The Hotel Nacional de Cuba is a luxurious and historic hotel a few hundred feet from the sea. The hotel was opened in 1930 and played host to numerous celebrity guests. The guests include: Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner, Mickey Mantle, Rocky Marciano, Errol Flynn, John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Marlon Brando, Winston Churchill and Ernest Hemingway.
In 1946 the Hotel hosted a mob summit run by Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky. Lansky eventually bought into the hotel and converted some of the hotel into a casino, showroom, bar and restaurant.
The hotel was closed in 1960 after Fidel Castro took over the country. Restorations in 1990 allowed the hotel to reopen and is now open to tourists.
Casinos, Hotels
Links: hotelnacionaldecuba.com
By: tallturtle82
