Guidebook for Playa La Habana
Food Scene
Wonderful and colorful place ideal for everyday.
The decoration is wonderful, the service is very good and the food is high quality.
Here you can enjoy of Cuban food, pasta, pizza, salads, burguers, sandwiches and I recommend to try the delicious natural juice, Varadero Beach (Pineapple & Coconut) and Banana Rosa (Strawberry & Banana) served in super large cup.
Timetable
Opened every day from midday to midnight.
22 locals recommend
Betty Boom
60 Avenida 3raWonderful and colorful place ideal for everyday.
The decoration is wonderful, the service is very good and the food is high quality.
Here you can enjoy of Cuban food, pasta, pizza, salads, burguers, sandwiches and I recommend to try the delicious natural juice, Varadero Beach (Pineapple & Coconut) and Banana Rosa (Strawberry & Banana) served in super large cup.
Timetable
Opened every day from midday to midnight.
La Fontana is a Bar and Paladar (Restaurant) that offers an authentic and contemporary Cuban cuisine with the highest standard service. The grill and the seafood is what distinguishes them.
Decorated with a beautiful design of tropical plants and living fishes in tanks.
The Lounge Bar "El Edén" complements with excellent cocktails and drinks.
Timetable
Opened every day from midday to midnight.
97 locals recommend
Fontana
306 Calle 46La Fontana is a Bar and Paladar (Restaurant) that offers an authentic and contemporary Cuban cuisine with the highest standard service. The grill and the seafood is what distinguishes them.
Decorated with a beautiful design of tropical plants and living fishes in tanks.
The Lounge Bar "El Edén" complements with excellent cocktails and drinks.
Timetable
Opened every day from midday to midnight.
This place is distinguished by the seafood, fishes and pasta.
Wonderful decoration, excellent food and very good service.
Timetable
Opened every day from midday to midnight.
26 locals recommend
Al Pescatore
Avenida 1raThis place is distinguished by the seafood, fishes and pasta.
Wonderful decoration, excellent food and very good service.
Timetable
Opened every day from midday to midnight.
Excellent service and prices, delicious Italian dishes such as pizza with Serrano ham and delicious desserts with local fruits.
Your dinner becomes even more special with the live Italian music.
TImetable
Opened every day from midday to midnight.
59 locals recommend
La Carboncita
Avenida 3raExcellent service and prices, delicious Italian dishes such as pizza with Serrano ham and delicious desserts with local fruits.
Your dinner becomes even more special with the live Italian music.
TImetable
Opened every day from midday to midnight.
Club SU Miramar combines elements of traditional Asian architecture with modern decorative influences of exceptional elegance.
An essentially Korean place with a beautiful garden.
Timetable
Mondays, 18:00 - 03:00 h.
Tuesdays to Sundays, 12:00 - 03:00 h.
10 locals recommend
Club SU Miramar
Calle 40 AClub SU Miramar combines elements of traditional Asian architecture with modern decorative influences of exceptional elegance.
An essentially Korean place with a beautiful garden.
Timetable
Mondays, 18:00 - 03:00 h.
Tuesdays to Sundays, 12:00 - 03:00 h.
The wonderful taste of a coffee combined with rum/ whiskey/ liqueur in a cozy and vintage atmosphere based on sewing machines, ancient cameras, typewriters, radios, a car and a bathtub.
15 locals recommend
El Palio
The wonderful taste of a coffee combined with rum/ whiskey/ liqueur in a cozy and vintage atmosphere based on sewing machines, ancient cameras, typewriters, radios, a car and a bathtub.
In a colorful environment, La Chuchería shows itself as the ideal place to enjoy permanently, with your family or friends. Even you can make new friends there. The service takes good care of the details.
Timetable
From 09:00 h to 00:00 h. Every day.
59 locals recommend
La Chucheria, Miramar, La Habana. Cuba
Avenida 1raIn a colorful environment, La Chuchería shows itself as the ideal place to enjoy permanently, with your family or friends. Even you can make new friends there. The service takes good care of the details.
Timetable
From 09:00 h to 00:00 h. Every day.
Excellents sandwiches, burguers and pizzas to enjoy with drinks for a good price.
6 locals recommend
D'Copas
Calle 42Excellents sandwiches, burguers and pizzas to enjoy with drinks for a good price.
It is conformed by Yes Café and Yes Cosmetic (Beauty Salon and Hairdressing).
Café & Gallery is wonderful to enjoy a delicious Cuban coffee with excellent quality in a cozy atmosphere where it is exhibited and for sale lots of handicraft works.
It start with a specialized breakfast in the early hours of the morning, passing the day with other food choices and drinks.
To enliven the nights, a live music of small format talented band.
Yescafé
Calle 42It is conformed by Yes Café and Yes Cosmetic (Beauty Salon and Hairdressing).
Café & Gallery is wonderful to enjoy a delicious Cuban coffee with excellent quality in a cozy atmosphere where it is exhibited and for sale lots of handicraft works.
It start with a specialized breakfast in the early hours of the morning, passing the day with other food choices and drinks.
To enliven the nights, a live music of small format talented band.
It is a culinary gem and a true reflection of his owner Lilliam Dominguez Palenzuela´s lifelong passions. Exquisitely composed and pleasantly presented, each recipe has been honed, tested and retested until perfection.
It is one of Havana´s few family-owned restaurants: Liliam, her brother and her daughter cooks while her sons and husband helps keep the restaurant running smoothly.
Every visit is a new experience, as Lilliam continuously changes the menu, furnishings, plants and atmosphere to meet her evolving vision of perfection.
117 locals recommend
Paladar La Cocina de Lilliam
It is a culinary gem and a true reflection of his owner Lilliam Dominguez Palenzuela´s lifelong passions. Exquisitely composed and pleasantly presented, each recipe has been honed, tested and retested until perfection.
It is one of Havana´s few family-owned restaurants: Liliam, her brother and her daughter cooks while her sons and husband helps keep the restaurant running smoothly.
Every visit is a new experience, as Lilliam continuously changes the menu, furnishings, plants and atmosphere to meet her evolving vision of perfection.
El Aljibe
Avenida 7maDelicious typical Cuban food can be enjoyed here.
Sightseeing
The Fifth Avenue of Miramar neighborhood offers the best and most modern image of the city and also has along it an important number of commercial and diplomatic representations of several nations.
The design of the major thoroughfare was in charge to the American architect John F. Duncan, author of the monument to President Grant in the United States, together with a Cuban. Therefore it is said that Miramar, with rectangular blocks of 100 x 200 m, is so like Manhattan.
The visitors can also see some magnificent religious constructions as the Santa Rita Church, in 5th and 24 Street and the San Antonio de Padua National Sanctuary, of the Franciscan Order, at the corner with 60 th street.
63 locals recommend
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5ta. AvenidaThe Fifth Avenue of Miramar neighborhood offers the best and most modern image of the city and also has along it an important number of commercial and diplomatic representations of several nations.
The design of the major thoroughfare was in charge to the American architect John F. Duncan, author of the monument to President Grant in the United States, together with a Cuban. Therefore it is said that Miramar, with rectangular blocks of 100 x 200 m, is so like Manhattan.
The visitors can also see some magnificent religious constructions as the Santa Rita Church, in 5th and 24 Street and the San Antonio de Padua National Sanctuary, of the Franciscan Order, at the corner with 60 th street.
Shopping
Centro Comercial La Copa
1AA near supermarket to buy anything you need.
Centro Comercial 26 y 51
Calzada deSupermarket with a wide range of products you may need.
Opened until 20:00 h this is a supermarket to find the goods you might need.
47 locals recommend
Centro Comercial 3ra y 70
6612 Avenida 5taOpened until 20:00 h this is a supermarket to find the goods you might need.
Lots of clothing stores such as Mango, Desiguales, Fariani, Lacoste, United Colors of Benetton and so on.
In the mean time you can enjoy of a beer in the shade of a tree because in this places also there are some cafeterias.
96 locals recommend
Hotel Comodoro
Lots of clothing stores such as Mango, Desiguales, Fariani, Lacoste, United Colors of Benetton and so on.
In the mean time you can enjoy of a beer in the shade of a tree because in this places also there are some cafeterias.
Drinks & Nightlife
The Fabrica de Arte Cubano (Factory of Cuban Arts) is the coolest place in Havana, it is super large art gallery with many bars and stages to enjoy a classical music / rock / pop / jazz music, always live and dance the night away.
Timetable
Opened from Thu-Sun during 18:00-03:00 h.
On Fri&Sat you better be there at 20:00 h to avoid the endless line.
1420 locals recommend
Fábrica de Artes Cubana
& Calle 26The Fabrica de Arte Cubano (Factory of Cuban Arts) is the coolest place in Havana, it is super large art gallery with many bars and stages to enjoy a classical music / rock / pop / jazz music, always live and dance the night away.
Timetable
Opened from Thu-Sun during 18:00-03:00 h.
On Fri&Sat you better be there at 20:00 h to avoid the endless line.
Meliá Habana Hotel is famous for the International events that are celebrated there every year. In this hotel you can enjoy of the swimming pool, the barber shop and several stores.
At night there is a spectacular Sports Bar with a superlarge LED screen, perfect to watch live international soccer/baseball/basketball matches while you enjoy with your friends and a refreshing drink.
36 locals recommend
Hotel Meliá Habana
Avenida 3raMeliá Habana Hotel is famous for the International events that are celebrated there every year. In this hotel you can enjoy of the swimming pool, the barber shop and several stores.
At night there is a spectacular Sports Bar with a superlarge LED screen, perfect to watch live international soccer/baseball/basketball matches while you enjoy with your friends and a refreshing drink.
Getting Around
In this hotel many international events are celebrated every year and it is very near to my apartment. Next to this hotel there is the REX Car Rental Agency. If you want to rent a car I recommend you to book it in advance through the web site: "rex.cu".
14 locals recommend
Hotel Tritón Neptuno
In this hotel many international events are celebrated every year and it is very near to my apartment. Next to this hotel there is the REX Car Rental Agency. If you want to rent a car I recommend you to book it in advance through the web site: "rex.cu".
Everything Else
In Google Maps this location has a wrong name.
This places is actually, "Miramar Trade Center".
Here you can find a CADECA (currency exchange point) and also ATMs.
Many sales offices such as: Air France, KLM, American Airlines, Iberia, Evelop, AirEuropa, Aeroflot, Copa Airlines and Virgin Atlanctic are located here in case you need to change your flight ticket.
Also many Tourism Desks and Tourism Agencies to help you to organice your vacation around Cuba.
Also a sales office of ETECSA (telecom operator) for SIM-cards, Internet cards to use with the Wi-Fi or through free computers offered in the same office.
You can find also shops of paintings, handicrafts, clothes and jewellry.
21 locals recommend
Abby Tour Travel
In Google Maps this location has a wrong name.
This places is actually, "Miramar Trade Center".
Here you can find a CADECA (currency exchange point) and also ATMs.
Many sales offices such as: Air France, KLM, American Airlines, Iberia, Evelop, AirEuropa, Aeroflot, Copa Airlines and Virgin Atlanctic are located here in case you need to change your flight ticket.
Also many Tourism Desks and Tourism Agencies to help you to organice your vacation around Cuba.
Also a sales office of ETECSA (telecom operator) for SIM-cards, Internet cards to use with the Wi-Fi or through free computers offered in the same office.
You can find also shops of paintings, handicrafts, clothes and jewellry.
In this hotel you have Wi-Fi connection for Internet. We provide the internet card for 2.00CUC/h.
Chateau Miramar by Be Live
46 Avenida 1raIn this hotel you have Wi-Fi connection for Internet. We provide the internet card for 2.00CUC/h.
Parks & Nature
A wonderful shore in the back of the apartment to enjoy an spectacular view of the sunset and the sunrise around 18:30 h.
This is not a sandy beach, but if you wear tennis you may swim and experience a very popular beach for the local people not crowded after 16:00 h.
The snickers are needed because of the rocks and the sea urchins.
Playita del Tritón
A wonderful shore in the back of the apartment to enjoy an spectacular view of the sunset and the sunrise around 18:30 h.
This is not a sandy beach, but if you wear tennis you may swim and experience a very popular beach for the local people not crowded after 16:00 h.
The snickers are needed because of the rocks and the sea urchins.
This is a huge green area perfect for horse-riding during weekend (the horses are rented there).
Also this place is wonderful to make a family/friends picnic or simply enjoy the pure air during a walk.
There also some cafeterias to have a snack.
134 locals recommend
Monte Barreto Ecological Park
This is a huge green area perfect for horse-riding during weekend (the horses are rented there).
Also this place is wonderful to make a family/friends picnic or simply enjoy the pure air during a walk.
There also some cafeterias to have a snack.
In Copacabana Hotel you can enjoy of a swimming pool and a natural pool near to the sea.
Also there is a professional scuba diver called Ernesto and with him you enjoy an scuba diving adventure.
As a plus, in Copacabana Hotel there is Wi-Fi connection in the lobby-bar and enjoy a drink in the mean time, the internet card is provided by us, the cost is 2.00CUC/h.
18 locals recommend
Hotel Copacabana
In Copacabana Hotel you can enjoy of a swimming pool and a natural pool near to the sea.
Also there is a professional scuba diver called Ernesto and with him you enjoy an scuba diving adventure.
As a plus, in Copacabana Hotel there is Wi-Fi connection in the lobby-bar and enjoy a drink in the mean time, the internet card is provided by us, the cost is 2.00CUC/h.