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Havana City

Havana was founded by the Spanish in 1519 in the natural harbor of the Bay of Havana. It became a stopping point for the treasure laden Spanish Galleons on the crossing between the New World and the Old World. In the 17th century it was one of the main shipbuilding centers. The city was built in baroque and neoclassic style.

Main Sights:

The Malecón is the avenue that runs along the seawall at the northern shore of Havana, from Old Havana to the Almendares River.

Castillo del Morro, picturesque fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay. The construction of the castle Los Tres Reyes del Morro owed to the step along in Havana of the English pirate Sir Francis Drake. The king of Spain arranged its construction on a big stone which was known by the name of El Morro. He sent the field master Juan de Texeda, accompanied of the military engineer Battista Antonelli, who came to Havana in 1587 and began the task at once.

Castillo de la Real Fuerza, The fortress or (lit.) Castle of the Royal Army is another big monument that closes the Plaza de las Armas. It was the first big fortification of the city, initiated in 1558 on the ruins of an ancient fortress. In the same year, the Crown sent to Cuba the engineer Bartolomé Sanchez, supervised by 14 official and main stonemasons in order to reconstruct the castle, which had been set fire and destroyed by the French corsair Jacques de Sores.

Catedral de San Cristóbal, the most prominent building on the Plaza de la Catedral. The Cathedral was raised on the chapel after 1748 by order of the bishop from Salamanca, Jose Felipe de Trespalacios. It is one of the most beautiful and sober churches of the American baroque.

National Capitol, styled after the Panthéon (Paris), looking similar to the U.S. Capitol.

Plaza de Armas – the main touristic square. The origin of its name is military, since from the end of the 16th century the ceremonies and the military events took place here.

Gran Teatro de la Havana, the Great Theater of Havana is famous, particularly for the acclaimed National Ballet of Cuba and its founder Alicia Alonso. It sometimes performs the National Opera. The theater is also known as concert hall, Garcia Lorca, the biggest in Cuba.

The Museum of the Revolution, located in the former Presidential Palace, with the boat Granma on display in front of the museum.

San Francisco de la Habana Basilica, Habana Vieja, The set of church and convent of San Francisco de Asis, byline of the year 1608, and it was reconstructed in 1737.

Casa El Arco - Old Havana Havana City - Old Havana (Habana Vieja)

7 Sleeps
3 Bedrooms
3 Bathrooms
Minimum stay 1 Night

Casa El Arco - Our house is completely colonial and independent (Was built in 1836) ARCO DE BELEN. Our house is classified with a high degree of architectural importance by the Office of the Historian of the City and the UNESCO, it belonged to the Marquises of Bertrán, the current proprietor's of the house aunts great-grandmothers. The house has big doors and windows of beautiful wood around the central patio for what has very good ventilation, its roofs they are made of beautiful wood, also original of the time, in her we offer two rooms with deprived bathroom each a, with cold water and heat the 24 hours of the day, a room has a Double-Bed and the other room has a Double-Bed and another personal one or camera according to the client's necessity, the first room with capacity for 2 people, and the other room with capacity for 4 people, ideal for all the preferences, even, alone people, marriages, friends, families, etc. The patio area is outdoors perfect to rest, with terrace game and parasol. The rooms also have all the other comforts, conditioned air, fan, refrigerator, television, telephone, sofa and furniture. It possesses a great entrance old called vestibule, with floor of stones of the colonial time to enjoy a surrounded pleasant reading of exotic tropical plants and patio to wash and to spread their clothes. The rooms of the tourists are independent and they don't have to go by the family areas, without losing the contact with the Cuban family. We offer breakfast service, in the schedule of 8.00 am to 12.00 m prepared with a varied offer of Cuban fruits with prices between 4 and 5 CUC also offer dinner service in the schedule of 6.00 pm to 12 pm with Cuban typical foods and prices between 8 and 10 CUC. We offer taxi service to office Via Blue for reservation of trips to other counties and service of collection taxi to the Airport José Martí. We offer varied information to the tourist according to their musical, cultural, historical, culinary preferences, etc. and maps of the historical center in a gratuitous way, what allows the client a pleasant and economic stay for all the likes. We also offer other additional services: e-mail shipment, laundry of clothes, massages, arrangement of hands and feet, Classes of sauce, etc. We are located in the street of Acosta Nº. 307 and / Picota and Compostela in the Historical Center of Old Havana, a very central place, in the famous Square Belen, in front of the Convent of Our Mrs. of Belen (current center of humanitarian help because it doesn't work as convent), also at very short distance of the company of Ballet Lizt Alfonso" (coalition of classic ballet, sauce and flamenco) and near houses of currency change " Cadeca ", Banks, automatic cashiers for cards for example Mastercard, offices Etecsa with room of internet sailing, Wi-fi, of agricultural markets, bakeries and specialized candy stores, post office, store of sale of old and modern books, House of the Music and a many cafeterias, coffees, brewers, restaurants, palates, museums and very famous inns of the historical center. The Square of Belén, very famous to be in her the Convent of our Mrs. of Belen in last times the first meteorological observatory of Cuba worked in her and where at the moment it resides the Center of humanitarian help and attention to people of the third age, belonging to the Office of the Historian of the City. In this square it has just recorded the song of international fame " Dancing " of the Cuban group Gente de Zona and December Bueno, it was coproduction with the singer Enrique Iglesias in the second version.