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Promoted by the Center of Computer Science of Culture (CUBARTE) and the Information and Communication Center for Culture (CREART), you will find the Cuban cultural programming on La Papeleta web site.

This site unifies in an attractive manner the great diversity of cultural proposals, which currently has the artistic programming of Cuba, allowing speeding up the search by different criteria including dates, city, theatres, cinemas, nightclubs, exhibitions and others.

The promotion of the Cuban cultural life on La Papeleta is made collaboratively by cultural institutions, artists and creators.

A new must-see Old Havana attraction

Sloppy Joe's Bar, once Havana's most famous bar and one of the most famous in the world, has reopened its doors with all its glitter.

Sloppy Joe's Bar was founded in 1918 by Jose Garcia a Spanish immigrant who capitalized on the U.S. Prohibition-era when American artists, baseball players and tourists visited Havana for the nightlife, the gambling, and the alcohol they could not obtain back home. During the 1940s and 1950s, it was a magnet for American celebrities as well as for tourists wanting to mingle with them. 90% of Sloppy Joe's clientele was American, including a long list of celebrities as John Wayne, Spencer Tracy, Ernest Hemingway, Joe Russell, Clark Gable, Nat King Cole, Ted Williams, Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, and Ava Gardner.

Among Sloppy Joe's most famous attractions was its spectacular 18-meter black mahogany bar, the longest that existed in Cuba. The bar, in its heyday, can be seen in the movie "Our Man in Havana" based on the novel by British author Graham Greene.

The restoration, undertaken by the Office of the Historian of Havana, was a complex and extensive process, to reopen the bar with its entire splendor, just as it used to be. The facade closely resembles the images from the 1950's, even down to the sign on the corner. Upon entering, you breathe in that '50s atmosphere that characterized the place.

The bar stands between several hotels on the central corner of Zulueta and Animas streets, on the same block as Plaza Hotel, and not far from the famous El Floridita bar/restaurant in Old Havana.

Iberostar Grand Hotel Trinidad

A new concept of luxury and beauty is this hotel located in the center of the best-preserved colonial city of Cuba. Its 40 rooms, of which four are junior suites, are equipped with the best amenities and all of them have balcony or terrace from where to observe this city founded in the 16th century and declared world heritage by UNESCO in 1988.

Guests can enjoy the delights of its main restaurant, which offers typical dishes of the area, international cuisine and even a vegetarian menu. All enlivened by live music during dinner.

This hotel is for "adults only", allowing entry only to people older than 15 years. The hotel is 13km to the beach of Ancon, 247km to Cayo Coco and 335km to Havana.

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