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 and Vegas-style ostentation, looks like a set from The Godfather: Part II, while the rooms are less striking.
Notwithstanding, the place has been given extra shine since Spanish company Iberostar got involved in 2016, and grating maintenance issues are slowly being ironed out.
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Havana's main cemetery (a national monument), one of the largest in the Americas, is renowned for its striking religious iconography and elaborate marble…
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This emblematic museum is set in the former Presidential Palace, constructed between 1913 and 1920 and used by a string of Cuban presidents, culminating…
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Cobbled, car-free Calle Mercaderes (Merchant's Street) has been extensively restored by the Office of the City Historian and is an almost complete replica…
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Regla
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As important as it is diminutive, Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Regla, which sits close to the dock in Regla, has a long and colorful history. Inside on…
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The Malecón, Havana's evocative 7km-long sea drive, is one of the city's most soulful and quintessentially Cuban thoroughfares, and long a favored meeting…
Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña
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This 18th-century colossus was built between 1763 and 1774 on a long, exposed ridge on the east side of Havana harbor to fill a weakness in the city's…
Gran Teatro de la Habana Alicia Alonso
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The neobaroque Gran Teatro de la Habana Alicia Alonso, erected as a Galician social club between 1907 and 1914, features highly ornate and even exuberant…
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The incomparable Capitolio Nacional is Havana's most ambitious and grandiose building, constructed after the post-WWI boom ('Dance of the Millions')…
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If you prefer John Lennon to Vladimir Lenin (both 20th-century personalities have a park named after them in Havana), decamp to this small square of green…
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Statues of illustrious Latin American leaders line the Parisian-style Calle G (officially known as Av de los Presidentes), including Salvador Allende …
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One of Havana's best museums dazzles like a European stately home. It's replete with all manner of architectural features, including rococo furniture,…
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Essentially a homage to Cuban ballet, this well-laid-out exhibition space in an eclectic Vedado mansion displays objects from Cuba's rich dance history…
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Cuba has three synagogues, serving a Jewish population of approximately 1500. The main community center and library are located here, where the friendly…
6. La Casa de las Tejas Verdes
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Emerging from the tunnel under the Río Almendares, your first glimpse of Miramar is the so-called 'house of the green tiles,' a subtle hint of the…
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Arguably the world's most famous US embassy, this modernist seven-story building on the Malecón with its high security fencing first opened in 1953, but…
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Tucked away behind the US Interests Section is this art deco tower, which looks like the Empire State Building with the bottom 70 floors chopped off. One…