Hotels nearby in Havana Old Town with wifi One of our tips for visiting Havana we learned from a local was to walk in the middle of the street to avoid getting washing water thrown on you! The streets are pot-hole filled, there’s lots of rubbish and some pretty funky smells. You can easily walk to Parque Central where you’ll find all the vintage cars you need to take you for a city tour or day trip to Vinales Lots of hotels in close walking distance where you can sit in to use the wifi. 80% of the things to see in Havana you’ll find in and around the Old Town Havana Old Town is the place to be, but whether you want to actually stay there will depend on how much you want to immerse yourself in Cuban life. The driveway to Cuba’s most famous hotel: Hotel Nacional in Vedado is dotted with beautiful vintage American cars day and night
Even if you stay in a super Airbnb or Casa particular in the Old Town, chances are that whilst the interior may be renovated, the exterior of the building is likely to be in a poor state and you’ll need to walk down some super fascinating and photogenic yet decrepit streets to get to your accommodation. The downside of the Old Town is you’ll be affronted by all sorts of smells as you walk around – many nice smells of garlic butter being cooked but equally some pretty horrible smells of sewerage, rubbish and open air butchers. However, if you walk just a few streets away and you’ll remember you are in a country which has been closed to tourism and trade for many years as the streets are in glorious disrepair. In some places you’ll feel like you’ve been transported back to San Marco square in Italy. In the Old Town you’ll find lots of beautiful cathedrals and large squares.
Staying here you’ll be in the heart of the action where many of Havana’s most famous restaurants, bars and hotels are. Havana Vieja (Old Town) is the ideal location to stay in Havana.
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