Hemingway Heritage in Havana
To this day, the stories are told of the Cojimar fisherman and the world famous writer who, together with his boat, took El Pilar fishing.
Visit places and events in the life of renowned US writer Ernest Hemingway during his 25 years in Havana. Follow Ernest Hemingway’s Footsteps Through Havana
At Finca la Vigia, Ernest Hemingway first wrote the novel “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, a drama from the Spanish Civil War, which he had reported on as a journalist in the early 1930s.
In 1951, Hemingway wrote his most famous book “The Old Man and the Sea” here.
Famous visitors to the house were Hollywood actors Katharine Hepburn, Ava Gardner, Errol Flynn, and Spencer Tracy.
One of the most famous “Hemingway places” in Havana is his favorite bar “Floridita“. Here Hemingway used to drink a good daiquiri. More specifically, Hemingway has had more than just one drink.
0930: Visit the Hemingway Museum, Finca Vigía, the House of Hemingway in Havana for more than 20 years converted into a Museum in 1961.
Departure to the fishing town of Cojimar, located east of Havana. The renowned US writer frequently visited this town and where he stored his boat El Pilar. You can visit the home of his dear friend the late Gregorio Fuentes who accompanied Hemingway in all of his adventures through the waters of the Gulf.
12:00 Visit La Terraza de Cojímar, appreciate all the pictures of Hemingway in Cojímar during the fifties, place where he used to chat with fishermen and with his very good friend Gregorio also the captain of his Yacht Pilar, lunch included.
In the way back to the hotel stop at Morro-Cabaña Fortrees where you will have an amazing view of Havana from the other side of the Bay. Special opportunity of pictures.
Continuation to Old Havana, visit the Cathedral Square and then the famous, bohemial restaurant La Bodeguita del medio, the favorite of Hemingway for having his Mojito
14:00 Walking through Plaza de Armas Square, visit the Hotel Ambos Mundos where you entrance to see the hotel´s room used by Hemingway during his first trips to Havana in the 30´s .In that room he wrote important part of his famous novel For Whom the Bell Toll. He used that same room at the Hotel before he decided to move into Havana with his wife and bought the Finca Vigía
Walking though the Obispo Boulevard until reaching El Floridita Bar, the preferred bar of Hemingway in Havana, try the best Daiquiri in the world (included)
17:00 Back to the Homestay,
