En la plaza fundacional de la villa de San Cristóbal de La Habana se alza en todo su esplendor el Hotel Santa Isabel, sitio que conserva las huellas de armadores, artistas, comerciantes y viajeros ilustres. Convertida en hotel a partir de 1867, la otrora mansión de los condes de Santovenia sigue siendo uno de los lugares preferidos por quienes deciden admirar la ciudad desde su historia. Con la di
stinción y confort de antaño, luego de su reapertura en marzo de 1997, el hotel, con categoría de lujo, exhibe gran parte de los elementos arquitectónicos originales, en el ambiente de una típica casona colonial. Habitaciones decoradas a la usanza decimonónica, un elegante restaurante y un acogedor patio central, se revelan como atractivos del Santa Isabel que además posee una terraza mirador a donde llegan los aires de la bahía habanera./ Hotel Santa Isabel rises above the founding square of the town of San Cristóbal in all its splendor. This site preserves the footprints of shipowners, artists, merchants and famous tra-velers. Converted into a hotel in 1867, the other mansion belonging to the counts of Santovenia continues to be one of the favorite places for those who decide to admire the city from the perspective of its history.With the distinction and comfort of yore, after it was reopened in 1997, the hotel, in the luxury category, exhibits a large part of the original architectural elements in the setting of a typi-cal colonial mansion. Rooms decorated in the 19th century style, an elegant restaurant and a welcoming courtyard reveal themselves as the Santa Isabel’s attractions, which also has a terrace with a view, bathed in the breeze of Havana’s bay.Hotel Santa Isabel also has the privilege of being a short walk from the bay and just a few feet from the site where the city was founded where visitors can find, among other attrac-tions, El Templete, that commemorates the first mass and town council of the town of San Cristóbal de La Habana, Castillo de La Real Fuerza Museum, presided over by La Giraldilla on a hilltop, one of the most widely-recognized symbols of La Habana and Museo de la Ciudad in the old Palacio de los Capitanes Generales
