Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Vedado, Havana, Cuba
Address: Calle 0 esq 21, Vedado
Distinguished and stylish, the Nacional is as remarkable for its history as for the superb location that it enjoys. The eight-storey Spanish-style property rises on a hill-top overlooking the Malecon, affording guests and visitors panoramic vistas of both the Old Town and Vedado district. Once a site of pirate landings and a Cuban stronghold during Havana’s one-year siege by the British, the majestic gardens that surround the hotel are a formidable and welcoming spot after a day of sightseeing and as relaxing a place to enjoy a drink and a sweeping view of the Caribbean as you can hope for.
A well-dressed porter welcomes guests at the entrance of a long, soaring lobby, where the Hotel’s luxurious, aristocratic ambience immediately strikes the eye (the eclectic combination of Moorish tile-work, Elizabethan chandeliers and ceiling beams, recalling a Medieval church, may help explain why world-renowned Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier once referred to the edifice as an “enchanted castle”). The lobby is often teeming with visitors and tour groups; coupled with the ever-busy bar just beyond the doors that open onto the gardens, this gives one the feeling of a hotel that never sleeps.
Equipped with six bars and a well-known cabaret, the hotel is also a setting for live son performances, aquatic spectacles and even sporadic fashion shows, not to mention the venue for the Havana International Film Festival in December, when one is likely to spot renowned figures of Cuba’s culture and art scene and even the occasional Hollywood star. The Nacional, however, is not aimed exclusively at night-owls or entertainment-seekers: a well-equipped business centre, currency exchange locale, nine meeting rooms (including the spacious Taganana Hall, used for press conferences) offering interpretation services, and an entire executive floor with express check-in and cyber-café accom?date the business traveler and convention or congress participant alike.
Boasting a guest-list crammed with such personalities as Johny Weissmuller and Buster Keaton and illustrious figures like Winston Churchill and the Duke of Windsor, the Hotel Nacional’s restored and welcoming accommodations are a window to a bygone era of class and distinction.
Hotel Facilities
Bar - Buffet restaurante - Cafeteria - Car rental - Cigar shop - Concierge - Convention hall - Currency exchange - Cyber Cafe - Executive floor - Fitness room - Laundry service - Lifts - Massage - Medical services - Multipurpose lounges - Parking - Pool snack bar - Restaurant Ä la carte - Room service - Shop - Swimming Pool - Taxis - Terrace bar - Tourism bureau - Wake up service
Room Details
110V/60Hz power - Air Conditioning - City or Sea view - Cold & hot water - Hair dryer - In-room safe - Minibar - Private Bathroom - Room service - Telephone - TV Satellite
Vedado Travel Guide
The famous 12-kilometre oceanside road, El Malecon, links Old Havana to the busy neighborhood of Vedado, whose central area, La Rampa and 23, allows easy access to other places of interest. These include the University of Havana, Plaza de la Revolucion (Revolution Square) and the Jose Marti Monument (highest lookout in the city, 138 metres above sea level) and the Colon Cemetery, one of the world’s largest necropolises. The Museo Napoleonico (Napoleonic Museum) is the most complete collection of objects, arms, works of art, and personal belongings related to Napoleon outside France.Cuba Travel Guides: Camaguey - Ciego de Avila - Cienfuegos - Granma - Guantanamo - Havana - Holguin - Isle of Youth - Las Tunas - Matanzas - Pinar del Rio - Sancti Spiritus - Santiago
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