Name: Habana 612
Address: Calle Habana Entre Teniente Rey Y Muralla 612, Havana, Havana, Havana, ., Cuba
Rating: 7

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Habana 612

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This hotel is far from restaurants, and places of interest. The hotel itself is a dump. Its musty and dirty. Our room was filthy the sheets were dirty and sheets smelled of smoke, gum on the floor. Breakfast was included in the package we went to the restaurant on the first morning and we walked out leaving the food after seeing the roaches  running over the plates and cups. And seeing how dirty the food area was. The staff was unfriendly and absolutely unhelpful, except for Maida who cleaned our  room she was a sweetheart. My daughter woke up the next morning with blisters or bites on her legs and butt and that was the last straw, I called my Sunwing representative and paid to get transferred to another  hotel!! 

Travelers Beware!!!

We liked: - the location, - the style and the decor. We didn't like: - the staff's discussions in the patio that woke everyone up, - the dirt in the restaurant for breakfast (floor, table and decorative items), - the bedheads in the room (you can hurt yourself with frames and tools to fix them), - the strong chest that doesn't work (we walk when we're told that someone's coming the next day), - the lack of toilet paper or glasses in the toilet of your street tiles, - the staff that seems to ignore customers or want to sell you any service.

Dirty.

Large very dark and basic bedroom which was too dark to even read in, there were no external windows. Bedside lights were tempramental and the wiring looked loose.
Best of all was the airconditionng which was very efficient and being at the rear of the buiding it was fairly quiet.
Breakfast was at best, very limited and disappointing. Watery fruit juice, stale bread, and no sign of hot drinks.
Apart from breakfast there was no food available in the restaurant in the evenings. When we got back to the hotel at night around 10pm the bar was shut.
Other guests appeared to be contractors rather than tourists.
The hotel is in the old part of town so be prepared.

Basic hotel but friendly reception.

While at a glance this hotel looks fantastic and the location is excellent too, it did have its authentic quirks during our visit. First there was no water and I found a small cockroach on the bed. Then after I found the valves to turn on the water, the toilet did not flush. Not a biggie, fixed it myself in a snap. As for the cockroach, we were explained that "this is a tropical country", which is fair, I guess (although none of other hotels, including home stays had this extra in our bed). Then the doors could not be closed with the key. Excessive force was necessary to do this. In the 3rd day, the key broke and I was charged 15 euro equivalent, for the damage although even the staff members were struggling to close the door of our room. Not fair in my book. Lastly, sewage was flowing from the ceiling sometimes during the breakfast.

That said, the location was great, we felt safe in this hotel, breakfast was ok and staff was mostly friendly. Now in a retrospect, I am happy we had this hotel for a few days, as it did have that authentic feel of Cuba, just maybe not in the best way, but we will surely remember it much more than any 5* hotel we visited.

Horryfyingly authentic experience with a cockroach, no water etc.

It's a small hotel in the heart of the old town with a charming and welcoming staff, and for a few nights in the heart of Havana, this hotel is perfect, except the restaurant is closed in the evening, and then on a rainy night when we can't go out we can't eat anything.

That's great.

We were provided a direct taxi transfer from the airport to this hotel which is located bang in the middle of old Havana. On arrival at about 7:30 PM the person at the desk asked for our voucher. We did not have one as it was not provided by The Holiday Place! We showed him the document that THP provided and he wanted to cut out the bit that confirmed our stay in this hotel. This was quite unnerving and I pointed out that we were due to come back for one more night on 13th May when they can keep that page of the document. He accepted this.  However, I took this up on the following days when Manuel was at the desk. He apologised for this and advised that it was unnecessary
After booking us in, we were given the key to our room which was on the second floor. We had to lug two 18KG bags by ourselves to get to the room up the flight of stairs. So beware, if you are old or disabled!
The room was clean and had everything we needed. We were so pleased that the AC worked and was also very quiet.
We had to pay 3.65 CUC for 1.5l bottle of water from the fridge bar. Rather extortionate when we could buy for less than 2 CUC from Mercado supermarket across the road.
We stayed in Room no 9 even though it was on the second floor we could hear all the noise from outside with cars and music blaring away.
The hotel is in a rather old, run down, part of Havana but in just the right location to walk to all the key areas of the town. We took a three wheeled cycle which stopped at various locations to enable us to stroll around. We paid 40 CUC for 2hrs 15min although I had negotiated a rate of 15 CUCs per hour.
On the return to Havana for the 13th night of hour Holiday, the following day before catching the plane back to London, we took the tourist bus trip T1 which took about 2hrs . This enabled us to see areas like Miramar and the long coastal road (Malecon) which would have been difficult to do by walking. Note there is only T1 and T3 routes now. T2 does not operate anymore. We did the coastal/beach route T3 during the first part of our stay.  Note, the T3 is an air conditioned single decker coach with tinted windows, operated by Transtur and not same as the red double decker Hop on/off bus.  


Great Location for exploring old Havana

On the one hand I loved the big doors you needed to bang to get in in the evening and the general grandeur of the hotel. On the other-hand, it was all a little average. The rooms were a little bland and too big to feel comfortable in, a little bare. The staff were good generally, arranging a taxi for us to Trinidad. Having said that, it seemed like we  were overcharged for the internet cards which was a little annoying. The location worked for us. The breakfast was alright, nothing special, but definitely consumable and the folk who served it were lovely. So all in all, just ok from me.

Still not sure what to make of it

The location of the hotel is central, but in a very deteriorated part of the city. in addition the rooms have little ventilation, sound noisy and lack much equipment, no plugs, no lighting table, no light... better to look for another one.

 well ubiquitous but poor.

The first room they gave us was so damp that the smell was unbearable. we asked for the room change because the air conditioning was draining water causing that dampness and the answer was we can give them a jarge to clean the floor the next day or in another room, we decided to rest after eating in the hotel bar so that we could connect to the internet. linda surprised when we arrived and found it full but not of guests (all the friends of who attended the bar together and the reception) when she wanted to go to the bathroom another nice surprise was waiting for me, a couple who had been locked up in the bar for more than half an hour, when I asked that they reply something to me she felt bad because she felt bad because they could not walk through the airport.

Really, save yourself the bad experience.

If your room is outside, be careful with the noise. If you're going with very heavy and large suitcases, be careful... there's no elevator. Every day we were served the same breakfast, no buffet: first a plate of fruit (guayaba), a juice of the same fruit and second a toast with fried egg.

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