Iberostar Grand Packard Hotel

Top choice in Havana


An infinity pool overlooking the harbor is just one highlight of this 321-room hotel, centrally located at the entrance to the bay. Accommodation is elegant and modern, with minimalist decor, open spaces, and bright white rooms and suites. Spanish-influenced gastronomy meets Cuban flavors in the hotel's six restaurants and three bars, including a tapas bar and a cigar lounge.

In anticipation of the city’s 500th anniversary in 2019, the hotel was built on the site of the former Biscuit Hotel, said to have hosted poet Pablo Neruda and actor Marlon Brando in the 1950s.


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