Cafe El Mercurio, Havana. Cuba

• Edificio Lonja del Comercio, Plaza de San Francisco, Havana City. Cuba
• Daily
• (537) 8671041
• Destination: Havana

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For a business or informal meeting, or for a lunch break. El Mercurio, is the elegant Café preferred by businessmen and visitors alike. Located on the ground floor of the Lonja del Comercio, the city's first modern real estate project, and surrounded by the charm of San Francisco Square, the Café El Mercurio offers its guests the distinction of its unequalled service and an excellent menu, where meat and shellfish combine with the taste and color of tropical fruit. The Café El Mercurio improves its offer with new recipes for its sandwiches and light food at moderate prices. Customers can enjoy a sunny day out on the terrace and savour a delicious lunch while glancing at the San Francisco de Asís Convent and its beautiful square.

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Cafe El Mercurio is located in Havana

Capital of Cuba and the country's administrative, political, cultural and scientific center, it is also the capital of two provinces: City of Havana and Havana. Though only around 280 square miles (727 square kilometers) in size-0.65 percent of the archipelago's total area.

The Old Havana and system of forts led UNESCO to declare it a part of world heritage in 1982. Founded on its present site in 1519, the settlement of San Cristobal de La Habana prospered mainly due to its bay, which was a natural port of call for ships sailing to and from the New World. Starting in 1634, because of its strategic location, San Cristobal de La Habana was considered the key to the New World-as attested to by royal letters patent-and the main defense of the West Indies.

The Cuban capital consists of an immense number of buildings in a wide range of architectural styles, built in the course of nearly five centuries. These styles range from the pre-baroque to the baroque, neo-Gothic, neoclassical, eclectic, art noveau and art-deco, to the modern.

Alejo Carpentier, one of Cuba's most famous authors, called it "the city of columns" and focused attention on its streets, which he considered a perennially rich show of life, humanity and contrasts that was bound to entertain any observer.

Over 14 kilometers of excellent beaches lie to the east of the Cuban capital. To the south, a green belt contributes to a healthful atmosphere.