Tejadillo
Behind the royal court doors of the Hostal Del Tejadillo Hotel, you can find an authentic colonial boarding house.
Overview
The Hotel Tejadillo has an unusual design - The maze-like floor plan is due to the hotel being made up from three restored Havana mansions dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The location is perfect, round the corner from Cathedral Square, and the corner bar has tall windows facing onto San Ignacio and Tejadillo Streets.
There are two courtyards; one with tables for breakfast or drinks with a large mural of colonial architecture, the other full of bushy ferns and a Yagruma tree - whose vast leaves occasionally crash to the ground, startling unsuspecting bystanders.
The entrance hall has tall windows, traditional colonial window grilles and fanlights, high ceilings and positively chintzy armchairs and is decorated with paintings by local artists and also with bonsai trees, which hold an inexplicable fascination for Old Havana interior designers.
A half-block away from the Old Town's Cathedral, the Tejadillo is a short walk away from the major squares and a good variety of museums and restaurants, including the renowned and lively Bodeguita del Medio. Spared the hectic pedestrian traffic of a street like Obispo (where other well-located hotels stand), this is as good a point of departure for an exploration of the Old Town as you can come across.
Accommodation
Standard Rooms
The 30 standard rooms at the Tejadillo tend to be generously sized and most of those which can be converted to triples are enormous and contain fully equipped kitchen units. They have well-made faux Colonial furniture mixed with modern wrought iron pieces. Large windows give excellent views of the street below. The bathrooms are small and tend to be a bit dimly lit, but are clean and functional. Half of the rooms have matrimonial beds and the other half are twin bedded.
Junior Suites
There are only 2 Junior Suites at the hotel. Both are very spacious and have a magnificent view.
Facilities
- Air conditioning
- Bar
- Car rental desk
- Daily newspapers
- Elevators / lifts
- Hotel was recently renovated
- International cuisine
- Internet access
- Laundry & Ironing Service
- Mastercard & Visa (not USA bank issued) accepted
- Nightclub nearby
- Old building restored
- Parking
- Reception staff speak Spanish, English, French, German, Italian
- Restaurant
- Safety - uniformed security personnel 24hrs
- Shoe cleaning
- Shops max 2min walk
- Taxis desk
- Telephone - National & international calls
- Tours & tourist information desk
- TV room/bar (international channels/videos)
- Voltage 110/120
Restaurants & Bars
Guests can take their breakfast or enjoy a meal at a cozy and discretely elegant dining area or its adjacent, well-kept courtyard.
Past the eatery is a small, pub-like bar with tall, barred windows that look out onto the cobbled thoroughfares, where the Cathedral stands but a block away.
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