AUBERGE DE RAQUEL
Raquel S. Sánchez Javier Calle Villegas 443 (upstairs), e/Teniente Rey (Brasil) y Muralla, near Plaza del Cristo and two minutes from the Capitolio. Map - Zone 5 Tel. (7) 867-5026 Cell 52 90 11 06 Some sites still show her old address on calle Cristo; there are about a dozen casas in La Habana with Raquel in their name; this casa has nothing to do with Hotel Raquel in Habana Vieja. |
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The casa is located above a daytime-only shop. |
There's always someone having a conversation or some old clunker going by on busy Villegas.
This is where Raquel has been renting since January 2016 in this her new "finally renovated auberge" where she moved from calle Cristo 12. The lovely host rents up one floor three air-conditioned bedrooms (the front one opens onto street and has one double bed, the 2nd opens from the front door and passageway has a double and a single, the 3rd opens from the small patio and has three beds. Each its ensuite bathroom. Local calls for free; English, Spanish, basic French, Creole, Italian and Portuguese understood. Rates :30€/US$ (25 in low season) per bedroom per night; breakfast is the only meal service, laundry service, safe parking nearby on request, dance lessons and guided tours (city or island-wide) arranged on demand. |
L'AUBERGE DE RAQUEL La casa se encontra en la primera planta. Renta tres habitaciones dobles, cada una con baño privado, climatizacion, mini refri y ventanas. |
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« The welcome was outstanding, with a lot of kindness, natural. Rakel sent a taxi to pick us up at the airport. "Of Haitian origin, she speaks a little French, it was very convenient to discuss. As a bonus, we had a singer at home. |
"There are three bedrooms, one with three single beds, one with a double bed and one with a double bed and a single bed. A private bathroom with hot water in each room. "Only downside, the house has a long staircase to climb. But, literally all casas are on the 2nd or 3rd floors in old Havana. "Raquel is an excellent travel arrangement provider. Our stay was 10 days, we were 4, we had just taken the plane ticket and booked our first two nights in Havana. "I told her what we wanted to do (Havana, Vinales, Varadero, Cienfuegos, Santa Clara, Trinidad, Camaguey, Santiago de Cuba) and she organized our stay by finding us a private driver, and did the whole thing, including reservations in other casas. "Fa-bu-lous, no false note in the facilities, in the hospitality, in the authenticity. "Plus, we are vegetarians. She took the necessary steps to transmit the information to the other casas. salome t, 26 dec 2017, tripad visor |