| I get this question all the time and I always try to | | | | The Hotel Saratoga is a very elegant, eclectic styled |
| get as much information as possible from my clients | | | | building. It is located right in front of the Capitol |
| in order to recommend the best hotels for them. As | | | | building in one of the most popular promenades of |
| I am not going to be able to do this now I will be as | | | | Havana, Paseo del Prado. It is probably one of the |
| fair as I can be and I will leave down to you which | | | | few hotels in Havana that deserve a 5 star category. |
| hotel to go for. | | | | From the roof top swimming pool you can admire |
| In this article I am going to focus on the hotels | | | | the splendor of the Old Town while relaxing on a sun |
| located in the Old Town area or Havana Vieja which | | | | bed. This hotel has 96 rooms divided in suites, junior |
| is the way everybody in Havana knows it. One thing | | | | suites and deluxe patio rooms. I definitely |
| that makes the hotels in this part of Havana | | | | recommend the junior suites as these ones do have |
| different from the rest is the fact that very few of | | | | balconies overlooking the streets of Havana. |
| them were originally built to be hotels. Each of them | | | | NH Parque Central is another 5 star hotel in the old |
| has a very unique architecture style and some of | | | | town that I like to recommend particularly for its high |
| them date back 200 years ago. | | | | standard of service and excellent food. This hotel is |
| I have to start with Santa Isabel Hotel, located in the | | | | also located in Paseo del Prado Promenade and it was |
| very heart of Habana Vieja right next to the place | | | | erected over the ruins of a collapsed building about |
| where the city was founded. Originally built for the | | | | 10 years ago. Its façade is not an architectural |
| governor of Cuba more than 200 years ago; this | | | | jewel but its beautiful lobby has been decorated |
| building is one of the most representative examples | | | | following the colonial style guidelines. It also has a |
| of the Spanish-Moorish colonial architecture. It only | | | | roof top swimming pool with fantastic views of the |
| counts 27 rooms, most of them with fantastic views. | | | | old town. |
| This four stars plus hotel really transport you back in | | | | There are lots of very good hotels in the Old Town |
| time. Santa Isabel hotel needs to be booked well in | | | | that I also like to recommend like Florida, Condes de |
| advance. In spite of being an expensive one; the fact | | | | Villa Nueva and Raquel Hotel and little but very cozy |
| that it has few rooms makes it a difficult one to get, | | | | hostels like Valencia, Comendador and Beltran de |
| especially in high season. | | | | Santa Cruz. |
| My next favorite hotel has to be Saratoga Palace. | | | | |