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![]() Armadores de Santander & Muelle Luz c.1904 |
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![]() ![]() ![]() The Hotel Armadores de Santander (which means ‘Shipowners of Santander’) overlooks the port of Havana. The building’s façade, with its stone reliefs of the coat of arms of Santander surrounded by maritime motifs, is wonderfully evocative of the city’s seagoing past.
Havana’s entire raison to be, was the excellence of its natural harbour and its strategic position within the Spanish Empire in the Americas. Nowhere is this easier to appreciate than from a balcony of the Armadores de Santander. The building was commissioned by Don José Cabrero Mier, a native of that city. Many important Havana shipowners maintained offices there, notably Don Ramón Herrera y Sancibrián, Count of Mortera, who after beginning his career as a weaver in the Spanish town of Mortera was driven by poverty to emigrate and try his luck in Cuba. Here he became a hugely successful banker and shipowner. During the Cuban Wars of Independence Don Ramón dedicated a part of his fleet to the service of the Spanish crown, for which he was rewarded with his title. The Hotel Armadores de Santander was restored and is run by the Office of the City Historian of Havana, so all its profits are reinvested in the restoration of the city’s historical centre. Anyone keen on maritime history and the comings and goings of ships will love it. From early morning until late at night boats pass to and fro in front of the hotel and the views of the twinkling harbour lights in the evening, and the rising sun gleaming on the smooth water before the morning breeze gets up, are impossibly romantic. © 2009 Nigel Hunt
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![]() 24 hour reception
![]() Air conditioning
![]() Bar
![]() Billiards / pool table
![]() Breakfast - à la carte
![]() Cafe / snack bar
![]() Car rental desk
![]() Conference halls & rooms
![]() Daily newspapers
![]() Disabled facilities
![]() Elevators / lifts
![]() Gallery
![]() Hotel was recently renovated
![]() International cuisine
![]() Internet on hotel's PCs
![]() Laundry & Ironing Service
![]() Luggage storage
![]() Malecon max 5min walk
![]() Mastercard & Visa (not USA bank issued) accepted
![]() Nightclub nearby
![]() Old building restored
![]() Parking
![]() Post office
![]() Reception staff speak Spanish, English, French, German, Italian
![]() Restaurant
![]() Safety - smoke detectors, fire alarms, strobes, extinguishers, sprinklers
![]() Safety - uniformed security personnel 24hrs
![]() Shoe cleaning
![]() Shops max 2min walk
![]() Solarium
![]() Taxis desk
![]() Telephone - national & international calls
![]() Terrace
![]() Tours & tourist information desk
![]() TV room/bar (international channels & videos)
![]() Voltage 110/120
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The 30 standard rooms at the Armadores de Santander tend to have a smallish floor area but feel anything but cramped due to the immense height of their ceilings. Many of them have lovely marble balconies overlooking the harbour and original tiled floors. The bathrooms are large with attractive blue and white tiling and wonderfully generous 30s-style basins. A few of the room are split-level with a cosy sitting room below and a bedroom area above next to the original beams of the madly high ceilings. 20 of the rooms are twin bedded and the other 10 have matrimonial beds.
© 2009 Nigel Hunt
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![]() 110 volt outlets
![]() Air conditioning
![]() Baby's cot (on request)
![]() Balcony (subject to availability)
![]() Bathroom (ensuite)
![]() Disabled facilities
![]() Double bed
![]() Hair-dryer
![]() Hot & cold water
![]() In-room safe
![]() King size bed
![]() Minibar / Fridge
![]() Room service
![]() Satellite TV
![]() Telephone
![]() Twin beds
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Hotel Armadores de Santander has 1 suite. Details are coming soon.
© 2009 Nigel Hunt
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![]() 110 volt outlets
![]() 220 volt outlets
![]() Air conditioning
![]() Baby's cot (on request)
![]() Balcony (subject to availability)
![]() Bathroom (ensuite)
![]() Hair-dryer
![]() Hot & cold water
![]() In-room safe
![]() King size bed
![]() Minibar / Fridge
![]() Room service
![]() Telephone
![]() Terrace or balcony
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The Hotel Armadores de Santander junior suite is graciously welcoming with a well designed seating area, kin-size bed, high ceilings and superb views of the harbour. The walls are hung with sepia photographs of Havana’s maritime past.
© 2009 Nigel Hunt
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![]() 110 volt outlets
![]() Air conditioning
![]() Baby's cot (on request)
![]() Balcony (subject to availability)
![]() Bathroom (ensuite)
![]() Hair-dryer
![]() Hot & cold water
![]() In-room safe
![]() King size bed
![]() Minibar / Fridge
![]() Room service
![]() Satellite TV
![]() Telephone
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