Casa Familia Martínez López

Frank & Annabel were absolutely kind and hospitable hosts. I felt very welcome! Frank gave me some tips how to explore Havana. And since their house is in down town Havana, the most touristic attractions can be reached by walk.
The breakfast was yummie and healthy & the house was very clean. Frank’s house is a safe & cosy place where I definitely like to stay the next time when I am in Cuba!

One improvement I would like to see the next time is internet connection. The first days there was no wifi. It didn’t work. It’s not that easy to have internet connection in Cuba. So having wifi in casa particulares is very important. The wifi was fixed soon and the connection was great!

Muchas gracias Frank & Annabel!

From the first day of our visit to the last, Anabel and Frank have been unfailingly gracious hosts, very respectful of our privacy and independent itinerary. The upstairs casa, with its impossibly high ceilings and colonial aesthetic, is a lovely and memorable place to stay, and the high balcony offers a great vantage point for taking in the daily life on Neptuno Street. The rooms were perfectly air-conditioned and very clean, with well-functioning facilities. The home breakfasts, based on fruit, bread, ham, and eggs, were just the right thing to prepare one for a day of exploring Havana.

While the Vedado area is not quite the ground zero of tourist interest (most of the usual must-visits are in Old Havana a dozen blocks to the east) it is near the University and Revolution Square, and provides more of a taste of the real city; besides, transportation options are plentiful. As mentioned in other reviews, Frank's English is indeed excellent, which was a great help - and his recommendation of a 11CUC tour bus ride when it came time to move to Varadero was brilliant.

Overall, we really enjoyed staying with Frank and his family, and we would heartily recommend this casa particular to anyone considering a holiday in Havana.

Frank and family have a beautiful apartment in a great location in Havana's Vedado area, right next to the university and in between Plaza de la Revolucion and Hotel Nacional (closer to the latter). The building itself was built in 1910 and is amazing; huge rooms with very high ceilings which is great in the hot weather.

The room we stayed in contains a private bathroom with a shower, air conditioning, a fridge (which Frank filled with bottles of water for a reasonable price, which is very welcome if you're planning on walking in the sun), one single and one double bed. The room was very clean and well kept. He also provided a map to show the apartment's location together with local areas of interest.

Frank and his family are very friendly; Frank waited up for us even though our arrival to Havana was at around midnight. We had the pleasure of meeting his wife and daughter too, as well as his neighbour who always greeted us with a delicious light breakfast (included in the cost) and a smile :) Frank speaks very good English too, so if you can't speak Spanish then you'll be OK.

I would definitely recommend staying at this apartment if you want to stay in this part of the city.