Ambos Mundos

Much is made of Ernest Hemingway’s predilection for staying at the Hotel Ambos Mundos. He wrote the first few chapters of ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ in room 511, which is now maintained as something of a shrine.

The rooms are comfortable and this also applies to the ground floor bar area, with its cozy, squishy modern sofas. The hotel's reception area is mostly a bar overlooking Calle Obispo. The restaurant and bar on the top overlook much of Havana and faces right toward the Morro Castle. There is a lot of history at the Hotel Ambos Mundos.

Clients can derive a warm philanthropic glow from the fact that since the hotel is run by the Office of the City Historian of Havana through its company called Habaguanex. All its profits are reinvested in the restoration of the city’s historical centre.