Vedado
The icing on the cake of Cuban hotels and a flagship of the government-run Gran Caribe chain, the neoclassical/neocolonial/art deco (call it eclectic)…
Must-see hotels in Vedado
Vedado
What started as a casa particular has morphed into a de facto private hotel of four-star quality. Spread over three floors (4, 5 and 11) in a residential…
Vedado
Boutique hotels are a new thing in Cuba, and the five-room Candil is setting a high bar, occupying a distinguished early-20th-century villa decked out…
Vedado
Cuba's most businesslike city hotel is an oceanside concrete giant built in 1994 (it's the only building from this era on the Malecón) that will satisfy…
Vedado
Marta has lived in this apartment block on Av de los Presidentes since the 1960s. One look at the view and you'll see why: the glass-front wraparound…
Vedado
An exceptionally striking private hotel inhabiting a dignified villa, the 5 & 8 effortlessly mixes the modernity of Miami with the indefinable magic of…
Vedado
This casa particular, currently into its third owners, has had numerous incarnations, all of them good. It's located in the middle of Vedado's nightlife…
Vedado
After spending over a decade as a rotting ruin, the Capri was reborn in 2014 as a quieter, less notorious version of its former self. Rather like The…
Vedado
This icon of the Havana skyline opened in March 1958 on the eve of President Batista's last waltz. Originally the Havana Hilton, it was commandeered by…
Vedado
Looking a bit like a small piece of the Hotel Nacional cut off and deposited a couple of blocks to the south, the attractive neoclassical Victoria, dating…
Vedado
Magnificently retro or dog-eared and dated – the hotel that mobster Meyer Lansky built in 1957 is a bit of both. The lobby, with its sharp modernist lines…
Vedado
This art deco–influenced hotel on Av de los Presidentes wouldn't be out of place near Times Sq in New York. Built in 1928, the same year as the nearby…
Vedado
A handsome neoclassical house located in a quiet street, the ‘Liz’ has four rooms of varying configurations. All have kettles, microwaves and stocked…
Vedado
Don't be put off by the out-of-the-way location (western Vedado): there's plenty going on in this neck of the woods, and the highly professional Casa de…
Vedado
A relatively modern self-contained house with private entry in western Vedado, a block from the Malecón and handily placed for nearby restaurants and the…
Vedado
It's unusual to find a house this old in western Vedado, so make the most of the 1861, whose five private rooms (one is family size) are a riot of wrought…
Vedado
Mercy's four rooms at this long-standing rental spread across two 2nd-floor apartments just off Av de los Presidentes have a passionate following. The…
Vedado
Opposite the Museo de Artes Decorativas, this unassuming 1st-floor casa is in a pleasant tucked-away nook. There's one rented room, located upstairs in a…
Vedado
So close to the US embassy that you can practically hear the diplomatic sighs, this casa (affiliated with a similar one in Centro Habana) is big on the…
Vedado
Hotel Vedado is ever popular with the tour-bus crowd. Despite regular refurbishments it never quite breaks the three-star barrier, though it has an OK…
Vedado
First things first: Paseo Habana is not actually on Paseo: it’s one block east, at the corner of Calle A. As state-run places go, it's a bit of a bargain…
