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Habana Riviera by Iberostar vs Hotel Santa Isabel
Both properties are endorsed by those who travel for a living. Overall, Hotel Santa Isabel is the choice of most reviewers compared to Habana Riviera by IBEROSTAR. Hotel Santa Isabel is ranked #10 in Havana with recommendations from 6 reviews including Oyster, Lonely Planet and Rough Guide.
Habana Riviera by Iberostar
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Paseo y Malecon, Vedado, Havana 10400, Cuba
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- Bar/Lounge
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
Lonely Planet
"Meyer Lansky's magnificent Vegas-style palace has leapt back into fashion with its gloriously retro lobby almost unchanged since 1957 (when it was the height of modernity)."
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DK Eyewitness
"A famous 1950s high-rise Hotel Habana Riviera overlooks the waterfront boulevard."
Rough Guide
"Built by the mafia in the 1950s as a casino hotel, the Riviera retains much of that era’s style."
Fodor's
"Although it's large, impersonal, and inefficient, the Riviera is home to El Palacio de la Salsa, one of Havana's best music venues."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The lobby, with its sharp modernist lines and Vegas-style ostentation, looks like a set from The Godfather: Part II, while the rooms are less striking."
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Hotel Santa Isabel
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Calle Baratillo 9, entre Obispo y Narciso Lopez, Habana Vieja, Havana, Cuba
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- Bar/Lounge
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
Frommer's
"This is one of the most highly touted hotels of the Habaguanex chain, and it is a lovely little hotel, wonderfully located on the eastern end of the Plaza de Armas."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Considered one of Havana's finest hotels, as well as one of its oldest... the Hotel Santa Isabel is housed in the Palacio de los Condes de Santovenia, the former crash pad of a decadent Spanish count."
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DK Eyewitness
"The glamorous colonial-themed Hotel Santa Isabel has tradition and elegance combined with stylish 19th-century furnishings and a inviting marble-floored lobby lounge."
Rough Guide
"One of the most exclusive of Habana Vieja’s hotels, this impressively restored eighteenth-century building features colonial-style furnishings in all the rooms and a fountain in the idyllic arched courtyard."
Fodor's
"Best views here are to be had in rooms and junior sweets that overlook the popular Plaza de Armas, with its many booksellers, artists, and restaurants."
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