HOTEL MELIA COHIBAĪ very comfortable and modern but rather anonymous 22-storey hotel on the waterfront, Meliá Cohíba has 462 rooms - many with seaviews - and a pool. HOTEL ISLAZUL CARIBBEANĪ friendly, reliable and comfortable base for independent travellers, Hotel Caribbean is small and located just outside the walls of colonial Havana.

It is centrally located next to the Gran Teatro, Paseo del Prado and the Parque Central, and the building has been declared a national monument. Located in a grand building from 1928, Hotel Inglaterra is the recommended hotel for visitors keen to stick together. ££Ĭalle Opisbo 252, Habana Viejo, Havana (00 53 ). The best thing, however, about the hotel is the marble bathrooms complete with towelling dressing gowns, big baths and huge old-fashioned showerheads. Despite their occasional noisiness, the rooms at the front have the best views up ands down the bustling Calle Opisbo. The food is excellent, with fresh papaya juice and live piano music at breakfast and Cuban cooking with an extensive wine menu for dinner. On entering, you are greeted by a green-and-white marble courtyard with iron inner balconies, lush plants and songbirds in pretty white cages. HOTEL FLORIDAĬosy colonial is the best way to describe this friendly and relaxed hotel. The rooms are sparsely decorated, but one is a must on a literature pilgrimage: in room 511, Ernest Hemingway wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls. This eclectic hotel was built in the 1920s and its location is hard to beat in Old Havana. £ġ15 Brasil, between Cuba and San Ignacio, Old Havana, Havana (00 53 ). From the verdant central patio a spiral staircase leads up to a wonderful roof terrace full of plants and lamps, and another comfortable room, this one in contemporary style, with its own bathroom. The colonial theme extends to the two fantastic first-floor bedrooms with their own balconies. Set in a majestic apartment building less than a block from Plaza Vieja, it is more impressive still inside, with original colonial furniture all over the place and an incredible Romanesque bathroom. This outstanding casa particular - a family hotel - knocks the socks off most of its local rivals for comfort and character. Neptuno 521, between Lealtad and Campanario, Havana (00 53 ). The hosts, a mother and her multilingual daughter, are extremely likeable. The three spacious rooms, one with a street-side balcony, are spotless and have top-drawer bathrooms. Relaxing in the sun's rays in a rocking chair on the large central patio, it's easy to forget you're only a few metres from a main road. On a busy street in the heart of workaday Centro Habana, this fantastic first-floor flat is an oasis of calm and space. But it's changing fast: behind the crumbling colonial façades are boutique hotels and cocktail bars, and a new level of luxury that has not - yet - compromised this magical city Where to stay in Havana HOTELS CASA DE MIRIAM Y SINAI Visiting Cuba's sultry Spanish Colonial capital is like stepping back in time.

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