glance at the marvelous world Dear Guest. you can find while you are on vacation in . We would Welcome to our Boutique Hotel like to invite you to have a Vapor 156. When we bought the reading tour through the history property in 2019 we immediately of our house and its surrounding fell in love with it and since then area while enjoying a good Mojito we have carefully restored the or a cup of coffee. Feel yourself at colonial building and refurnished home and let us help you to make it with a lot of attention to detail. your visit to Havana and an For us it is not only a hotel but unforgettable one. much more than that. It’s also a Kind regards. cultural project inviting you to enjoy the beauty and richness of Elizandro & Dirk our authentic Cuban culture. This Hotel Owners. magazine will give you a first Index

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Boutique Hotel Vapor 156 is in mood is light, chic, glamorous, 8 - Living this Boutique Hotel , the heart of friendly, helpful and funny. In the Havana city, near the famous afternoons white walls embrace Havana Malecón and many other the sunlight, creating a magical tourist attractions you can visit atmosphere that invites the sunset 11 - Interesting places nearby just by walking. The house was to come in and gently change built in 1932 during the golden everything. age of the Cuban bourgeoisie and 13 - Map it has been carefully restored and decorated to bring back its charm 14 - The process to get to this and original attributes. In this point colonial high ceiling house, the

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Boutique Hotel Vapor 156 has eight rooms on two floors. It has a luxurious entrance hall, patio, dining room and 4 balconies on the first floor. One premium room, three triple rooms with two beds (double and single), and four comfort double rooms, all with beds and viscoelastic mattresses as well as luxurious linen. This house has beautiful and particular furniture as well as antiques that will drive you back in time. The collection of phones and lamps support this unique touch of Vapor 156.

3 4 you with this service at the front Hotel Services desk. Euros, US dollars and English pounds are currencies we What do we offer to our guests? accept. Memorable moments and Room service. experiences will emotionally Would you like to have a connect you with our exceptional particular service at your room? services. Just ask, and we will be pleased Bar. to give it to you. Vapor 156, Mojito, Cuba Libre, Laundry service. Daiquirí, Canchánchara, Piña. Having some issues with dirty Colada, Cubanito and even more! cloth? Don’t worry, we handle that. Just ask us for the laundry service. Taxi. Do you need a taxi to go to a place in particular or maybe to travel to another part of the country? We can assist you with that, no matter if you are on your Café Vapor 156 own or a group. Wake up calls. Front Desk. If you think you might fall asleep In addition to the check-in with and be late for an important event its delicious welcome cocktail, at you can’t miss, let us know and the front desk you can ask for any we will wake you up. kind of information related to the Guided city tours. hotel services and outdoors as Have unique and memorable well. There you can book for the moments by discovering Havana hotel lessons, guided tours, taxis, city most amazing sights assisted restaurants, theaters, laundry, by experienced local guides. Take currency exchange and wake up the best pictures in a panoramic calls. tour in an authentic old Currency exchange. American car, or sightsee to feel Don’t waste your time standing the atmosphere and contrasts on long lines in a bank to change between the old colonial times your money. As we really take and the modern trends of the city. your time seriously we provide

5 6 Perhaps you are interested in a stress, pain and muscle tension, topic in particular, just let us our massage therapist will have Living this know what you want and we’ll the right treatment for you in the Boutique Hotel make your city tour come true, privacy of your own hotel room. taking you to the places of your He uses organic, natural products Chippendale and Luis XV luxury Havana dreams. for all massages: Relaxation furniture styles will make you Snacks. massage, Thai massage, Shiatsu feel the glamour of Vapor 156 in a Vapor 156, ham and cheese massage, Cupping therapy, Foot perfect combination with pure sandwich, vegetables and cheese massage, Sports massage. white, changing natural light, the sandwich, hamburger. Cuban-traditional-dance lessons. music from a Vitrola and a Breakfast. If you are a dance lover, don’t dedicated staff. Guests can enjoy their breakfast miss the opportunity to learn time at the hotel patio with how to dance Cuban traditional background music and under the dances such as salsa, mambo, morning sunlight. If guests would cha-cha and rumba. Jorgito, our like to have more intimacy professional dancer, will be your breakfast is also available at their teacher and you will have an rooms or in the balconies. enjoyable learning experience. A Dinners. beverage is included and a visit Don’t miss the chance to try the to a dancing club where you can deliciousness of the Cuban shake your legs is also available. traditional cuisine in our patio or Planning and organizing trips. perhaps a romantic dinner in one Are you the kind of traveler who of our balconies under the light of likes to plan spontaneously? Or a candle to whisper gentle sweets perhaps you don’t like the to your beloved person. formality of the travel agencies Cuban Dinner: Congrí rice or schedules. Then, we have the white rice and Cuban black beans solution for you. Book us and get broth, pork or chicken, yucca or on top of the accommodation our tamale and vegetables. trip planning service. Here you Farmers Grill: Broach, pork, can find a briefing of Vapor 156 chicken, fish, vegetables, mashed travelers’ guide with some plantains, yucca. recommendations of places to Body massages. visit. Whether you just want to relax after a busy day walking through or you like to reduce

7 8 9 10 symbol of the city, a source of place. It took 15 years to build it. location for graduation photos, Interesting places inspiration for songs, love affairs, Actually it´s really near another important concerts and students nearby even political events and cemetery, the Chinese Cemetery celebrations. Also if you are tragedies. People and visitors seat built for those who were Chinese there, you should visit the Felipe there every day as the wall were or non catholic people. Poey Museum of Natural History benches to see the sunset, feel the and the Aula Magna full of past breeze at night, fall in love or Havana University history up to present days. simply have a colloquium with The Royal and Pontifical St. the Yoruba Goddess Yemayá. Hieronymus University of Hamel Alley That’s why it has been named the Havana was founded for the The narrow two-block long alley Big Havana Sofa. Some love Dominican friars, on 1728. This between Aramburu and Hospital jogging all along it while enjoying facility nowadays it’s a modern streets in Centro Habana is an the magnificent view and it’s still building that along with the old Afro Cuban cultural project the ideal spot for fishermen in the construction it´s part of the created by artist Salvador city. University. The Musical González. Visitors can live the Patrimony Department and other atmosphere of ancestral religious Espada Cemetery (1806) university departments have their beliefs, dances, drinks and It was the first graveyard the offices there as well. traditional cuisine. The buildings Havana Malecon Village of San Cristobal de la It’s located in the Aróstegui Hill are lined with brightly-colored It was built in different periods Habana had after the prohibition or Pyrotechnic Hill, on paintings, murals, sculptures and during the 20th century, from to keep on burying inside the neighborhood. It was the second objects, which depict rituals and 1901 to 1958. It started on La churches. It also was the first of place assigned to build up this deities. Also, rumba groups play Punta Castle, Old Havana, to the its kind in Spanish America. It University in 1902, a bigger place here every Sunday. Torreon of San Lazaro, in Centro remained operational for 70 years than the former one in Old Habana in the early 1901. Later, but it had to stop due to Havana. works went on up to 23rd Street population growth. It was located The construction was finished on in Vedado neighborhood and G in the area of San Lázaro, Vapor, 1940. Several Faculties have their Street to end up in Almendares Espada and Aramburu streets. A head offices there such as the River. remaining wall from that old Philosophy Faculty, History and This wall was a strategy to construction can still be seen. Sociology Faculty, Mathematic prevent the sea from coming The Colón Cemetery replaced it. and Computation Faculty and inland during hurricane seasons. This time a larger area was The Law Faculty where Fidel It goes along three municipalities: devoted for burials and beautiful Castro Ruz studied. Old Havana, Centro Havana and marble sculptures, pantheons and Visitors can have a spectacular Vedado. As time passed by fine tombs became part of the welcoming by the Alma Mater Havana Malecon became more landscape as a sign of richness sculpture on the top of the 88 than just a simple wall. It’s a and devotion for such a sacred stairway steps, the perfect

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To make a dream come true, we comfortable house for guests; usually need effort, money, a who are assisted by a great staff good strategy, and hard work. where special details in the Vapor 156 Boutique Hotel means interior design and a that for their owners, a dream personalized service will make come true but not just a simple you feel at home away from one. It is the dream of a home.

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Legend: 1 - Vapor 156 - Boutique Hotel 7- Yara Theater 2 - Espada Cemetery 8 - Coppelia - Ice Cream Parlour 3 - Hamel Alley 9 - Havana’s Malecon 4 - Julio A. Mella Memorial 10 - Antonio Maceo Memorial 5 - Havana’s University 6 - Habana Libre Hotel

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156 Vapor Street Between Espada and San Francisco streets, Centro Habana, Havana, Cuba Landline: (+53) 7877 84 53