Parque Central Cuba

... that would come back. My driver gave me a mini-tour of Central Havana before dropping me off at the Hotel NH Parque Central - a great 5-star hotel, where, in addition to a comfortable and welcoming lobby/bar, friendly and helpful staff, awesome breakfast ...

... after a journey via Jamaica and their very chotic departures system.  Converted some money, jumped in a cab and arrive safely at Parque Central hotel in Havana.  The hotel had upgrade the room to a suite - fantastic! Magic Mark had already ...

... - 5th September Spent first 3 days in Havana, arrived in evening to a very decent hotel close to old Havana and Parque Central. Discovered Havana never sleeps soon enough as the whole night had frequent yelling and street noise through the window. Also ...

... pennies rub elbows with tourists who paid $25, means the singing isn't just up on stage, but all around us. Afterwards, Rosemary treats me to cocktail on the top of the Parque Central hotel. We toast to the success of the trip and to more in the ...

... the humanistic values of Hitler. They dropped me at my casa particular. I went out to look for internet, headed towards the parque central, and found web access in a big colonial hotel. Lots of people in the streets. On the terrace, dining or ...

... your order, especially for more drinks. As the locals will tell you everytime something doesn't quite go as it should: “that's Cuba”. Like in Brazil, there appear to be many 50yo + men with young local female “friends” in our ...

... the city began not far from Carmen’s Hill. Following the Spanish standards, a perfect squared layout with a central plaza (Plaza Mayor today Parque Vidal) was developed. The first buildings erected were the Cabildo (City Council) and a modest ...

... sun and a temperature around 30 C, just like home. Ground transportation was provided to our hotel, the highly-recommended Hotel Parque Central in old Havana (Habana Vieja) at the intersection of Neptuno, el Prado and Zulueta. While the least historically ...

... . We retrace our steps from the first day's walk, passing through pools of music from bars and restaurants towards the traffic around Parque Central and up the Prado. It's a lovely warm night, with enough bodies around to make people watching interesting ...

... art deco magnificence of the Bacardi building, through the dilapidated, begging-for-a-facelift  Manzana de Gomez shopping arcade, to Parque Central, where we dodge a local hustler (he's seen us enough times to call out familiarly) and make tracks to ...

... in various air-conditioned lobbies and stores, working away from the Museo del Chocolate along Amargua and back up towards Parque Central. Julie manages to breastfeed in two lovely lobbies: the Hotel Ambos Mundos and the Hotel Raquel. Tourists ...

... time in Havana. This morning they get the Coles Notes version of our first week: a stroll down the Prado, a croissant in Parque Central, and the jostled walk along Obispo's pedestrian mall into Habana Vieja. After a fine set of Middle Eastern platters at ...

Stayed in parque Central beside the Capitolio. Picked up Cigars from the Partagas Factory and strolled into Barrio Chino. Got the dodgiest rick shaw, poor driver. I think it's illeagal to carry foreigners so he was dodging cops the whole time. Funny ...

...   We checked out the Capitolo building, which looks a lot like photos of the one in Washington D.C.  We headed across Parque Central to the main shopping street, and then into the heart of old town. La Vieja Havana is a beautiful, rustic ...

... bags with ID's, credit cards and debit cards and hailed a taxi in the hot morning sun to the centre of Havana tourism - the Parque Central. After only two hotel stops I was jumping up and down and squealing (as the hotel guard looked at me confused and ...