Havana
Capital of Cuba since 1607 and located on the northwest coast, the City of Havana is one of the gateways to the island. One of the main attractive features for travellers is the historic centre or Havana Vieja, declared World Heritage in 1982, with its 18th and 19th century mansions and palaces, carefully restored and exquisite interior courtyards. Its intricate and bustling yet simple side streets, the flagstones, the large iron street lamps, the bars and restaurants with its tables on the pavements, its squares, its churches, the second hand book fair in Plaza de Armas, la Bodeguita del Medio, where Hemingway used to stop to drink a mojito, as well as El Floridita, where the writer’s replica reminds us that it was there where he chose to drink daiquiri. Here, in Havana Vieja, on Consulado Street, between Animas and the Trocadero, Hostel Havana Lido is a cosy establishment ideal to access the main attractions of the historic centre, including the Fine Art Museum, Gran Teatro de Havana and el Capitolio.
In Vedado area, Hostel Havana Colina, a family run place, is located in front of Havana University, founded in 1728. Vedado is a neighbourhood famous for Plaza de la Revolución, Coppelia ice-cream parlour (that was shown in the film “Fresa y Chocolate”), the glamorous Hotel Nacional, with its verandas and gardens overlooking the sea and Hotel Havana Libre, Fidel Castro´s headquarters in 1959.
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