Follow in Ernest Hemmingway's footsteps by staying in room 511 at the Hotel Ambos Mundos, Obispo 153, Old Havana (00 537 60 95 29). Ernest Hemingway's old room, where he lived on and off for five years, was lost forever when the hotel was gutted in the 1990s, but an approximation has been built.
Hotel Florida was opened in 1885, then again in 1999 after being restored. 25 rooms with marble floors and balconies. Calle Obispo 252, esquina a Cuba, Havana (00 537 622 543 624127).