Hotel Nacional de Cuba

... the internet.  Turns out only the really fancy government run hotels have the net.  We caught a "coco taxi" to Hotel Nacional de Cuba.  Waterfront, airconditioned and full of foreigners - we hadnīt seen any until then.  No no, we ...

... the hotel and it was ham and cheese sandwiches!  Man, I couldn't stand the smell of it. We caught a taxi to the Hotel Nacional de Cuba and hid in their oasis of fresh fruit and air conditioning for a while.  We, or Rach, also withdrew some more ...

Day 1 and a Half: La Habana, Cuba When: April 24th, 2008, 11:14pm local time Point of Entry: Hotel Nacional de Cuba As a resident Angeleno, sometimes I feel like the Spanish language has become second nature to me.  Of course, having spent 4 ...

... soaking it all up. Then we “replenished our bodily fluids” with a couple of delicious rum-based cocktails at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, famous for its links with the Mafia back in the day. And what better way to ride back to our hotel than ...

... prisoners at one time or another; and then you pass the rocky headland of the Morro...." ** We get a lift back to the Hotel Nacional in a beat-up 51 Buick. For every gleaming gem from this era, there are a lot more of these smoggy machines with ...

... live, in some cases, in desperate conditions, in these old buildings that are now mere shells of their former selves. The Hotel Nacional itself is a famous landmark - a beautiful grand old colonial building presiding over the landscape by the sea. It has ...

... about flying, but the prices were a bit high, especially considering that while at Cubatour we'd also booked ourselves into the Hotel Nacionale for the last two nights of our stay.  After getting our travel plans sorted, we went to the Bacardi ...

... and this was were we were to encounter our first jineteras (hustlers). We had just ordered our food and were enjoying a nacional refresco (fizzy drink) when 2 short-haired, comfortable shoe-wearing women sat at the table next to us. The older woman ...

... Fruit Company that was located in David as well. Bill went on to say that the United Fruit Company built the Gran Hotel Nacional for its workers. They also built the railway to Puerto Armuelles, a banana-growing region recently shut down due to union ...

Map of Cuba    [PHOTO_ . Havana International Airport [PHOT . . . . . . . . . Nacional Hotel sign   . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     We stayed at the Nacional Hotel this time.  It has a history with mafia, movie stars, and ...

... the aroma and taste. Alex and I had a smoke on our balcony after our visit to Nacional Hotel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Much is made of Ernest Hemingway’s predilection for staying at the Hotel Ambos ...

... sun room back at the casa. After a week, we finally have good enough weather and health to use the pool at the Hotel Nacional. Lucy and I throw Rosemary's official towels over our shoulders and saunter into the outdoor bar/pool area. I'd be the ...

... he's just coated in fluid. No fever or discolouration, so we just opt to go as planned and watch his vitals. Over at the Hotel Nacional, my mother, who stayed at the hotel yesterday while her cold got the better of her, is on the mend, but we still ...

... the day. If only the sun would hurry up. Our balcony captures the first morning rays fingering through the gardens of the Hotel Nacional. Padded in a big comfy rocking chair, birdsong about me, it's a pretty decadent location for journal writing. Even ...

We arrived to Havana via Paris at around 6 local time and grabbed a cab to the Hotel Nacional.Loads to see in Havana and over the next few days we checked out the Malecon, Plaza de Revolucion, Museo de Revolicion/Granma, Habana Vieja, Museo Del Ron, The ...

... in Western countries let alone in developing ones.    In case you didn't know, Cuba has 2 currencies, the local, non-exchangeable, and weaker moneda nacional (also known as Cuban pesos) and the exchangeable CUC (also known as convertible and ...