Gay friendly Casa Aleido in Centro Havana new review: This was the best Casa we stayed in in Cuba, and I cannot recommend it enough. It is in an incredible location just around the corner from the Capitolio (our room even had a view of it) and our room (for two 21 y/o straight girls) had epic proportions, a kingsize and a single bed plus an en suite. Aleido is an incredible character who cant do enough to welcome you, he even did our laundry for us completely free, and he cooks an amazing and generous breakfast at any time youd like for just $5 (all the fruit, smoothies, coffee, eggs meat and cheese you could ask for, we often didnt need to eat lunch!)The decor is incredibly bright and eccentric, and one room is up a long spiral staircase but Anibal carried our bags for us and there was a great view of the Capitolio. The casas are great places to stay, they are much cheaper than the hotels and the owners cant do enough to make you feel welcome and to keep you safe - my friend did not speak any Spanish and the hosts tried their best with English and international sign language! We were also taken on a night out to a cabaret by Anibal, and he helped to show us some cool events going on in the city so we could make the most of Havana. Anyone is welcome at Casa Aleido, it is gay friendly and also straight friendly as we were two 21 year old straight girls and we had an amazing time and felt very welcome with the hosts and other guests. How was your room?: Amazing - the room itself was really large (a kingsize and a single bed in the room for $35CUC a night) and had a large bathroom too. There was functioning air-con and a fan, a TV and dvd player, a sink, a safe and plenty of storage room. How was the food they offer?: Delicious and very generous, we ending up getting breakfast every day (for $5 CUC, and Aleido will cook it any time you like - even 2pm on one day!) as it was very reasonable for the amount, it included heaps of fruit (mango, papaya, banana, pineapple) unlimited papaya smoothie and fresh coffee, eggs, ham, cheese and bread. Aleido also offers to cook dinner. Other services they offer: Free laundry service! We asked if we might be able to pay to do some laundry but Aleido was happy to do it for us completely gratis :) I also broke a glass from the room and Aleido would not take any money for it, he is a very genuinely nice man who just wanted us to have a great stay. There is a TV downstairs in the main eating/socialising area and we happily watched all the big World Cup games with our hosts. Other comments: I stayed also in Hotel Raquel in Havana Vieja which was a lot more expensive but honestly I can say that the room, welcome, company and food were all much better at Aleidos. It is a 5-10 minute walk from all the main Plazas and I honestly couldnt recommend it enough. More about Casa Aleido: cuba-junky/havana/casa-aleido.htm
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 08:18:16 +0000
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