Hotel Victoria Havana

... considered as the kick off of the revolution). Outside the hotel, on the next corner is the nicest place in Havana, the place of the cathedral: a  large paved area with completely renovated colonial buildings made of stone, blue ...

... here. A beer / fresh orange juice and a special Cuban burger later (no more choice on the menu), we felt a bit better and ready for more walk in the streets of old havana, and may be a little escape to central havana (more living part of the town).

Tonight we decided not to eat in old havana, where the restaurants and snacks seem quite touristy and expensive and decide to go to central havana. We go by foot of course; it's not that far away. After crossing the Prado, we enter a poorer district, very ...

Our steps lead us to via Obispo, the most commercial street of old havana, among tourists mainly and locals going to the barber's or queuing in front of food shops (they still have rationing tickets to buy the basic food, the meat and extras being ...

Walk along the Prado towards the sea. El Malic̣n is supposed to the place to walk by at the end of the day, when the tourists are gone bock to their hotel in varadeiro, to meet the havaneros. It is actually not the nicest place in town, but the like to sit ...