Madero Bed and Breakfast

  Just come back from a 10 day visit to Cuba which included a 7 day tour organised by BeyondtheOrdinary who also team up with Captivating Cuba to organise bespoke small... read more group tours around Cuba. Fantastic holiday and I can thoughly recommend their service.
Both companies use Medero as their default Casa for their clients for the Havana part of their stay and I can understand why. Not only are the hosts superb with nothing too much trouble, they will even go to the bank for you and change your currency (no charge and good rate) so don't queue at the airport. Welcome drinks, lovely rooms spotless and great facilities including a wonderful roof terrace.
Breakfast is fruit, fruit juice and eggs, ham etc. any way you like (we had omlettes, super) and toast with jam, all very adequate.
Better still they have WiFi. You can just log-in for social media but if you want full internet you need to use one of the Etecsa cards which they sell for CUC2 (you get 1 hr for that but you can log in and out.
They don't have a bar or restaurant, other than what you can buy in the room fridge, but don't worry turn right out of the Madero and walk 25yds to the Residencia, Santa Clara just down the road. Great drinks and wonderful food in their boutique restaurant/bar at half the prices you will pay in the Plaza Veija (they also have WiFi).

  We spent about a month travelling around Cuba with Locally Sourced Tours on a private guided tour for my wife and I . The Madero was our casa for a... read more total of 7 nights over the month as we passed through or toured Havana. Staff is excellent and accommodating with decent English language skills. Rooms are very clean and place puts service as a very high priority. Rooms are small except for 201 which is a larger suite.Santa Clara ,the street of the Madero hasn't yet seen the buildings renovated so is the real Havana. Only 2 blocks away the building are beautiful and mostly re done so you can expect quite a bit of activity from local people coming out in the streets each evening . you get a real feel to how Havana life is with less fortunate but all very safe. We ended up using room fan to create some white noise to drown out 4;30 am rooster next door. Lovely third floor terrace to read or have a drink. Breakfasts were first rate . Our roomwas on 3rd floor so had to take our time walking up or down quite narrow staircase but they have a dumbwaiter to transport bags. Easy walk to all the sites and only 2 short blocks from inner harbour. Well run casa

  In February 2022 we visited Cuba, as one of the first tourists again after the covid pandemic. Madero B&B was our stay in Havana and we are really happy with... read more our choice. It was the best stay of Cuba. The rooms are very clean, the employees are exceptional friendly and speaks English. The breakfast including the coffee was delicious. For cuban standards the rooms are very modern and offer everything a traveller could wish of. The airco is a real relief and we were especially surprised of the quality of the beds. We would recommend Madero to every traveller who visits Havana!

Sidenote, if you intend to visit Cuba, bring cash with you! During the covid pandemic the government changed the financial system. If you go to the ATM you get 25 pesos for 1 euro. If you change 1 euro at the streets, you geg 100 pesos. More