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[Aldo26, 12/12/2011] I stayed in this hotel in April 2006, but I have learned from people that have travelled very recently there that it is still the same.
Old hotel, old lobby, old rooms, very old bathrooms... the rooms were old fashioned and big enough to fit three people easily, but the windows did not work properly, the water temperature in the bathroom was always changing and the beds were not to confortable.
The breakfast was pretty much just ommelettes with whatever you choosed between ham, cheese and mushrooms.
The views from the rooms were amazing as it is just in the Malecon, but that is the only highl
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[Aldo26, 25/11/2011] Great location in the Malecon, taxis at the door.
Great variety in the breakfast buffet, the best in Cuba.
Old rooms and old bathrooms, but the best you'll find...
Nice cool swimming-pool.
[katec8888, 21/11/2011] Petronila and Rosabel have been incredible hosts- so friendly, helpful and welcoming. They are very beautiful people and we have been extremely lucky to have met them and stayed with them here in Cuba.
Even for us without a word of Spanish and for them without a word of English, nothing has been a problem. It has been an absolute pleasure to stay in their home as they have made it feel like home for us. Really like a home away from home here in Havana.
Along with providing a comfortable home environment for us both Petronila and Rosabel have gone out of their ways to make our stay as best as
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[Garnet, 04/10/2009] Unfortunately we stayed one night at Hotel Victoria in Havana. It is rated as a four star hotel, but is absolutely unacceptable. The hotel has obviously had better days when it earned its stars but today I might not even come up to two stars.
The lady in the travel agent who recommended us the hotel was devastated when we came back to her to get somewhere else to stay. She said hotel Victoria was rated a very good hotel and she was not as a professional allowed by the government to go further than to the lobby of the hotels she recommended so she could not know the real facts.
[Garnet, 03/10/2009] The hotel is magnificent, situated in the middle of Habana Vieja at The Prado. It is one of the oldest hotels in Havana and of very high class. It was built in a Moorish style between 1885 and 1908. Before the revolution it was the home for every important person that visited Havana. Al Capone had rented the whole floor we stayed on and other famous visitors were Lucky Luciano, Graham Green, Josephine Baker, Gloria Swanson, Enrico Caruso and Joe Louis.
The roof garden on the top floor used to be the home for all sorts of exclusive entertainments in those days and they still serve very good fo
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[trivago traveller, 23/10/2005] This is a great hotel. Stunning to look at but the food is weird to say the least. Breakfast was by no means good or readily identifiable. We ate other meals here and they were indeed better but we stayed here at the end of out trip to Cuba and the food here was the worst by a long way. Hotel itself however is outstanding. The Jardin Oriente cafe two blocks away makes a good alternative eaterie
[fizzytom, 03/10/2005] The Museo de La Revolucion (Museum of the Revolution) is housed, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, in the former Presidential Palace and government building in Old Havana. It is a beautiful building though perhaps it has not been as lovingly cared for as it should have.
The museum relates Cuban history - in particular that part of it relevant to the Revolution; this is done through presentation of many documents, artefacts and photographs. Before you visit it is useful to know how the museum is arranged since it is so large. If you interested mostly in the Revolution and Cuba's history there-afte
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[fizzytom, 12/08/2005] This accommodation is what is known in Cuba as a "casa particular" - that is when a householder lets out rooms privately to tourists. For this they must have a licence and they must display a green sticker in the window or door to show they have the license. The quality varies as well as the type of house. We have stayed in seaside bungalows, old townhouses, with old ladies, with families, rooms with fridges, rooms with a private terrace and so on.
Nelson and Aurora own perhaps one of the best known "casas" in Havana which they run from their apartment in the Vedadao suburb of Havana. Its i
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[fizzytom, 09/08/2005] Hotel Beltran de Santa Cruz is in the heart of old Havana and in a great position for the area's major attractions, as well as paladares, cafés, and bars. The hotel is part of a Cuban chain (Habaganuex), but don't let that put you off. Recently refurbished, it was formerly a colonial merchant's house. You enter by a huge wooden door and are in the reception area, beyond which is the beautiful courtyard. In the corner is a bar where you can also opt to eat breakfast, joined by the inquisitive parrots who love a bit of crusty bread.
The dozen or so rooms are on two floors, and all overlook t
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