Hostal Azul

Top choice in Matanzas


With a front door large enough to ride a stagecoach through, this handsome blue house dating from the 1890s has original tiled floors, an antique wooden spiral staircase and four castle-sized rooms set around a spacious alfresco patio.

Multilingual owner Joel is a true gent and happy to offer his sturdy 1984 Lada for taxi duty. Even better, he runs a spacious period cafe-restaurant on-site selling burgers and salads sourced from a local ecofarm.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Matanzas attractions

1. Museo Farmaceútico

0.04 MILES

Museo Farmaceútico is one of Matanzas' showcase sights. Founded in 1882 by the Triolett family, the pharmacy was the first of its type in Latin America…

2. Parque Libertad

0.07 MILES

A few blocks directly west of Plaza de la Vigía is Parque Libertad, the anchor of Matanzas' cultural life and home to several of the city's most…

3. Palacio de Gobierno

0.11 MILES

Dating from 1853, this muscular building with its huge arched portales forming a grand covered walkway fills the whole east side of Parque Libertad. These…

4. Catedral de San Carlos Borromeo

0.15 MILES

Standing back from the disorganized melee of Calle 83 behind shady Plaza de la Iglesia is Matanzas' main church, a neoclassical structure with two unequal…

5. Taller-Galería Lolo

0.17 MILES

Imagine. You're tramping through Matanzas' tatty streets wondering whether the 'Athens of Cuba' moniker is just a local joke when you stumble upon this…

6. Galería-Taller El Garabato

0.19 MILES

The workspace and gallery of local painter Adrián Socorro is fortuitously located next to Taller-Galería Lolo, inviting you to witness a double-whammy of…

7. Palacio de Justicia

0.31 MILES

This is one of several impressive constructions on the Plaza de la Vigía opposite the Teatro Sauto, first erected in 1826 and rebuilt between 1908 and…

8. Museo Palacio de Junco

0.33 MILES

This double-arched edifice on the Plaza de la Vigía showcases the full sweep of Matanzas' history from pirate incursions to the cruel reign of slavery…