Tuesday, April 13, 2010

CABARET PARISIEN AT THE HOTEL NACIONAL

Havana's Hotel Nacional de Cuba

Hot Dancers of the Cabaret Parisien in Havana Hotel Nacional de Cuba
THE SEXIEST SHOW IN CUBA CABARET PARISIEN AT THE HOTEL NACIONAL
The sexiest show in all Havana is the is the Cabaret Parisien located in the Hotel Nacional. Bring a fire hose to extinguish the flames as its best considered the Hottest show in all of Cuba let alone Havana. The Cubano show is offered nightly at 10 p.m. The dinner special (CUC 50–70) is best avoided. The place is cramped and gets filled with smoke, and while the show is nowhere near the scale of the Tropicana, it has plenty of feathers and flesh and sexual energy, and it’s handily right in the heart of Vedado.
Reservations for Cabaret Parisien show is Calle O, esq. 21, tel. 07/873-3564 or 07/373-4701; Cost is 35 CUC
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

HOTEL NACIONAL DE CUBA HAVANA HOTEL

Hotel Nacional De Cuba in Havana
On the coastal salient of Punta Brava, on the Taganana hill, toward the far end of the San Lazaro cove --customary site of pirate landings--, rises the Hotel Nacional de Cuba since December 30, 1930, the “flagship” of Gran Caribe.
During the 19th century, the hill on which the hotel stands held the famous battery of Santa Clara. The “Ordoñez” cannon, one of the largest of its time, still lies in the hotel’s gardens. On the headland of Punta Brava, Corregidor Don Luis Aguilar chastised the British during the seige and assault of Havana. The hotel’s most famous and luxurious restaurant is named after him.
HOTEL NACIONAL DE CUBAThe project and construction of this majestic building was completed in two years by the US companies McKim, Mead & White and Purdy Henderson Co.
Visitors are captivated by the galleries of the gardens that recollect monastic cloisters of Moorish-Spanish arcades, the main hall resembling three parallel aisles of a Medieval church, or the simulated beams of the ceiling that recall an old Catalan monastery with Arab reminiscences. Its eclectic architecture combining Art-Deco, neoclassic and neocolonial designs, the handsome Apartment of the Republic with its direct entrance and the necessary privacy for state guests, and its comfortable Presidential Suite have, time and again, attracted many distinguished personalities from the fields of art, literature, politics, commerce, science and business.
Among its first illustrious guests were artists, actors and writers such as Johny Weissmuller, Buster Keaton, Jose Mujica, Jorge Negrete, Agustin Lara, Tyrone Power, Romulo Gallegos, Errol Flyn, Marlon Brando and the famous Ernest Hemingway, who donated a blue fish specimen to the “Sirena” bar. The guestlist includes well known Italian American gangsters Santos Traficante, Meyer Lansky, Lucky Luciano and Frank Costello. The hotel’s reputation as a deluxe host is backed by patrons such as Winston Churchill, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, scientist Alexander Flemming, and innumerable Ibero American Heads of State and European monarchs.
The hotel was refurbished in the late 50’s, when all the comforts that make it competitive were added without altering the original layout.
The protagonism of the Hotel Nacional goes on, welcoming distinguished businessmen and ordinary folk from all over the world, hosting important international events and still remaining that “Enchanted Castle” that Carpentier spoke of, as dazzling as it was on its opening night.
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Hotel Nacional de Cuba means pride for people from Havana and admiration from foreigners. This landmark hotel stores the still warm memories of the illustrious women and men who visited the island in the last century. Distinction and class constitute the names of the renowned Cuban hotel, which keeps intact the residence of the Republic with the same elegance it had when being witness -and sometimes protagonist- of numerous moments, now part of Cuban history. The hotel also includes the famous Parisien Cabaret, one of the best nightclubs in Havana.

HISTORY OF HOTEL NACIONAL DE CUBA


HOTEL NACIONAL DE CUBA
The eight-storey Spanish-style property rises on a hill-top overlooking the Malecon, affording guests and visitors panoramic vistas of both the Old Town and Vedado district. Once a site of pirate landings and a Cuban stronghold during Havana’s one-year siege by the British, the majestic gardens that surround the hotel are a formidable and welcoming spot after a day of sightseeing and as relaxing a place to enjoy a drink and a sweeping view of the Caribbean as you can hope for.
A well-dressed porter welcomes guests at the entrance of a long, soaring lobby, where the Hotel’s luxurious, aristocratic ambience immediately strikes the eye (the eclectic combination of Moorish tile-work, Elizabethan chandeliers and ceiling beams, recalling a Medieval church, may help explain why world-renowned Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier once referred to the edifice as an “enchanted castle”). The lobby is often teeming with visitors and tour groups; coupled with the ever-busy bar just beyond the doors that open onto the gardens, this gives one the feeling of a hotel that never sleeps.
Equipped with six bars and a well-known cabaret, the hotel is also a setting for live son performances, aquatic spectacles and even sporadic fashion shows, not to mention the venue for the Havana International Film Festival in December, when one is likely to spot renowned figures of Cuba’s culture and art scene and even the occasional Hollywood star. The Nacional, however, is not aimed exclusively at night-owls or entertainment-seekers: a well-equipped business centre, currency exchange locale, nine meeting rooms (including the spacious Taganana Hall, used for press conferences) offering interpretation services, and an entire executive floor with express check-in and cyber-café accom?date the business traveler and convention or congress participant alike.
Boasting a guest-list crammed with such personalities as Johny Weissmuller and Buster Keaton and illustrious figures like Winston Churchill and the Duke of Windsor, the Hotel Nacional’s restored and welcoming accommodations are a window to a bygone era of class and distinction.
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