautiful Old Havana....