| As a special characteristic, since some years ago the | | | | come to this place are U.S. travelers, Canadian, |
| French tourists visiting Cuba are especially fond of | | | | Spanish and Italian; these tourists spend hours tasting |
| the "Pollo Cabaña", a specialty only found in the | | | | these recipes, drinking, chatting or just watching the |
| restaurant with the same name (Restaurant-Bar | | | | sea. |
| Cabañas), across from the Havana's | | | | The next floor features 60 seats, sheltered by a |
| Malecón (8 km long seawall). | | | | canopy and with a gentle breeze; it is followed by a |
| This preference is a fact that shows the increasing | | | | restaurant with air conditioning in the lower floor, for |
| presence of French travelers who chose the Cuba, | | | | 24 customers, and 58 seats in the first floor. |
| this warm Caribbean destination as a quiet site of a | | | | Around 200 people come to the Cabaña daily, |
| vast amount of beauty as to nature, society, history | | | | although on weekends the public flow is bigger and it |
| and culture. | | | | can surpass the 400 customers day and night. |
| This place we are referring to is very appealing since | | | | As a curious detail, out of more than two million |
| it is located in a crossroads (Cuba St. and the corner | | | | foreign travelers who visit Cuba each year, and it is |
| of Peña Pobre) very frequented by the people | | | | being four in a row; at least the 70 percent meet the |
| who would like to know the capital of the Island. | | | | capital and especially the 95 percent of them, the |
| Here, there is a house from the end of the 18th | | | | historical area, where the Bar Cabaña is. |
| century. The mansion used to belong to a Spanish | | | | The Habana Vieja was declared by UNESCO in 1982 |
| trader first, who used it as a restaurant, where they | | | | as Cultural World Heritage, with varied museums, |
| used to offer chicken and seafood, with a very good | | | | alleys and parks, very interesting for the visitor; as |
| winery. | | | | well as places of intimacy for eating or sharing with |
| Moreover, it was covered with Cuban fine wood and | | | | friends, the Cabaña among them. |
| carpentry, and it used to be very pleasant and it is | | | | It is difficult to describe in a few lines the pleasant |
| still. With the passing time, other traders owned the | | | | environment of the restaurant, and the perfect view |
| place and followed the tradition until 1995, when it | | | | above the old part of the villa, across the old |
| was renewed and named as it is today. | | | | Amphitheatre of Havana and where there are always |
| The menu with a wide variety of dishes also | | | | passer-by, tourists and locals as well. An area with |
| features other specialties of the islet's cuisine and the | | | | tropical or autochthonous rhythms played in each |
| eating ways of other countries, along with around 30 | | | | corner, in each block by mostly professional bands. A |
| brands of wines from all over the world. | | | | truly Cuban feast, not just a dream. |
| Other nationalities of the variety of visitors who | | | | |