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Places to Stay

PRICE CATEGORIES restau rants and six bars,
For a standard double room per night (with breakfast includ ing a lovely garden
if included), taxes, and extra charges. terrace bar and the
Cabaret Parisien, as well
$ under CUC$50 $$ CUC$50–150 $$$ over CUC$150 as two large swimming
pools. Many rooms
Havana Hotels of the Count of Villanueva are dowdy, so take an
offers nine intimate execu tive floor room.
Hostal Los Frailes rooms facing an airy
MAP X2 • Calle Brasil courtyard. A cigar lounge Hotel Saratoga
between Oficios & draws serious smokers. MAP W1 • Paseo de Martí
Mercaderes, La Habana 603, La Habana Vieja
Vieja • 7862 9383 • www. Hotel Florida • 7868 1000 • www.
habaguanex.ohc.cu • $$ MAP X1 • Calle Obispo hotel-saratoga.com • $$$
Themed as a monas tery 252, La Habana Vieja The most sophis ticated
with staff that dress as • 7862 4127 • www. hotel in town, this stylish
monks, this hotel has cozy habaguanex.ohc.cu restoration of a historic
rooms with wrought-iron • $$$ hotel merges colonial
furnishings surround ing a A magnificent colonial and ultra-contemporary
patio. There is no restaur- building and a haven features. Rooms have
ant, but nearby Plaza of peace on La Habana DVD players, Wi-Fi
Vieja has several options. Vieja’s busiest street, connections, and posh
this sumptuous hotel is furnishings. A fabulous
Hotel Raquel centered on a courtyard. restaurant, chic bar, and
MAP X2 • Amargura & San It has spacious rooms rooftop pool complete
Ignacio, La Habana Vieja furnish ed in colonial style the picture.
• 7860 8280 • www. with wrought-iron beds.
habaguanex.ohc.cu • $$ Hotel Tryp
A stylish historic hotel Hotel Iberostar Habana Libre
with Art Nouveau decor Parque Central MAP U1 • Calle L & Av.
and an excellent location MAP W1 • Calle Neptuno 23, Vedado • 7834 6100
just one block from Plaza between Prado & Zulueta • www.meliacuba.com
Vieja. Facilities include • 7860 6627 • www. • $$$
a solarium and a gym. iberostar.com • $$$ The key attractions of
This luxury option over- this 1950s high-rise in the
Hotel Capri looks Havana’s liveliest heart of Vedado include a
MAP U1 • Calle 21 esq. N, square with elegant bank, a leading nightclub,
Vedado • 7839 7200 rooms that feature a business center, tour
• www.gran-caribe.cu reproduc tion antiques desks, and a pool.
• $$$ and Wi-Fi connections. The refurbished rooms
Reopened in 2014 after a It has a classy lobby bar, are comfortable and
five-year renova tion, this two fine restaurants, contemporary in style.
historic hotel with mobster boutiques, and a rooftop
associations now gleams swimming pool. Popular Meliá Cohiba
afresh. Modern amenities with tour groups. MAP S1 • Paseo at Av.
include Wi-Fi and a club. 1ra, Vedado • 7833-3636
Hotel Nacional • www.meliacuba.com
Hotel Conde MAP U1 • Calle O & 21, • $$$
de Villanueva Vedado • 7836 3564 The business hotel par
MAP X4 • Calle Merca deres • www.hotelnacionalde excellence in Havana, this
202, La Habana Vieja cuba.com • $$$ modern Spanish-run place
• 7862 9293 • www. Built in the 1930s, this has the best facilities in
habaguanex.ohc.cu • $$$ gracious grande-dame is town, with deluxe rooms,
In the heart of La Habana considered to be Havana’s excellent restaurants, and
Vieja, the former mansion top hotel. It offers four a vast swimming pool.

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