Hôtel Oloffson

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If Haiti has an iconic hotel, it’s the Oloffson. Immortalized as Hotel Trianon in Graham Greene’s The Comedians, the elegant gingerbread building is one of the city’s loveliest, further tricked out with paintings and Vodou flags. There’s a very sociable bar for your rum punches, and every Thursday the house band RAM plays up a storm until the small hours.

Sadly, the Oloffson isn’t beyond trading on its name, and the rooms, fixtures and service don’t quite live up to the tariff. Still, it remains a lively scene.

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