Must-see hotels in Havana

  • Casa Colonial del 1715

    Habana Vieja

    This lovely mint-green colonial house stands out amid the superficial scruffiness of Calle Lamparilla. The bright tone continues inside with a wonderful…

  • Hotel Armadores de Santander

    Habana Vieja

    The Santander, down by the harbor, has a tangible nautical feel. You almost expect some old Spanish sailor to come strolling into the thin mahogany bar…

  • Villa Cloty

    Habana del Este

    Occupying a great spot on Guanabo’s main drag, right by the beach, this place – rather unusually for a casa particular – benefits from its own pool, a…

  • Jesús & María

    Habana Vieja

    At this old-school casa you'll have to walk through the family sitting area, ducking deftly beneath the TV, in order to get to your room. Inside, the…

  • Ana y Surama

    Habana Vieja

    This lovely 2nd-floor casa steps from Plaza Vieja is dripping with Cuban character, from its antique chandeliers to its lurid curtains and bedspreads…

  • Hotel Beltrán de la Santa Cruz

    Habana Vieja

    An excellent location and plenty of old-world authenticity make this compact inn just off Plaza Vieja a history-evoking place to stay. It's housed in a…

  • Hotel Villa Eulalia

    Havana

    Guarding the entry to the diplomatic 'hood of Miramar, the Eulalia is a new hotel set in an old mansion that was recently floated as one of Cubanacán’s…

  • Hostal Las Terrazas de Teresa

    Habana del Este

    The three rooms here are realistically mini-apartments, with their own kitchens and eating areas. Teresa has put a lot of work into renovating her house…

  • Casa Guevara Alba

    Havana

    A welcoming homestay close to Playa's main hotel zone that outsmarts most of the hotels in terms of price, service and comfort. On offer are two…

  • Hostal Elena Morina

    Habana del Este

    Hay Perro reads the sign, but don't worry: the mutt that resides here is friendly (really), as is hostess Elena, who once lived in Italy. There's great…

  • Casa Villegas 66

    Habana Vieja

    These two rooms in a private 1st-floor apartment amid the action of Habana Vieja are set back far enough from the street to deaden the noise. The house…

  • Lourdes Cervantes

    Havana

    On the border of Vedado and Centro Habana, just a baseball-bat swing from the Hotel Nacional and Malecón, this 1st-floor apartment offers two large rooms…

  • Dulce Hostal – Dulce María González

    Havana

    This house is all about the lovely hostess, Dulce, who has been renting out just one room in her neocolonial house for well over a decade. Nothing has…

  • Casa de Lourdes & José

    Havana

    Located in the midst of Centro, this place with wonderful hosts has three en suite rooms and set-you-up-for-the-day breakfasts. If you like good old…

  • Casa Amada

    Havana

    A huge house that offers six rooms (all with private bathroom), gracious hosts and a communal roof terrace. An enclosed balcony out front overlooks the…

  • Gilberto & Blanca

    Habana del Este

    A friendly retired couple has this pleasant bungalow on Guanabo's main drag, a 100m dash from the beach, offering two rooms with private bathrooms. Ideal…

  • Eumelia & Aurelio

    Havana

    Modern bathrooms, minibars and digitally controlled air-con feature in this pleasant family house close to Paseo de Martí. There are five double rooms and…

  • Starfish Montehabana

    Havana

    This giant Miramar apart-hotel opened in 2005 with the promise of being something a little different. However, with its overbearing concrete stairways and…

  • Villa Tarará

    Habana del Este

    Villa Tarará is part of a planned resort town conceived and built in the 1940s that has gone through various incarnations since (Che Guevara once lived…

  • Hotel El Viejo y El Mar

    Havana

    Named for famous Hemingway novel The Old Man and the Sea, this concrete jungle sits at scruffy Marina Hemingway and has recently been refurbished after a…

  • Villa Bacuranao

    Habana del Este

    On the Vía Blanca, 18km east of Havana, this is the closest beach resort to the capital. There's a long, sandy (if rubbish-ridden) shore between the…

  • Four Points by Sheraton Havana

    Havana

    One of the few Havana hotels that Americans can legally stay at, the Sheraton is a bizarre amalgamation of US-owned Marriott and Cuba’s state-run Gaviota …

  • Hotel Deauville

    Havana

    Despite its perfect location on the Malecón, this dowager is just that. A former Mafia gambling den, the Deauville doesn't offer much these days apart…

  • Villa Los Pinos

    Habana del Este

    Los Pinos is a collection of little two- to four-bedroom houses with kitchens and TVs that were holiday homes before the revolution. Some of them have…

  • Hotel Palco

    Havana

    Attached to the Palacio de las Convenciones, the Palco is a business hotel normally block-booked by visitors in town to attend a conference/symposium…

  • Hotel Club Acuario

    Havana

    Havana's only all-inclusive option outside Playas del Este is splayed between two harbor channels in Marina Hemingway. Its potential is huge, but – rather…

  • Complejo Cultural La Vitrola

    Havana

    Imagine staying at London's Abbey Road recording studios. Well, this is the Cuban equivalent. The EGREM studios – working space for Cuba's top musical…

  • Hotel Marazul

    Habana del Este

    Despite numerous renovations, rebrandings and paint jobs, the architecturally unlovely Marazul can't escape its grim shell, strive as it may to resemble a…

  • Chateau Miramar by Be Live

    Havana

    It's marketed as a boutique hotel, but this château ain't no Loire Valley retreat. Built in an era when Cuba's architects seem to have been on hiatus, it…

  • Complejo Atlántico – Las Terrazas

    Habana del Este

    An amalgamation of a beach hotel and an old aparthotel, this place offers 60 or so apartments (with kitchenettes) along with the fair-to-middling…

  • Be Live Copacabana

    Havana

    Slightly better than some of its tired Playa competitors thanks to a recent refurbishment, the Copacabana nonetheless retains an inherent dankness,…

  • Hotel Kohly

    Havana

    In western Playa, the Kohly tries hard to impress, with an array of handy extras including swimming pool, gym, on-site pizzeria and Havana's only bowling…

  • Hostal Marlin

    Habana del Este

    A chilled-out apartment with a sea view and a roof terrace that offers a potential escape from the tumult of Havana. There’s a kitchenette, a separate…

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