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The best Havana's romantic getaway, offers romantic location El Mirador Bar next door, offers splendid views from its outdoor tables over Havana, and is a good spot for dinner. Address: Calle San Ignacio # 54, Old Havana. We are in the realm of dreams and memeries. Lest agree that sitting and drinking lemonade or a Ron Collins while glimpsing the splendid fasade between the columns and arches is enough to transport us to a different place.

Institutionalized the rite of drinking mojitos here where they taste much better against the background music of the trio singing: “…You’ve got to give the dark one tenderness, hold the Chinese girl tight and give a little kiss to the blonde…” or was it the other way round? La Bodeguita is a blast. Mojito drink, papa's favorite at La Bodeguita.Īddress: Calle Empedrado #207, Old Habana, tel 867 1375 Open every day 12noon - 12pmĮl Patio: We are in what used to be the home of the legendary marquis of Aguas Claras alongside the catedral, a classic example of Cuban Baroque and one of the loveliest in the Ameritas. Perhaps because we accept that it has become an emblem of Cuba throughout the world but still we come back to it happily time and again, it hasn’t suffered the same rejection that becomes the lot of most tourist traps. La Bodeguita still manages to keep its charm intact. Monserrate, Old Havana Tel: 867 1299, price range: $25 - $35 Open every day 11am -12pmīar and Restaurant "La Bodeguita del Medio" In his posthumous work' Islands in the Stream' he wrote "this drink could not be improved, or even come close, in any other part of the world." We won’t argue with that. You´ve got the chewing gum daiquiri, the Rebel, the banana daiquiri, the Mulata or Papa,s.Įrnest himself can be seen in a life size bronze by Santiago sculptor Jose Villa, tucked into his favourite corner, casually dressed and wearing sandals with a book by his side and a glass that is frequently changed for him. If you have the strength, try more than on. Elegance and style have been preserved in the decor and furnishings.īehind the magnificent bar, the waiters mix cocktails with mastery especially the daiquiris that, according to Hemingway, "don't taste of alcohol". where before it was patronized by Spencer Tracy, Gary Cooper, Ava Garner, Marlene Ditrich, the Dukes of Windsor or jean Paul Sartre, now it is Kevin Costner and Jack Nicholson. The Ritz bars of Paris and London, the Shelburne in Dublin or Raffles in Singapore.Īnd this despite the fact that it is over fifty year ago that Esquire magazine named it as one of the seven best bars in the world along with the others listed. What we have here is one of the great legends, a temple Rather than a bar on a par with San Francisco’s Pied Piper, New York’s 21Club, Ernest Hemingway, his favourite place "Bar Floridita"ĭon't think for a minute that because it's such a famous tourist attraction it has lost any of its spirit or its quality.