General
The elegant hotel is characterized by its Art Nouveau style. Intriguing beauty and romantic atmosphere are expressed in every architectural detail. The name and allegory of some environments recalls Jewish culture. Guests are welcomed into a lobby with 24-hour reception, a hotel safe, a cloakroom, a currency exchange facility and lift access. The air-conditioned hotel also offers shops, a bar, a restaurant with highchairs for children and Internet access. Room and laundry services are available on request (surcharges apply). Parking is available (surcharges apply).
Lobby
This elegant building besides its style Art Nouveau that make it captivating amid the historic city center of Havana, possesses other charming eccentricities in its design including the marble columns that rise in the hall of the entrance, an extensive roof of dark glass and a watchtower from which guests can look out the streets and squares of Old Havana.
Exterior
The Hotel monumental and roomy establishment that becomes of principles of the XX century, works as such from June 5 of 2003, thanks to a restoration process carried out by The Company Habaguanex S.A. belonging to the Office of the City Historian of Havana, paying permanent tribute to the Hebrew culture and its presence in the Cuban contemporary art.
Rooms
All the rooms of the Hotel Raquel has a balcony and picture windows with view at the one of the streets that skirts this installation. Facilities of rooms are: 110 Volt Outlet, Air Conditioning, Baby's Cot (on request), Balcony (subject to availability), Bathroom (ensuite), Double Beds, Hair-dryer, Hot & Cold Water, In-room Safe, Kingsize Beds, Minibar, Room service, Satellite TV, Telephone and Twin Beds.
Location
The Hotel is located in the corner that Amargura and San Ignacio streets makes in Old Havana, and near the one that was Jewish neighborhood of Havana, where it is still the oldest Sephardic synagogue in Cuba, it has as headquarters an eclectic building of Baroque facade and three storeys.
