Must-see hotels in Cuba

  • Claudio & Ileana

    Cienfuegos

    At this hospitable house, you'll be looked after by two doctors who run a highly polished operation with two bedrooms, new air-con units, wi-fi, roof…

  • Casa Nelson & Deisy

    Santiago de Cuba

    Decked in white, this thoroughly modern casa sits in a renovated building in the colonial core. There are three smart rooms and a private terrace. Nelson…

  • Hotel Versalles

    Santiago de Cuba

    Not to be confused with the namesake rumba district of Matanzas, or the resplendent home of Louis XIV, this modest hotel is on the outskirts of town off…

  • 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 Señora Inalvis

    Santiago de Cuba

    Located on a convenient corner near Meliá Santiago de Cuba hotel, this cute suburban home has just a couple of rooms and a shady back patio. The host Sra…

  • Casa de la Amistad

    Bayamo

    Gabriel and Rosa let out two spacious apartments on the upper floor of their pastel-shaded house. Guests have a private entrance, kitchen, sitting area,…

  • 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…

  • Vista Al Mar

    Cienfuegos

    It really is a vista al mar (sea view) – in fact, this highly professional place has even got its own private scoop of beach out back with plunge pool and…

  • El Rústico

    Trinidad

    These upstairs rooms above El Criollo restaurant (guests get discounts) are a pleasant, breezy surprise, with attractive, immaculate spaces and hair…

  • Casa Olga

    Bayamo

    With a balcony gazing out on the plaza, these three 2nd-floor rooms couldn't be more central. Olga is a welcoming host who prepares substantial breakfasts…

  • Iberostar Playa Alameda

    Varadero

    Red-roofed villas, a palm-fringed walkway leading down to the beach, numerous bars, restaurants, beauty salons and kids clubs, and a rather plush wood…

  • Hostal Sol RyA

    Varadero

    Handy little homestay right next to the Víazul bus station with one independent apartment (with bunk beds and ideal for families) and another normal…

  • Casa Colonial Lioska

    Viñales

    Modest little place with two rooms – one of which has an independent entrance – that prefers to stay under the radar. Nonetheless, the food is good,…

  • Trinidad Rent

    Trinidad

    An online English-language booking service with photos that curates some of the best casas in Trinidad. You can reserve the room of your choosing. Handy…

  • Casa Los Helechos

    Camagüey

    Helechos means 'ferns,' and plenty occupy the long interior patio of this pleasant colonial house. There's one sizable room with two beds and its own…

  • Villa El Niño

    Viñales

    Lovely green abode with multiple terraces and swing-chairs on Calle Adela Azcuy away from the noise of main drag Salvador Cisneros. It offers four small…

  • 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…

  • Hostal José & Fatima

    Trinidad

    Highly popular casa with five rooms and colonial trimmings, including a terrace. The helpful hosts can hook you up with many local activities. There's…

  • Evelio & Isel

    Matanzas

    Rooms at this 2nd-floor apartment have TV, security boxes and balconies, plus there's underground parking. Exceedingly helpful owner Evelio is a fount of…

  • Villa Lao

    Holguín Province

    Shimmering clean, professionally run house with two rooms; grab the upstairs one with its kitchen and plant-laden terrace if possible. It's got a front…

  • Fiesta Americana Costa Verde

    Holguín Province

    With blocky architecture, this smaller offering turns out to be decent value. Attractive tiled rooms, friendly staff and wi-fi are selling points,…

  • La Casona

    Baracoa

    Rarely is a city's most central casa among its best, but thus have the young hosts made this place: two spotless 2nd-floor rooms and a knockout terrace…

  • 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…

  • Ovidio González Salgado

    Santiago de Cuba Province

    A spacious place with three rooms and multiple terraces. Your best bet is the private top-floor apartment with views of town and sea. With a pleasant…

  • Maria Eugenia Requejo

    Camagüey

    An offshoot of Los Vitrales run by the daughter of the owner, this ultramodern apartment is good for families or those who want some privacy.

  • Casa Menocal

    Varadero

    Traditional gray-stone Varadero house right on a dreamy slice of beach. Five rooms with roof beams and traditional 1940s feel. Book ahead.

  • 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…

  • Club Amigo Atlántico – Guardalavaca

    Holguín Province

    As cheap getaways go, this is Guardalavaca's bargain resort offering, but it's not for particular guests. Cleanliness is not always paramount in this 600…

  • Starfish Las Palmas

    Varadero

    This new-ish Starfish hotel is different from other 21st-century Varadero accommodations. It's not an all-inclusive, it's not a casa particular (private…

  • Finca Ma Dolores

    Trinidad

    Trinidad goes rustic with the out-of-town Finca Ma Dolores, 1.5km west on the road to Cienfuegos and Topes de Collantes. It's equipped with hotel-style…

  • 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…

  • Hospedería El Cobre

    Santiago de Cuba Province

    This large building behind the basilica has a pleasant sitting room and 15 monk-standard rooms with one to three beds with bath. It's charged in moneda…

  • Villa Cayo Saetía

    Holguín Province

    This rustic key resort, on a 42-sq-km island at the entrance to Bahía de Nipe, is small, remote and more upmarket than the price suggests. The 12 rooms…

  • Club Amigo Carisol – Los Corales

    Santiago de Cuba Province

    There's the swim-up bar, umbrellas in the piña coladas, and the government-sponsored band knocking out 'Guantanamera' as you tuck into your lukewarm…

  • Hotel los Delfines

    Varadero

    The Delfines is unusual for Varadero in that it's a cheap all-inclusive that inhabits the town itself rather than the spread-out hotel zone to the east…

  • 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…

  • Hotel Pullman

    Varadero

    The turreted Pullman still stands defiantly in Varadero town, competing, not altogether successfully, with the surrounding casas particulares (rooms in…

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