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Villa Los Caneyes, particulares, two guest Casa de Juan
Santa Clara rooms feature colonial­ Sánchez, Cienfuegos
MAP H3 • Av. de los period furniture and MAP G3 • Av. 8 #3703
Eucaliptos • (42) 21 share a bathroom; a third • (43) 51 7986 • casa
8140 • www.hoteles has a private terrace. A juanche@nauta.cu • $
cubanacan.com • $$ gorgeous basset hound Dramatic Modernist
Popular with tour groups, roams the delightful architecture is the appeal
this hotel on the outskirts central patio. of this 1950s home in
of town has comfortable, the Punta Gorda district.
octagonal, thatched cabins Casa Colonial Muñoz, The single bedroom is
with air con ditioning and Trinidad cross­ventilated and has
satellite TV. The elegant MAP H4 • Calle Martí 401 a well­kept bathroom.
restaurant has buffet and • (41) 99 3673 • www.
à la carte meals. A pool­ casa.trinidadphoto.com Hostal del Ángel, La
side fashion show is held A spacious 18th­century Habana Vieja
each evening. home full of antiques is MAP W4 • Calle Cuarteles
run by the knowledgeable 118 • 7860 0771 • www.
Private Room and friendly Muñoz family, pradocolonial.com • $
Rentals who speak English and This delightful, homely
can assist travelers. Each option occupies a restored
Casa Beny, Varadero of the three bedrooms colonial town house on
MAP F1 • Calle 55 124 has a private bathroom. the edge of La Habana
• (45) 61 1700 • www. Delicious dinners are also Vieja. The period furnish­
benyhouse.com • $ served to guests. ings are a highlight, as are
It was only in 2011 that the balconies, and a spiral
private room rentals were Casa Font, Trinidad staircase leads to a library.
legalized in Varadero. Of MAP H4 • Calle Gustavo
the many that popped up, Izquierdo 105 • (41) 99 Hostal El Chalet,
Casa Beny stands out. It 3683 • www.casafont Remedios
offers every comfort, plus trinidad.jimdo.com • $ MAP J2 • Calle Brigadier
delicious meals prepared This enormous 18th­ González 29 • (42) 39
by the attentive owners, century family home is 6538 • $
a beautifully landscaped stunningly furnished with This well­maintained
garden, and even parking. beautiful Spanish colonial 1950s home very close
heirlooms. One of the to the main square has
Casa Caridad, rooms features an elegant two bedrooms. The one
Camagüey bed decorated in mother­ upstairs has a lounge,
MAP L3 • Calle Oscar of­pearl. Friendly host large bathroom, and an
Primelles No. 310A • (32) Beatriz serves breakfast independent entrance.
29 1554 • abreucmg@ in the patio garden. The other room has a
enet.cu • $ smaller bathroom.
Run by a lovely hostess, Casa de Jorge
this place has three Coalla, Havana Villa Liba, Holguín
identical bed rooms along MAP S1 • Calle 1 456, MAP N4 • Calle Maceo 46
a corridor that opens out Vedado • 7832 9032 • (24) 42 3823 • mariela
into the family lounge, and • www.havanaroom yoga@cristal.hlg.sld.cu
a patio, where meals are rental.com • $ • $
served beneath an arbor. A friendly family hosts A short walk from
visitors in this two­room both downtown and the
Casa Colonial casa particular superbly Loma de Cruz, this 1950s
Maruchi, Santiago located in Vedado close house is owned by a well­
de Cuba to key sites and a good educated, friendly couple.
MAP P6 • Calle Hartmann choice of restaurants. The two spacious guest
(San Félix) 357 • (22) 62 The spacious, air­ rooms have period
0767 • maruchib@ conditioned rooms are furnishings and are air­
yahoo.es • $ well­equipped, and the conditioned. Hearty meals
At one of the city’s most bathrooms have lots of are served on the patio.
professionally run casas hot water. It has secure parking.
For a key to hotel price categories see p128

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