Havana Hostels - Reviews and Rates

The bus back to Havana is supposedly full (or so Beatrice was told) but somehow we have 2 seats per person. I settle down into my 2 seats and and feel the pinch of the freezing air-conditioning. Turning off the air-vents doesn't ease the situation any and my solitary jumper which I'd hoped to use as a pillow isn't much help either. The 14 hour j...

Cuba 5th May - 9th May Days 97 - 101 We bought our tickets to fly to Cuba from an agent in Mexico. Our agent promised us we would not have our passports stamped by the Cuban authorities, something particularly important with our impending visit to the USA; we were to leave no trace we´d been there. Our flight to Havana was on a 30 year old Russi...

First Impressions.... Okay, so I have arrived in a beautiful, historical city, where I am to stay for 1 or 2 months. Even the tattered buildings and dusty streets are charming. Vintage cars add to impression that I have stepped back into time. I am living with Ania Ramirez in her Casa Particular in Centro Habana. She is a lovely woman, who took ...

Scrambling up the slim staircase issues a jangling of metal with each step. The adrenaline rush to get away is heightened by the precarious shaking structure of the stairwell up to the roof. I'm still not absolutely sure who I am running from but Isabel's pleas had been crystal clear after the doorbell rang. "Por favor, por favor. ¡Vaya para la ...

Havana, Cuba - decrepit, time-warped, yet astonishingly beautiful! Our flight was delayed which meant we arrived in Havana late at night. Our first priority was to get money as the Cuban monetary system had only just changed over to a "convertible peso" and this is now the only currency for non Cubans to use and it is not available anywhere else...