Habana Vieja
This lovely mint-green colonial house stands out amid the superficial scruffiness of Calle Lamparilla. The bright tone continues inside with a wonderful…
Habana Vieja
This lovely mint-green colonial house stands out amid the superficial scruffiness of Calle Lamparilla. The bright tone continues inside with a wonderful…
Habana Vieja
The Santander, down by the harbor, has a tangible nautical feel. You almost expect some old Spanish sailor to come strolling into the thin mahogany bar…
Habana del Este
Occupying a great spot on Guanabo’s main drag, right by the beach, this place – rather unusually for a casa particular – benefits from its own pool, a…
Habana Vieja
At this old-school casa you'll have to walk through the family sitting area, ducking deftly beneath the TV, in order to get to your room. Inside, the…
Habana Vieja
This lovely 2nd-floor casa steps from Plaza Vieja is dripping with Cuban character, from its antique chandeliers to its lurid curtains and bedspreads…
Hotel Beltrán de la Santa Cruz
Habana Vieja
An excellent location and plenty of old-world authenticity make this compact inn just off Plaza Vieja a history-evoking place to stay. It's housed in a…
Havana
Guarding the entry to the diplomatic 'hood of Miramar, the Eulalia is a new hotel set in an old mansion that was recently floated as one of Cubanacán’s…
Habana del Este
The three rooms here are realistically mini-apartments, with their own kitchens and eating areas. Teresa has put a lot of work into renovating her house…
Havana
A welcoming homestay close to Playa's main hotel zone that outsmarts most of the hotels in terms of price, service and comfort. On offer are two…
Habana del Este
Hay Perro reads the sign, but don't worry: the mutt that resides here is friendly (really), as is hostess Elena, who once lived in Italy. There's great…
Habana Vieja
These two rooms in a private 1st-floor apartment amid the action of Habana Vieja are set back far enough from the street to deaden the noise. The house…
Havana
On the border of Vedado and Centro Habana, just a baseball-bat swing from the Hotel Nacional and Malecón, this 1st-floor apartment offers two large rooms…
Dulce Hostal – Dulce María González
Havana
This house is all about the lovely hostess, Dulce, who has been renting out just one room in her neocolonial house for well over a decade. Nothing has…
Havana
Located in the midst of Centro, this place with wonderful hosts has three en suite rooms and set-you-up-for-the-day breakfasts. If you like good old…
Havana
A huge house that offers six rooms (all with private bathroom), gracious hosts and a communal roof terrace. An enclosed balcony out front overlooks the…
Habana del Este
A friendly retired couple has this pleasant bungalow on Guanabo's main drag, a 100m dash from the beach, offering two rooms with private bathrooms. Ideal…
Havana
Modern bathrooms, minibars and digitally controlled air-con feature in this pleasant family house close to Paseo de Martí. There are five double rooms and…
Havana
This giant Miramar apart-hotel opened in 2005 with the promise of being something a little different. However, with its overbearing concrete stairways and…
Habana del Este
Villa Tarará is part of a planned resort town conceived and built in the 1940s that has gone through various incarnations since (Che Guevara once lived…
Havana
Named for famous Hemingway novel The Old Man and the Sea, this concrete jungle sits at scruffy Marina Hemingway and has recently been refurbished after a…
Habana del Este
On the Vía Blanca, 18km east of Havana, this is the closest beach resort to the capital. There's a long, sandy (if rubbish-ridden) shore between the…
Four Points by Sheraton Havana
Havana
One of the few Havana hotels that Americans can legally stay at, the Sheraton is a bizarre amalgamation of US-owned Marriott and Cuba’s state-run Gaviota …
Havana
Despite its perfect location on the Malecón, this dowager is just that. A former Mafia gambling den, the Deauville doesn't offer much these days apart…
Habana del Este
Los Pinos is a collection of little two- to four-bedroom houses with kitchens and TVs that were holiday homes before the revolution. Some of them have…
Havana
Attached to the Palacio de las Convenciones, the Palco is a business hotel normally block-booked by visitors in town to attend a conference/symposium…
Havana
Havana's only all-inclusive option outside Playas del Este is splayed between two harbor channels in Marina Hemingway. Its potential is huge, but – rather…
Havana
Imagine staying at London's Abbey Road recording studios. Well, this is the Cuban equivalent. The EGREM studios – working space for Cuba's top musical…
Habana del Este
Despite numerous renovations, rebrandings and paint jobs, the architecturally unlovely Marazul can't escape its grim shell, strive as it may to resemble a…
Havana
It's marketed as a boutique hotel, but this château ain't no Loire Valley retreat. Built in an era when Cuba's architects seem to have been on hiatus, it…
Complejo Atlántico – Las Terrazas
Habana del Este
An amalgamation of a beach hotel and an old aparthotel, this place offers 60 or so apartments (with kitchenettes) along with the fair-to-middling…
Havana
Slightly better than some of its tired Playa competitors thanks to a recent refurbishment, the Copacabana nonetheless retains an inherent dankness,…
Havana
In western Playa, the Kohly tries hard to impress, with an array of handy extras including swimming pool, gym, on-site pizzeria and Havana's only bowling…
Habana del Este
A chilled-out apartment with a sea view and a roof terrace that offers a potential escape from the tumult of Havana. There’s a kitchenette, a separate…