When in Cuba, as they say… so of course there had to be a cigar lounge. Worth mentioning is the air conditioning and wi-fi, which, along with truly luxury levels of service, you can't take for granted in the up-and-coming tourism destination of Cuba.Ī 100 square meter (10,000 square foot) spa by Resense, and a business center round out amenities that include six bars and restaurants covering every whim of entertaining around the clock.

Rooms all have ceilings 4-6.5 meters ( 13-20 feet) in height, contemporary furnishings and many have large French doors/windows perfect for admiring the patio and city views. A cool, pale color palette, with vivid tropical hits of pinks, teals and purples, cements its design hotel credentials. Now as a 246-room urban lifestyle hotel, the Gran Hotel Manzana Kempinski La Habana, with its whitewashed façade, is again a landmark and beacon of style in Old Havana. Its re-imagination as a luxury hotel brings the Manzana building back to its glory days… and then some. It lived through various incarnations as Cuba's first European-style department store, a silent film theater, and later, government offices, slowly decaying like much of the historic architecture in isolated Cuba. The hotel is a revival of an historic six-story colonnaded building begun in the late 1800's. And it is the first foray into the Americas for Europe's oldest luxury hotel group Kempinski.

It's the Cuban capital's first five-star luxury hotel, located in the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Old Havana. The Gran Hotel Manzana Kempinski La Habana has opened in Havana.

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