Having decided to write my memories of visiting this institution, I thought more about the development of this topic within the framework of the forum. After all, many travelers are faced with the problem of traveling where to eat deliciously or sit in a cozy bar. Thus, you can launch a new branch where you can share information about food and drink establishments.
Bar "Floridita" in Havana, it seems to me, is a prominent representative of the family of drinking establishments. Undoubtedly, it is very popular, and everyone who was in Havana visited it as part of a group or on their own. And that same "hype" is not accidental.
From the outside, completely inconspicuous, located on the corner of Obispo and Montserrat streets, a pink establishment, of which there are a great many in Havana with its passion for bright colors.
Walking around Havana, already a little crazy from the heat, we almost passed by. But the eye caught a sign overhead, made in the style of the 60-70s, and involuntary: "Oh, Floridita!
' broke out unexpectedly and loudly.
The pleasant coolness inside was our reward for the journey we had made, and the free seats behind the massive bar counter were a nice addition.
The bar was founded in 1817, as indicated by the sign on the facade of the building, as a fish restaurant, and it received its real fame thanks to Ernest Hemingway and his "The Old Man and the Sea". He liked to "lay behind the collar" daiquiri here. Among the celebrities who once visited "Floridita" were Graham Greene, Harry Cooper, Al Capone, Eva Gardner and many other people of creativity and politics.
In 2003, a statue of the writer was cast and installed in the premises of Floridita, and now any of the visitors can embrace old Hemingway.
The place is so popular that every 15 minutes tourist buses stop at the entrance and frenzied crowds attack the virtuoso bartenders in order to knock over a cocktail within the allocated 10 minutes.
In order not to massage your back, it is better to move to the back of the room at a table away from the counter and watch stylish bartenders, "tourist bacchanalia", listen to live music and enjoy cold daiquiris and mojitos from the side. And they are really good here!
Bar "Floridita" in Havana, it seems to me, is a prominent representative of the family of drinking establishments. Undoubtedly, it is very popular, and everyone who was in Havana visited it as part of a group or on their own. And that same "hype" is not accidental.
From the outside, completely inconspicuous, located on the corner of Obispo and Montserrat streets, a pink establishment, of which there are a great many in Havana with its passion for bright colors.
Walking around Havana, already a little crazy from the heat, we almost passed by. But the eye caught a sign overhead, made in the style of the 60-70s, and involuntary: "Oh, Floridita!
' broke out unexpectedly and loudly.
The pleasant coolness inside was our reward for the journey we had made, and the free seats behind the massive bar counter were a nice addition.
The bar was founded in 1817, as indicated by the sign on the facade of the building, as a fish restaurant, and it received its real fame thanks to Ernest Hemingway and his "The Old Man and the Sea". He liked to "lay behind the collar" daiquiri here. Among the celebrities who once visited "Floridita" were Graham Greene, Harry Cooper, Al Capone, Eva Gardner and many other people of creativity and politics.
In 2003, a statue of the writer was cast and installed in the premises of Floridita, and now any of the visitors can embrace old Hemingway.
The place is so popular that every 15 minutes tourist buses stop at the entrance and frenzied crowds attack the virtuoso bartenders in order to knock over a cocktail within the allocated 10 minutes.
In order not to massage your back, it is better to move to the back of the room at a table away from the counter and watch stylish bartenders, "tourist bacchanalia", listen to live music and enjoy cold daiquiris and mojitos from the side. And they are really good here!
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