The visitor to Santiago de Cuba can admire the beautiful city from the luxurious, comfortable installations of the Hotel Casagranda, restored to recover its original splendor. The Hotel is located right in the heart of the Caribbean city of Santiago, on a corner of the centrally located Parque Céspedes. It is surrounded by the Metropolitan Cathedral, House of Poetry, Carnival Museum and the Museum of Cuban History, amongst other valuable buildings.
Guests at the Casagranda enjoy a luxurious restaurant, specializing in Creole and international cuisine, a cozy terrace café-bar with views of the neighboring park, and a lookout point snack bar located in the Roof Garden on the top floor, with splendid views of the city, the mountains and the Caribbean.
Reception staff speak Spanish, English, French, German, Italian
Restaurant
Safety - uniformed security personnel 24hrs
Shop(s) with basic supplies, souvenirs & gifts
Telephone - National & international calls
Tours & tourist information desk
TV room/bar (international channels/videos)
Voltage 220/240
Details of Standard room
220 Volt Outlet
Air Conditioning
Baby's Cot (on request)
Bathroom (ensuite)
Disabled facilities
Double Beds
Hair-dryer
Hot & Cold Water
In-room Safe
Kingsize Beds
Minibar
Satellite TV
Telephone
Twin Beds
Guide to Santiago de Cuba City
Cuba's second city is hot, hilly and exhausting but at the same time seductively languid. Built on a sequence of hills overlooking a large bay with the Sierra Maestra in the background, it is certainly one of Cuba's most picturesque cities. Its colourful streets sweep up and down steep hills, making walking through the city, although pleasant, a little tiring if done in long stretches.
Yet Santiago has a singular vibrancy, its predominantly mulatto people, a mix of Spanish, French from Haiti and huge numbers of Africans, are persistently friendly.
It has plenty to offer for sightseers, blessed as it is with a host of interesting museums, buildings and places (Moncada Barracks, Emilio Bacardi Museum, The Cathedral, Morro Castle, La Maison, Calle Heredia...)