Patio de María

Las Terrazas


Patio de María is a small, brightly painted coffee bar that dispatches one of the best brews in Cuba. The secret comes in the expert confection and the fact that Las Terrazas touts a coffee culture that goes back 220 years. Frappés are also served on a busy flower-bedizened terrace overlooking the village.


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