Customs of Havana will be hotel and tourist complex

Customs of Havana will be hotel and tourist complex

Havana, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) To crown the efforts to promote and recover island tourism, a beautiful work is underway that will transform the Havana Customs building into a hotel and cruise ship complex.

Next to the sea in the bay the Hotel Real Aduana appears little by little, a building that has all the characteristics of becoming the most attractive accommodation in the capital of Cuba, based on the existing old structure.

Considered by many to be the most beautiful building on Avenida del Puerto, the old Havana Customs House is restored to become a large Cruise Terminal.

The large complex, with its three old breakwaters: San Francisco, La Machina and Santa Clara, has degree II protection, granted by the National Commission of Monuments of Cuba.

This gives extra value to any undertaking that is carried out there, but requires the preservation of its architectural values, as reflected in reports from entities of the country's Ministry of Tourism (Mintur).

The current Havana Customs building was inaugurated in 1914, where the San Francisco dock was once located, and extends for 300 meters along the Avenida del Puerto.

It was built by Barclays Parson & Klapp, and for almost half a century its dock, operated by the American company Havana Docks Corporation, was considered among the best in the world.

In the building, which the Havana Dock shared with the Cuban State (according to the 1905 agreement) there were, in addition to the Havana Customs, and other official institutions such as the Harbor Master's Office.

There were also the Maritime Police, the Doctors of the Port, the Immigration Department and the General Inspection of the Port.

The towers of the Havana Customs House, in addition to their decorative function and as viewpoints, concealed two water tanks in each one, which were the basis for the operation of the building's advanced fire-fighting system.

The Havana Customs building can be considered eclectic, since neoclassical elements converge with semicircular arches and a profusion of Creole tiles, with a typical Spanish colonial appearance.

To complement the services of the Cruise Terminal, in part of the historic building there is therefore the Hotel Real Aduana, a five-star hotel operated by Habaguanex with 55 rooms from which you can enjoy the wonderful environment that the bay of Havana offers.

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