Descriptions Hotel Hotusa Ambos Mundos
The hotel offers discreet and eclectic architecture from the 1920s, offers a cosy and intimate atmosphere, and stands out as a unique landmark. During the 1930s it was visited by the North American author and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Ernest Hemingway. During his stay he wrote the first chapter of his novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls and once stated that the hotel was "a good place to write in". Today, Hemingway's room exhibits many of his personal belongings, among them his typewriter. Constructed in 1923, the hotel comprises a total of 49 rooms, of which three are suites, spread across three storeys. Facilities on offer include a lobby area with a reception desk manned around the clock, a currency exchange facility, a hotel safe, a cloakroom, and lift access. Guests may also take advantage of the café, the bar, the air-conditioned restaurant with highchairs available for children, and the conference room. Younger guests can also let off steam in the kid's club. Hemingway's favourite dishes are available on the menu at the Plaza de Armas restaurant. In the wonderful roof garden of the hotel, guests may sample a delicious grilled meal while enjoying the best views out over Habana. It is also possible to make use of the room and laundry services, the public Internet connection, and the parking facility."
General
This is a well located and good hotel. It is very famous as Hemingway has stayed there. This hotel is a good choice for travellers who wish to experience Havana from the heart. (01/05 RC)
SurroundingArea
The hotel is centrally located just on the corner of 'O Bispo' road in the heart of Old Havana.
RoomTypes
Most of the rooms are medium in size in good condition, so are the bathrooms. They are basic in decor and furnishings with very simple furniture.
PropertyInformation
A large, light orange building with traditional eclectic architecture typical of downtown.
DiningFacilities
The restaurant is situated on the sixth floor and serves local and international cuisine.
The construction of Ambos Mundos Hotel began in the 1923. Its ground floor was dedicated to lobby and the first and second floor to residence with 19 rooms each and bathroom services. In May of 1924, it grew with the construction of the third and fourth floors, 18 rooms with bathroom and a section that was a private house. In 1931 another floor was added, where the kitchen and the restaurant are built. The eclectic Ambos Mundos Hotel was built in the late 1920's and it is an intimate and cozy place that stands out because of its history. In the early 1930's, the American writer, Ernest Hemingway, stayed in this hotel and, in the room 511, he wrote the first chapter of For whom the bell tolls since he found the hotel 'a good place to write'. Nowadayas, the room the writer had, keeps some of his belongings and the Plaza de Armas restaurant serves his favorite dishes. Besides, the hotel has a wonderful rooftop bar-restaurant that has exquisite grilled food and the best of the views. The privileged location of the hotel, downtown, makes it an excellent place to admire the values of the old part of the city.
The Ambos Mundos Boutique Hotel offers discreet and eclectic architecture from the 1920s and a cosy and intimate atmosphere.
With impressing views over the reddish roofs of houses on Los Mercades Street, towards the Plaza de Armas, as listening to the dialogue between the time and the famous personalities who spent some time between its walls, the Ambos Mundos Hotel is nowadays a refuge for the romantic tourists in love with this piece of city, as well as for the celebrities who want to meet the history of this place, university professors, business people, journalists and others interested in the wonders of the Old Town, and of the Cuban culture and tradition, as well. The well-known writer Ernest Hemingway lived in the room 511 of this hotel from 1932 till 1939, with views over the Havana Bay. It is said that personalities as Federico Garca Lorca, Santiago Ramn y Cajal, Jacinto Benavente, Ramn Valle Inclan and other geniuses of arts, letters and politics also went past this place...
Ambos Mundos Boutique offers discreet and eclectic architecture from the 1920s, a cosy and intimate atmosphere and stands out as a unique landmark.During the 1930s it was visited by the North American author and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Ernest Hemingway. During his stay he wrote the first chapter of his novel \"For Whom the Bell Tolls?\" and once stated that the hotel was a good place to write in. Today, Hemingway\'s room exhibits many of his personal belongings, among them his typewriter.
The hotel offers discreet and eclectic architecture from the 1920s, offers a cosy and intimate atmosphere, and stands out as a unique landmark. During the 1930s it was visited by the North American author and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Ernest Hemingway. During his stay he wrote the first chapter of his novel ''For Whom the Bell Tolls' and once stated that the hotel was 'a good place to write in'. Today, Hemingway's room exhibits many of his personal belongings, among them his typewriter. Constructed in 1923, the hotel comprises a total of 49 rooms, of which three are suites, spread across three storeys. Facilities on offer include a lobby area with a reception desk manned around the clock, a currency exchange facility, a hotel safe, a cloakroom, and lift access. Guests may also take advantage of the café, the bar, the air-conditioned restaurant with highchairs available for children, and the conference room. Younger guests can also let off steam in the kid's club. Hemingw
