| The Plaza Plaza is an emblematic building located in | | | | room, Snack bar... and it is privileged by the |
| the historical core of Sancti Spíritus's city, the hotel | | | | professionalism of their staff and their comfortable |
| is recognized by their colonial characteristics and has | | | | rooms. |
| been completely rejuvenated after several months | | | | Taking as starting point the distinguished Plaza Hotel, |
| of works. It is one among some others options | | | | on Independence Street, it is possible to undertaken |
| available for those who wish to explore the beautiful | | | | a journey by foot by the historical village and to visit, |
| city and discover the traditions, its customs and the | | | | among other constructions, the Museum of Colonial |
| life of the inhabitants of the district, located almost in | | | | Art (the House of One Hundred Doors), The Main |
| the center of the country. | | | | Parochial (national monument), the bridge on the |
| The mansion where the hotel is at this moment, | | | | Río Yayabo, the Main Theater (1839) and the |
| owned by the Cubanacan Group since 1996, was built | | | | Library Ruben Martinez Villena. |
| on 1843 as a large family house and it was | | | | Also, in the historical core of the city, the visitor will |
| transformed, on 1914, in a cafeteria and candy store, | | | | has the opportunity to appreciate more than a |
| place of visits and meeting of the main landowners' | | | | thousand facilities of architectural value very well |
| of the central region of the island. In 1996, | | | | conserved (where are visible and coincide different |
| Cubanacan Group re-open the building as a tourist | | | | constructive styles: reminiscences of the Spanish, |
| institution, after a capital reconstruction that intended | | | | regional Baroque and the neoclassicist); many of |
| to return it the characteristics of colonial style, | | | | them erected between the XVII and XIX centuries. |
| included works in wood and architectural elements of | | | | From the Plaza Hotel the visitor will has the |
| the colonial period. | | | | opportunity to discover an approach to the history, |
| Plaza Hotel is a small and welcoming installation that | | | | the traditions, the customs and the culture of the |
| has 25 acclimatized rooms, with radio, phone, cable | | | | city, the fourth among the first seven villages that |
| TV, private bath with bathtub and shower with cold | | | | were founded by the Spaniards in the Island on XVI |
| and hot water, minibar and balcony or terrace. The | | | | Century, also, the visitor can walk in the quietness |
| rooms were totally repaired and they are perfectly | | | | and placidness of old times along the narrow streets |
| equipped. The hotel was re-opened on same dates | | | | of city some of them paved with stones like the |
| of the XXIX International Meeting of Tourism was | | | | Llano Street, with its modest houses of colonial style |
| celebrated in Cuba, from May 4th to May 8th. The | | | | that have resisted the pass of time, with wide |
| re-construction works included also the restaurant, | | | | interior patios where the light and coloring of the |
| specialized today in the Creole and international | | | | vitrales (coloured glasses) and an aureole of antiquity |
| cuisine. | | | | give them a distinctive touch of beautiful colonial |
| The Plaza Hotel stands out, also, for their excellence | | | | mansions, among them the Quinta of Santa Elena. |
| and to possess a simple and attractive decoration | | | | Local investigators assure that Sancti Spíritus was |
| that is in complete harmony with the architecture of | | | | re-located to the riverbanks of the Yayabo river on |
| the city. It maintains their original elements and their | | | | 1522, as testimony the fact that the construction of |
| wide interior garden that grant it an special attraction | | | | Main Parochial finished on 1680, after 60 years of |
| to this place, decked out at the moment with murals | | | | work. The old village received the title of city on |
| painted by Julio Neira, a local painter. | | | | 1867, by Real Order. |
| It also has Cafeteria, reception / lobby, reading living | | | | |