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"Palacio O'Farril Hotel"
38 rooms including
3 Minisuites
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Palacio O’Farrill Hotel, located on a corner in Old Havana, near the picturesque Bay of Havana and Cathedral Square, is a perfect example of neoclassical architecture, in vogue at the dawn of the 19th century. This mansion, awarded a Class 1 Heritage Degree, has recently been extensively restored and refurbished by the City Historian’s Office. It is a Palace converted into a Hotel: an authentic corner of Old Havana that prides itself on the level of personal service offered to all guests. The hotel has retained the name “Palacio O’Farrill” as a tribute to its earlier owners.
Don Ricardo O’Farrill and O’Daly, whose family came from County Longford in Ireland, was a wealthy merchant who made his fortune from the notoriously lucrative slave trade. He was also the owner of several sugar mills. Don Ricardo arrived in Havana in the early 18th century and is attributed as the founder of the O’Farrill family in Cuba, which subsequently went on to gain a reputation for its notable performance in administration, commerce and in the country’s cultural development. They were further distinguished by a plethora of titles of the nobility.
As
time went by, the O’Farrills became
involved in different
aspects of Cuban society: Nicolas Calvo de la Puerta y
O’Farrill, a distinguished academic and Doctor of Theology at the Pontifical
University of San Jeronimo, who introduced improvements in sugar cane production
and promoted the Sociedad Patriotica
(Patriotic Club) in collaboration with Baron
Alexander Von Humboldt. Juan Montalvo y O’Farrill owned the first
steamship used in Cuba. Jose Ricardo and Rafael O’Farrill and Herrera were
listed among the 18 most influential and richest people in Havana under the rule
of Spanish Governor Miguel Tacon. Others played important roles in the army,
commerce and music, and in various government offices.
Two
splendid mansions in Old Havana perpetuate the
memory of the O’Farrill
family. One, on the corner of Habana and Chacon streets, was acquired
by the Church and up until recently was the site of the Archbishop of Havana’s
office. The other, on the corner of Cuba and Chacon streets, built in the first
half of the 19th century by Jose Ricardo O’Farrill y O’Farrill,
Don Ricardo’s great grandson, underwent some architectural changes in the 20th
century, resulting in the building as it stands today.
Subsequent
to the O’Farrill family, the latter-mentioned mansion housed several other
important institutions: the Property Register, the Supreme Court and
Attorney’s Office, the Justice Secretariat and the Lawyers College.
It also contained the Public Works Special Funding office, a section of
the Treasury Department responsible for the registration of motor vehicles.
Traces
of the building’s 18th, 19th and 20th century
architecture, plus the decoration and ambience of each floor in accordance with
these centuries, bring an unique fusion of the past and the present that makes
it a place where one longs to return. Our visitors, therefore, are privileged to
live THREE CENTURIES SIMULTANEOUSLY.
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When completed, this terrace will serve breakfast and coctails
Síntesis Histórica.
El Hotel Palacio O’Farrill, situado en una esquina de la
Habana Vieja y cerca de la hermosa entrada de la Bahía y la Plaza de la Catedral,
aflora como representatividad de la arquitectura neoclásica de moda en Cuba en
los inicios del siglo XIX. Esta mansión, considerada de Grado Patrimonial I, fue
recientemente restaurada
por la Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad y brinda
servicio de hospedaje bajo la denominación Hotel “Palacio O’Farrill” en homenaje
a sus antiguos propietarios. Es un Palacio convertido en Hotel, autentico
espacio de La Habana antigua, que brinda un servicio profesional y personalizado
a sus visitantes.
Don Ricardo O’Farrill y O’Daly, cuya familia procedía del condado de Longford, en Irlanda, fue un rico comerciante estrechamente vinculado al lucrativo negocio del tráfico de esclavos y dueño además de ingenios azucareros. Llega a La Habana a principios del siglo XVIII y a él se le atribuye la fundación de la familia O’Farrill, que destacó en la administración, la economía y en el desarrollo cultural del país, distinguiéndose además por sus títulos nobiliarios.
Así, a través del tiempo, aparecen relacionados a importantes
acontecimientos de la época: Nicolás Calvo de la Puerta y O’Farrill, catedrático
distinguido y Doctor en Teología de la P
ontificia Universidad de San Jerónimo, introdujo también mejoras en el cultivo de la caña de azúcar y en la elaboración
del dulce, fue promotor de la Sociedad Patriótica y colaboró con el Barón
Alejandro de Humboldt. Juan Montalvo y O’Farrill poseyó el primer barco de vapor
utilizado en Cuba y José Ricardo y Rafael O’Farrill y Herrera, figuraron entre
los 18 individuos más pudientes y ricos de La Habana bajo el mandato del
gobernador Miguel Tacón. Otros destacaron como militares, músicos, hombres de
negocios y ocuparon cargos en diferentes instancias de Gobierno.
Dos majestuosas mansiones de La Habana Vieja perpet
úan la
memoria de la familia O’Farrill. Una, situada en la esquina de Habana y Chacón,
fue adquirida por la Iglesia radicando allí, desde entonces hasta la actualidad,
el Arzobispado de La Habana. La otra, ubicada en la esquina de Cuba y Chacón,
construida en la primera mitad del siglo XIX por José Ricardo O’Farrill y
O’Farrill, bisnieto de Don Ricardo, sufrió transformaciones en su arquitectura
durante el siglo XX, que completan la imagen que tiene en la actualidad.
Posterior a los O’Farrill, tuvieron sede en dicha mansión,
varias instituciones prestigiosas como fueron: el Registro de Propiedad, el
Tribunal Supremo y su Fiscalía, la Secretaría de Justicia, el Colegio de
Abogados y finalmente el Fondo Especial de Obras Públicas, sección de la
Secretaría de Hacienda encargada del registro de vehículos automotores cuyas
oficinas radicaron allí hasta después de
1959.
La presencia de los siglos XVIII, XIX y XX en los aspectos arquitectónicos del Palacio, la decoración y ambientación que cada piso tiene acorde a estos siglos, hace que se respire en él, una mezcla original de historia y actualidad y lo convierte en el lugar donde se añora el regreso. Nuestros visitantes tienen por tanto el privilegio de vivir TRES SIGLOS EN UN INSTANTE.
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38
Rooms including 3 Junior Suites (all with balconies, 2 with Queen size
beds) 35 Standard Rooms (20 with balconies, 2 with interior courtyard view, 5 with windows, 1 Queen-bedded room and 1 handicap room) Safety
deposit box (included in room rate) Satellite
TV Central
air-conditioning Mini
bar Hair
dryer Hot
and cold water National and International phone service |
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Wake
up calls Laundry Shoe
polishing and minor sewing alterations Room
service (7:00am - 10:00pm) Luggage
service and storage Cellular
phone rental Fax,
photocopies and e-mails Taxis Car
rental Parking
lot Tourism
bureau Cyber Cafe |
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Restaurant
"Don Ricardo" (seats 32) ·
Breakfast
7:00am - 10:30am ·
Lunch
and Dinner 12:00pm - 11:00pm Snack
Bar "Chico O'Farrill” (seats 36) ·
10:00am
- 10:00pm Interior
Courtyard (seats 30)
"Longford"
Lounge Historical
area (9:00am - 5:00pm) For rent “1903”
Gallery Art
gallery (9:00am - 5:00pm) Aljibe Exhibition
of archaeological
findings "Aromas
intramuros" Shop
(9:00am - 6:00pm) Roof-top terrace with panoramic views of Old Havana including the entrance to Havana bay and the old fortress Los Tres Reyes del Morro and San Carlos de la Cabaña and the imposing statue of the Christ of Havana. |

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