Old Havana, which for centuries was inside the walled part of the city, was founded in late 1519 at the port Carenas. Its primary nucleus consists of buildings that were erected around a series of public squares and tiny areas adjoining monasteries and old churches.A constant victim of attacks by pirates, corsairs and enemies of the Spanish Crown, the village of San Cristóbal de La Habana had to be fortified with a powerful defense system, some of whose major fortresses, such as the...

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After a prolonged gestation period, an old star has been reborn on a leafy square opposite the Capitolio, Havanas version of the dome in Washington DC. The original Hotel Saratoga, carved out of an...

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This building of colonial appearance and elegance, built in 1836, was the former residence of renowned families and opulent businessmen. Florida Hotel, fit to the American and European comfort, opened...

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The old house of Alderman Sotolongo, today the Valencia hotel, was originally built to be a house at the end of the 18th century. The hotel is located just a few meters away from the Arm's and St....

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This is by far the classiest of the many Hemingway hangouts in Habana. In fact, El Floridita is so upscale, I have a hard time imagining the rugged writer really enjoying this place. It'll cost you...

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Palatial in magnitude and elegance, the Santa Isabel enjoys what is perhaps the most privileged location of all hotels in the area: facing the charming Plaza de Armas (a cobbled square flanked by...

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An elegant big house from the 18th Century, located very closely to the Plaza Vieja, one of Old Havana’s most beautiful squares, opens as a cozy hotel, where the combination of modern and old...

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An authentic colonial guesthouse can be found after crossing the magnificent large doors of the Hotel del Tejadillo. The house is decorated with paintings that show the reigning eclecticism in Havana,...

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The Hotel Sevilla is a masterpiece of colonial architecture, luxurious and familiar, which welcomes its visitors in the best tradition of Havana hospitality. When it opened its doors on March 22,...

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In a very privileged location in the old Havana, a magnificent neoclasic palace is reborn. It used to be the house of Don Jose Ricardo O'Farrill, the great-grandson of the Irish Don Ricardo O'Farrill...
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