Casa Havana Senses

There are colors, lights and exquisite architecture for your eyes, exuberant music for your ears, exotic food and fruits for your taste and so much of arts and culture for you sixth sense in ...
Our mission is to help you feed your senses in the vibrant city of Havana. Besides offering you the experience of staying in a typical colonial house and in a unique location close to everything you want t

o see in Havana, we are also willing to give our guests the opportunity to see the real Havana-its unique architecture and history, meet Habaneros, and most importantly discover the rich cultural life of Havana, which usually stays completely hidden for the tourist. Galleries, cafes, clubs, discos are getting more and more with the changes happening in Cuba right now. Ulises, who is going to meet you and who speaks English and of course Spanish is our live cultural guide for Havana-ask him for the ongoing cultural and artistic events in the capital and have a look at the events calendar he is going to prepare and hang for you every week in the house. As our mission is to promote contemporary Cuban art, we will also exhibit selected artworks of Cuban painters, photographers and other artists in Casa Habana Senses. So you will live surrounded by history and Cuban art and if you like something you can buy it too. We have also prepared for you a map with the best city walking trips that you can make starting from the house. Just follow the lines in different colors and the explanations on our map and you will be able to discover by your self the best parts of Havana. If you prefer, you can always have a guided tour too and you will be told all the secrets of Havana, which only a local Habanero knows. Besides food for your eyes and ears we want to give you food for your taste too. Not only we will recommend you best restaurants in Havana to try authentic Cuban food. We want to also give you the opportunity to taste the fresh exotic seasonal fruits of Cuba. You know Mango, Avocado, Papaya, Pineapple, Bananas, but you never tried the best of these you can find in the Caribbean. Have you heard of Mamey, Nispero, Chirimoya? Well, if you are in the right season you will have a chance to try them too. Just order our Fruit Basket and next day we will bring to your room the best fruits available on the market. And last but not least ASK US ANYTHING. We can consult you about anything you want to know, find, or do in Havana. Just write your question on our web site and you will be answered by a local, who can find any answer for you! THE HOUSE

Casa Havana Senses was build at the beginning of 19th century and has all elements of an authentic 100 years old Spanish colonial house in Havana-marble stairs leading to a spacious dining and living room with well conserved beams of wood of the 5 meters high ceilings, columns with arches, high doors with stained glasses, colorful mosaics on the floor /with it’s marks from the time/, long balcony overlooking the street and a big roof terrace with a view to the city. Capitolio, Bacardi building and the dome of the Presidency could be seen from here. We offer you 3 rooms with air-conditioners and private bathrooms, decorated with antique, colonial furniture, double beds, equipped kitchen on your disposal, as well as spacious dining and living room and a roof terrace. Teresa-our mom, who will take care of you is living in one of the rooms. Amenities:

Air conditioning
Private bathroom
110/220 Voltage

Hot and cold water
Cooking facilities
Fridge
Coffee maker
Phone available
Free linens
Free towels

THE LOCATION

Casa Havana Senses is located in the vibrant neighborhood of Centro Havana, which is the part of Havana that you usually see in photos and which can give you the most authentic Cuban experience. Here you can observe the daily life of Cubans and be part of the Havana buzz. The women here hang their washing on the balcony, the bread delivery guy is salsa singing his promotion in the morning and men play domino on the street in the evening. The low key life you have daydreamed Cuba to be. You wont miss your cell pnone and internet! The location of the house is within a walking distance to all main landmarks of Havana and is perfect spot from which to discover the city on foot: two blocks from Malecon-the emblematic eight kilometers long coastal boulevard and sea wall where all Habaneros hang out in the evenings, four blocks from Prado-the main walking street dividing Centro Havana and Habana Vieja/Old Havana-which as a Unesco world heritage is totally renovated, preserving its 16th century uniqueness. Here you can enjoy exquisite architecture, lots of museums, art galleries and the beautifull squares of Havana Vieja like Plaza de Armas, Plaza San Francisco de Asis, Plaza de la Catedral and Plaza Vieja
Prado, the beautiful central pedestrian, which was build itself in the 18th century stretches from Malecon to the Capitolio-the equivalent and a replica of the Capitol in Washington. Some of the most beautiful buildings in Vienniese, Parisien and Madrid styles, old hotels and cultural centers are on Prado. Here is the incredible Gran Theatre too. is two blocks from Avenue Italia-Galiano-this used to be the main shopping street before the Revolution with the biggest Malls of USA where all new products were being presented and sold even before selling them in USA and all celebrities were shopping here. The house is close to Casa de la Musica known for best live music and salsa, Parque Central and good hotels where you can always use internet, swimming pool, or exchange your money like Hotel Deauville, Parque Central and others. Colon-the street where the house is situated gives the name of the whole neighborhood-Colon. Before 1959 Colon was famous as the neighborhood of the intellectuals. Colon ends between the Presidential Palace, now Museo De la Revolucion and the Museo de Bellas Artes. The closest corner is with Aguila-the longest street in Centro Havana, which starts and ends in the sea. From this location you can start daily trips, which cover the most important parts of Old Havana and Centro Havana. You can catch the almendrones-cuban old vintage cars from the 50’s serving as shared taxies with established routes, picking up passengers on the street for 10 Cuban pesos /0.50 USD to Vedado, or for 1 CUC to Miramar, Playa, Siboney, Marina Hemingway just on the corner of the next street-San Lazaro and coming back they will conveniently leave you just in front of your house. If you wish to go to one of the beaches on the East part of Havana /20km. from Havana/, you can catch a taxi on Malecon, San Lazaro, or your street and it will cost you around 10 CUC, or you can go to Central Park and catch the air conditioned bus for 5 CUC both directions. Free services:

Havana guide/map
In order to facilitate your independent walks in Havana we have prepared for you a map with the best city walking trips that you can make starting from the house. Cleaning services, change of sheets, towels

Information on cultural events


Ask us
Ask us anything: places, events, food, transport, beaches and we will try to find the best information and let you know all the local people would know. Additional services:

Breakfast
Available by request /5 CUC/
Fresh fruits, fresh natural juice, eggs, bread, cheese, ham, butter, milk, coffee/tea

Laundry
Available by request /4 CUC/

Fruit basket
We want to give you the opportunity to taste the fresh, exotic seasonal fruits of Cuba. You know Mango, Avocado, Papaya, Guava, Pineapple, Bananas, but you never tried the best of these you can find in the Caribbean.