Must-see hotels in Havana

For over two decades the Iberostar Parque Central has been Havana's most consistent international-standard hotel, despite newer competition, with service…

A work of creative genius on the Malecón, this French-run hotel is a whimsical mélange of art, recycling, comfort and sophistication. The four rooms are…

The icing on the cake of Cuban hotels and a flagship of the government-run Gran Caribe chain, the neoclassical/neocolonial/art deco (call it eclectic)…

Every piece of furniture has a story to tell at the carefully curated home of Luís Miguel, a cool connoisseur of art deco who offers his house as both…

Pediatrician Julio Roque and his wife, Elsa, have expanded their formerly two-room casa particular into a web of accommodations. The HQ, Hostal Peregrino,…

An infinity pool overlooking the harbor is just one highlight of this 321-room hotel, centrally located at the entrance to the bay. Accommodation is…

What started as a casa particular has morphed into a de facto private hotel of four-star quality. Spread over three floors (4, 5 and 11) in a residential…

A little brutal from the outside but beautiful within, Miramar's Hotel Meliá Habana is one of the city's best-run and best-equipped accommodations options…

Boutique hotels are a new thing in Cuba, and the five-room Candil is setting a high bar, occupying a distinguished early-20th-century villa decked out…

Swiss hotel chain Kempinski runs this self-proclaimed 5½-star hotel in the heart of Old Havana. Covering the entire block, the luxurious property features…

After interminable renovations, Havana’s finest art nouveau building once again hosts a hotel. Before you even go inside you can award five stars for the…

Cuba's most businesslike city hotel is an oceanside concrete giant built in 1994 (it's the only building from this era on the Malecón) that will satisfy…

Al Capone once hired out the whole 6th floor, Graham Greene used room 501 as a setting for Our Man in Havana, and the Mafia requisitioned the place as…

Restored under the watchful eye of the City Historian in the late 1990s, the former residence of the Count of Villanueva, a 19th-century railway-building…

Marta has lived in this apartment block on Av de los Presidentes since the 1960s. One look at the view and you'll see why: the glass-front wraparound…

The mint-green Saratoga is an architectural work of art that stands imposingly at the intersection of Paseo de Martí and Dragones, with fantastic views…

There's nothing austere about Los Frailes (The Friars), despite the monastic theme (staff wear hooded robes), inspired by the nearby San Francisco de Asís…

An exceptionally striking private hotel inhabiting a dignified villa, the 5 & 8 effortlessly mixes the modernity of Miami with the indefinable magic of…

Two fully renovated, tastefully minimalist duplex apartments, one with two bedrooms, the other with three, are on offer here. Both apartments have…

This casa particular, currently into its third owners, has had numerous incarnations, all of them good. It's located in the middle of Vedado's nightlife…