5/31/2023 0 Comments The dark heart of old havana![]() ![]() ![]() There's nothing better than a rich cigar and a cool mojito cocktail next to the swimming pool after a long day walking the dusty streets of Old Havana. A hotel in Havana can be an oasis, a retreat from the hustle and bustle of the city. One friend from London recently spent a difficult week in the Hôtel Deauville-now under renovation-which he described as a "roach hotel with no hot water and disgusting food." A number of hotels in Havana still look like low-income housing or urban crack houses.However, one needn't visit such haunted houses. Most of the expansion is the product of joint-venture projects between Cuba and foreign hotel groups, primarily from Europe, although the Cubans have been responsible for a fair amount on their own.ĭespite the improvements, however, you can still go horribly wrong in selecting a hotel in Havana. By next year, the agency estimates that number will approach 50,000. A decade ago, Havana had only 4,000 rooms available to tourists, according to the Ministry of Tourism. Since the early 1990s, foreign investors and the Cuban government have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on building and renovating hotels on the island-especially in the capital. ![]() Cuba's capital now offers accommodations for just about any preference, from ultramodern business hotels to full-scale beach resorts to small exclusive inns. To get an indication of Cuba's booming hotel market, consider that Havana now has a small inn catering to cigar aficionados. ![]()
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