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Centro
Havana Cosmetically
a war zone, the residential district of Centro captivates
with its animated streets and combustible ethnic composite.
Beginning on the western corner of Parque Central is El Prado,
a leafy boulevard punctuated with bronze lions and baroque
lamp posts. Flanked by flaking stately mansions, and set to
a more tranquil tempo, it oozes an ageing beauty. This is
where locals saunter rather than strut, kids skateboard rather
than hustle, and tourists soak up the clinging aura of the
belle époque.
Where
the Prado ends, the Malecón
begins. Snaking around from La Punta to Vedado, the Malecón
is Havana's seafront esplanade, beguiling, poetic and invigorating.
Where the ocean crashes dramatically across the sea wall,
craggy, salt-encrusted fishermen stoop, lovers meet, and clusters
of boys dive off the rocks below. Across the six-lane highway
stands an architectural panoply of buildings, ravaged by time,
and eroded by salt.
Centro's
main artery is Calle San Rafael, which runs west from Parque
Central. Clogged with humanity, it pulsates with a cacophony
of barking dogs, cackling women and pounding salsa. Havana's
19th- century retail playground, it is spliced by ramshackle
streets, strewn with rubble and lined with decrepit houses,
choking in the sulphurous stench of vintage US cars as they
rumble through the streets. At the cross-section of Amistad
and Dragones stands the gateway to Barrio Chino, a perplexing
Cuban-Chinese hybrid. In its pre-Revolutionary heyday, this
ten-block zone, pivoting around the Cuchillo de Zanja, was
an opium-hazed pleasure zone of sordid theatres and steamy
brothels. Now, a glut of restaurants strewn with lanterns,
a colourful food market, and a smattering of Chinese associations,
are all that remains of what was the largest Chinatown in
Latin America.
A
shrine to pleasures pagan and divine, the derelict barrio
of Cayo Hueso lies in the triangle between Infanta, San Lázaro
and the Malecón. Entrenched in Santería and
energised by a rich artistic spririt, it beats to an electrifying
crescendo of rumba. Rising from these rough-hewn alleyways,
once crumbling apartments have been reincarnated as living
artworks, their sickly façades painted with kaleidoscopic
murals.
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| Author:
Marijn & Itsy
Country:
the Netherlands |
Name
owner: Elsa Rodrigues
Address: Malecon no. 51, piso 9
Esq. A Carcel
Centro Habana
Entrada por San Lazaro
Tel.: +53 37 861-8127
Big
rooms with fantastic view over the see, harbour and
the old town of Habana. The building is the last flat
at the Malecon near the entree of the harbour.
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Author: Pawel
Country:
France
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I
recently went to Havana as a backpacker and by chance
found out a private hause called casaterraza.
Hospitality of cuban people is amazing and the hospitality
of the owners of that house is even more than GREAT!
Nora, the owner, is a retired chemistry engineer. She
speak very well english and could give me valious hints
about havana life, places, history and so on.
Nora Esquivel Martinez
y Arnardo Mesa Becerra
Belascoain no 207
e/ Neptuno y Concordia
Centro Habana, Cuba
Tel. +53 7 864 1275
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Author: Sören
Country: Denmark
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I
just arrived from Cuba where I sent 2 unbelieveble weeks.
I would like to recommed the house where I stayed in Havana
during my time there and to thanks al l the nice people
I met there and specially to Nora and Armando the owner
of the house for the huge hospitality I got from them.
The anunce is: Casa
La terraza. Nora and Armando
Belascoain no 207
e/ Neptuno y Concordia
Centro Habana
Tel: (537) 864 1275
This
is a beautifull independent colonial styled house. The
house has a bedroom, a bathroom and a livingroom with
air conditioning. The house has all the accomdation
a modern house got. See the web link above.
It is located in Centro Havana just 5 minutes walk to
the Malecon, 15 min walk to the Old Havana and 15 min
to the Vedada, the heart of the capital.
Besides, you will be very greatfull with the hostpitality
received by the owners Nora and Armando. I strongly
recommend this place!!!
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Author:
Charlotte
Country:
Denmark |
Casa
Humberto y Maria
Concordia 476 (altos)
(between Gervasio and Belascoain)
Centro Habana
Phone: (+53)(7)8610471
Humberto
and Maria may not have a roof terrace, but they difinitly
had the warmest smile, we met anywere in Cuba - and
their beds the best mattresses. Maria speaks a little
english.
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Author:
Max
Country:
Germany |
Casa
Lazaro y Damy
Soledad 274
e/Concordia y Virtudes
Centro Habana
Tel +53 7 873 77 48
2
nice and modern rooms with AC, hot water shower, Pantry
and rooftop Terrace. Close to Malecón and Parque
Maceo 15 minutes walk to Old Havana and 10 min to Vedado.
Modern house shared with family (2 Children). Also got
good connections to other neighbours who also rent rooms.
Lazaritos mother lives just around the connor in Concordia
and rents rooms as well.
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Author:
Max
Country:
Germany |
Casa
Anita
Animas 404
e/ Galiano (Between Lincoln and Deauville)
+53 7 863 89 92
2
nice rooms in a house shared with Anita and her husband
(both really friendly and helpful people). 10 minutes
to Chinese Quarter 5 minutes to the Malecon.
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Casa
Elio y Osvaldo
103
Aguila e/Colon y Trocadero, apto 11/12, Centro Habana
I lived there for 6 months whilst i worked in the local
secondary school. The landlords Elio and Osvaldo are
amazing - they taught us all the cuban cookery we wanted
whilst we were there (though it did take the full 6
months to get the final secret ingredient for Elio's
great grandmother's frijoles!). Elio speaks good english
and is very happy to do spanish/english lesson swaps
if anyone's interested! The flat is really spotless
with one bedroom with a double bed, air conditioning,
clean bathroom with a proper shower, not a suicide shower,
a kitchen with fridge, freezer and 3 ring burner stove
and a sitting room. You can see the sea from the small
balcony.
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Sras,
Carmen y Cary
San Rafael #318 altos esq San Nicolas
e/ por San Nicolas
Centro Habana
Tel: 863 98 48
One
bedroom (big bed) whit private bath and hot water, air-conditioner
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Casa
Marina y Alejandro
Marina
Oriol, Amistad 556 entre Monte y Estrella, Centro Habana,
Phone 0053 7 867 31 25
It
is one appartment shared with family (no children) .
They rent 1 room for two people with fan, aircon and
hot shower. Very friendly peole and very calm. Casa
is situated close to the Capitilio with excellent views
over it from the balcony. Chinese Quarter and Havana
Vieja within short walking distance.
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Raudelina
Rodriguez
Amistad #203 at the corner of Amistad and San Rafael,
above a shop called "Liquoreria" ( 150 meters
from the Hotel Inglaterra). tel. 53 7 862 61 81
A very nice, colonial house with 4 rooms (two double,
two twin beds), all
with balcony and fan, and two bathrooms (hot water,
towels), everything very clean, in the center of La
Habana. meal service possible. Raudelina (60-er) only
speaks spanish, but knows to organize everything you
may need...
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Sra.
Mercedes Valenciaga Sanz.O’Reilly #506,
altos e/Villegas y Monserrrate, La Habana Vieja, tel 537
8634493
Habana Vieja, the historical centre of the city.
"...We
stayed at the casa which was a very good, clean place
to stay. The couple who run the place is very, very
kind. The wife, speaks good english. The couple is very
trusty"
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