El “Floridita”, the Birthplace of Daiquiri
El
“Floridita”, more than a restaurant a special place for your Cuba
Holidays.
Once
you are enjoying your all inclusive holidays in Cuba, you will have
plenty of places to visit. However, there is a restaurant in Old
Havana that you cannot miss in your holidays to Cuba. It is
“Floridita” restaurant and it is located in the corner of
Monserrate and Obispo streets in Old Havana, while you are there you
will see that your Cuba Holidays are from this moment on better than
ever and you will see why.
On
your Cuba holidays El “Floridita” is not only a magic place
because of its delicious meals and famous drinks but also because of
the history that this marvellous place has gathered as time has
passed by. While you are there spending your luxury holidays in Cuba
you will have the unique opportunity of knowing that the history of
the bar began with the opening of a tavern on the corner of Obispo
Street in Havana City (1818): “La Piña de Plata” at that
time was a sort of a pleasant site for the enjoyment of a drink or
for chatting with friends while they were also on their Cuba
Holidays, after wandering around several commercial establishments.
Around 1820, Havana was the most fortified square of the Americas.
The population was encircled in a walled polyhedron for its
preservation against pirate attacks. It was the so-called city within
walls; but there was another Havana, found outside the walls, beyond
the stoned wall, a double demographic life was then lived in the
city. In face of demolition, the owner promoted reforms in the old
tavern. People from in and outside the wall came to the place to see
its renovation. On the eve of its centennial, the affluence of
American tourists that came to Cuba to spend their Caribbean holidays
was such that prompted the owner to change the name. Then El
Floridita emerged, a name with which the establishment became
worldwide famous.
The
Crib of Daiquiri: a place to be visited on your Luxury holidays in
Cuba.
There
is nothing better for the high temperature of Cuba’s weather that a
fresh daiquiri cocktail and in your package holidays in Cuba, you
will have the possibility of tasting this worldwide famous drink.
Your holidays in Cuba will also give you the one in your life chance
of being witness of the history of a man who became a legend. From
the cays of Florida came a man who turned into a myth. Thus in 1914,
a Catalonian, Constantino Ribalaigua Vert worked there as a barman.
His ethics, respect for the trade and knowledge granted an immediate
category to the establishment. The place became in 1918 the property
of Constante, the name by which people called Constantino, and
rapidly gained credit for the excellence of its beverages and the
treatment of the chosen personnel, over time it became a powerful
magnet, an unequal attraction. Once you are inside El Floridita as
part of your all inclusive holidays in Cuba, you can travel in time
and realize that around its varnished counter of precious wood, a
large number of habitués used to gather, made up of a chosen
group of personalities, many of whose names appear linked to the
history of this bar. Nobody who visited Havana on their Cuba Holidays
could escape from the special spell cast by the cathedral of
daiquiri.
“Papa”
in El Floridita: a history to tell on your Cuba Holidays.
On
your Christmas holidays you will know that there is a man who is
linked for ever to El Floridita and this link was made since the
beginning of the 20th century. At the beginning of the
1930’s, writer Ernest Hemingway, famous by his book “The Old man
and the Sea”, known by relatives and friends as “Papa,” began
his frequent visits to Havana also in its Cuba Holidays. One noon of
the year 1939, he went through the doors of the bar and sat down in
the first stool of the left corner of the counter. It was his usual
seat. Now it has remained in front of him, facing his bust, unveiled
in 1954 by friends and admirers. Your holidays in Cuba will give you
the unique opportunity of having a picture with this famous American
writer because his image is still there, sitting in its usual and
every day seat, enjoying its favourite drink. An experienced taster,
the writer discovered daiquiri at El Floridita and, according to
Antonio Melián, his favorite barman, he said: “...O. K., but
I rather like it without sugar and with double rum,” and thus
emerged the special cocktail that bears his name “Papa Hemingway”.
This delicious and traditional drink can be enjoyed by you on your
Cuba Holidays only at El Floridita Restaurant.
Only
your holidays to Cuba will give you the possibility to know how
little by little, Ernest Hemingway became a part of the legendary
bar. With his frequent visits raised the number of friends Cubans and
foreigners that he took to the place. Among the celebrities that
accompanied him were: the duke and duchess of Windsor, Jean Paul
Sartre, Errol Flynn, Gary Cooper (his dear friend), Dominguín,
Tennesse Williams, Spencer Tracy, Rocky Marciano, Ava Gardner,
Herbert Matthews... and you can be one of them if you come to El
Floridita on your Cuba Holidays because any person that visit this
magic place is for sure among Hemingway’s friend list. The
photographs on the walls are proof of some of these gatherings, thus
granting a special touch to the bar counter and the main hall. A
photograph is also on the wall that couldn’t be possibly missed,
that of one of Hemingway’s greatest admirers and with whom he also
kept bonds of reciprocal friendship: Commander Fidel Castro Ruz.
The
Floridita of the 21st century: the best option for your
all inclusive holidays in Cuba.
You
can be there on your Cuba holidays, when this famous restaurant
celebrates its anniversary with a new spirit and with a history that
have the characteristic of a golden legend. Nowadays, you can see
with your own eyes as you are spending your luxury holidays in Cuba
that this mythical place continues its beautiful tradition linked to
Havana: a sign that is a whole symbol, a bar counter made with
precious woods, the famous mural that in three sequences presents a
panoramic view of Havana Harbor and finally the ingenious
arrow-shaped taburetes of forged iron. Having a picture of this
marvellous environment is an option only given to you by the
Floridita restaurant in Havana city and only can be achieved while
you are enjoying your unforgettable Cuba holidays.
As
part of your all inclusive holidays in Cuba you can lean in the same
counter where so many celebrities leaned, not less important figures
also lean today in the bar as Jack Nickolson, Jane Fonda, Ornelia
Mutti, Georgio Armani, Joaquín Sabina, Pablo Milanés,
Silvio Rodriguez; the actors of the Cuban film “Strawberry and
Chocolate,” Naomi Campbell, and many others that will make an
endless long list and you can be part of this never ending list of
friends that has visited this wonderful place on their Cuba Holidays.
They all, Cubans and foreigners, personalities of world science and
culture lead their steps toward the encounter with the birthplace of
daiquiri while enjoying the Cuba holidays of their lifes.
El
Floridita is still today the same magic place with a refined
atmosphere and the sound of the guitars of its magnificent trios and
the best to be visited on your Caribbean holidays. Beyond doubt, this
is a place that has an unmistakable personality. Once you are sitting
there seeing the beauties of this place, listening to the best of
Cuban music, tasting its delicious dishes from the best of
international and Cuban cuisine and delighting yourself with the
exotic taste of one of the best and more famous cocktails in the
world: daiquiri, you will realize why visiting El Floridita
restaurant is your best choice on your Cuba Holidays. It is a
complete party to your senses and an experience that once it is lived
it will remain in your mind for ever. Once you taste Daiquiri you
will never forget this magic blend of sugar, lemon juice, ice and
Cuban rum, Havana Club, this wonderful blend will keep your body and
your mind fresher than ever. Your visit to El Floridita on your Cuba
holidays will offer you the chance of learning the original recipe by
hard and try to prepare it at home to your friends while you are
telling them how good you fell at El Floridita restaurant on your
holidays in Cuba. The visit to this famous restaurant will fill the
traveller with memories, unique experiences of unforgettable holidays
in Cuba, which will be passed from generation to generation to keep
alive the secular magic of El Floridita throughout the years. So, El
Floridita restaurant keep the invitation and it is waiting for you to
visit it on your Cuba Holidays
