Moon Havana by Christopher P. Baker

Author:Christopher P. Baker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Avalon Travel
Published: 2018-03-17T04:00:00+00:00

PLAYA (MIRAMAR AND BEYOND)

Casas Particulares

Casa de Fernando y Egeria González (1ra #205, e/ 2 y 4, Miramar, tel. 07/203-3866, [email protected], CUC50) is a superb property. This gracious family home offers two spacious and airy rooms with huge and exquisite tiled bathrooms. Secure parking is available and there’s a patio to the rear.

Many homes in Miramar rent out in entirety, including S Casa de Elena Sánchez (Calle 34 #714, e/ 7ma y 17, tel. 07/202-8969, [email protected], CUC100), one of the nicest 1950s-style rentals in town. It has two rooms, each with TV, fridge, private hot-water bathroom, and a mix of antiques, 1950s modernist pieces, and contemporary furniture. A large TV lounge opens to a shaded garden patio with rockers. There’s secure parking.

For a complete apartment, I like S Casa de Reynaldo y Yasmina (Calle 17 #3401 e/ 34 y 36, tel. 07/209-2958 or 5241-6794, CUC120), whose ground floor apartment in a lovely 1950s home has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a full modern kitchen. Meals can be prepared and served on a shaded rooftop terrace. Reynaldo is a fixer and even rents his chauffeured Audi A4.

The three-bedroom S Cañaveral House (Calle 39A #4402 e/ 44 y 46, tel. 07/206-5338 or 5295-5700, www.cubaguesthouse.com, CUC120) astounds with its tasteful furnishings. Designer Ydalgo Martínez brought artistic sensibility to this gorgeous Spanish-style hacienda villa, furnished with effusive art, antiques, and contemporary pieces, including the state-of-the-art bathrooms. Rented in entirety, you get what you pay for in spades.

If you want to know how Cuba’s elite lives, check out Casa María Torralbas (Calle 17 #20606, e/ 206 y 214, Siboney, tel. 07/217-2248 or 5258-5025, [email protected], CUC55), a gorgeous 1950s modernist bungalow in an area occupied by privileged MININT families. Two beautifully furnished rooms include use of a swimming pool in a lush garden.

Exemplary of the deluxe new breed of villas on the market, S Villa Miller Benfast (Calle 13 #2017 esq. 204, Siboney, tel. 07/2721-5314 or 5280-7636, CUC850 nightly) is a refurbished 1950s modernist gem with six bedrooms in two wings spanning a huge lounge and state-of-the-art kitchen. A lap pool graces the garden. You even get a well-equipped gym and a poolside lounge bar. It comes fully staffed.

A stunner worthy of Vogue, S VIP Le Blanc (Calle 92 #508 e/ 5ta y 5taA, Miramar, tel. 07/212-5436, www.espacios-de-lujo.com, CUC175 s/d) serves travelers with a taste for high living. Run as a deluxe boutique hotel, this six-bedroom villa is fully staffed with a concierge. Rooms include updated, en-suite baths and Wi-Fi. There’s a pool with lounge chairs and a staffed bar plus an on-site chef. Children under age 12 are not permitted.

Out in Santa Fe, Casa Isabel Betancourt (Calle 1ra #29628 e/ 296 y 298, tel. 07/208-5070 or 5270-4042, CUC20-40) offers a beachfront location in a beautiful coral stone house with a TV lounge and two lovely rooms. For something more upscale, Villa Yanin (Av. 3ra A, www.airbnb.com/rooms/11453585, CUC500), in Cayito de Jaimanitas, offers an oceanfront swimming pool with ranchón bar, Jacuzzi, and sundeck. The four-bedroom villa is

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