Paradise Hostel Backpacker

Great place to stay if you want to stay in a hostel rather than a private room or appartment, although you can get your own room here too if you're with 2. The dorm we stayed in is good, although it can be a bit noisy early in the morning as it's next to the common area where people (or the family of the hostel) hangs out. During the night it was quiet though, so no big deal. The people from the hostel are very nice and there's always someone who speaks (good) English.

The location is perfect, somewhere between Vieja and Vedado. Especially to Vieja it's a nice walk to get a good insight of daily life on the streets. We came back to this place for our last night in Havana before returning home. Altogether a great hostel to stay and to meet fellow travelers if you want to.

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muy buena gente y atencion, el desayuno esta muy bien y me encanto la terraza con el bar. muy buena onda

El lugar es muy lindo y la gente es de lo mejor. muy buena atención y servicio. Muy recomendable

Super !

Paradise hostel és un lugar sencillo y bien ubicado, ideal para mochileros que quieran recorrer la Ciudad a pie y conocer gente joven. Lo mejor: la cercanía de su recepcionista Rosemary y la terraza-bar, con hamacas, cerveza y agua embotellada a buen precio. Lo peor:algunos colchones, que son demasiado finos. En general satisfactorio.

Bon rapport qualité/prix, le personnel est très agréable, à 15/20 minutes à pieds du centre, dans un vrai quartier cubain, la clim est un peu forte comparée à la température extérieure mais j'y ai passé 3 nuits agréables, je recommande!

Very helpful staff. Friendly atmosphere. Very good breakfast and excellent coffee.

Très bonne auberge de jeunesse, juste dommage que le bar ferme de bonne heure et ne soit plus du tout accessible à partir d'une certaine heure et qu'il y ait des caméras de partout.

Pagué el servicio en Hostels Club para reservar una noche en un hostal en La Habana (Cuba), pero cuando llegué al mismo hostal me han dicho que no tenian ninguna reserva a mi nombre y que ya ha pasado con otras personas que habian reservado con Hostels club, que cuando han llegado ninguna reservacion estaban registradas. Entonces nunca mas haré una reservacion con hostels club, porque uno pagué 2euros de servicion al sitio, pero no hacen el trabajo vendido por este servicio. Muy malo no lo recomandaré.

Me hubiera gustado mas información acerca de actividades, visitas, caminatas y otras cosas qué hacer. Un mapa grande del barrio en la pared y copias de .mapas de bolsillo disponibles con los sitios cercanos preferidos recomendados por los empleados

Second time to stay at this hostel. Easy to meet other travellers and friendly staff. Its perfect walking distance to everything.

The only thing is the a/c doesnt work in the dorms and its very very warm there this time of year. Still enjoyed the trip. Cuba is very interesting, amazingly froendly people.

Nice staff, clean place, lack atmosphere. Avoid their recomendations about taxis. We paid 35 CUC on a trip to Trinidad, when it should have cost 25 CUC per person.

Preisgünstige und einfache Unterkunft für einen kurzen Aufenthalt in Havana. Frühstück war okay, Lage für fussläufige Erkundung der Stadt ist gut. Lage im typischen "Centro"-Viertel der Stadt

Best Hostel Ever:)

the Hostel is cute ( rooftop + bar) .

Staff is awesome ( they speak English ).Jenny is adorable

los baños dejan mucho que desear no hay espacio, los precios de comida estan bien, la cama se oye mucho cuando te sientas, y las camas de arriba son lo peor para subir por poco me mato pero bueno la ubicación esta excelente cerca de calles centricas y de el malecon. tienes que dejar 5 € de deposito de la llave.

What a Great Hostel!

A Great place to start/end your Cuban visit. Traveling as a lone traveller i met so many other lone travellers with who I spent my time travelling Cuba. The staff friendly and helpful with where to stay/go next. the breakfast is plentiful and the social areas are great. I'll be staying at Paradise the next time I fly to Cuba!

Das Hostel ist zu 100% weiterzuempfehlen, gerade für Alleinreisende. Das Personal ist sehr nett und der englischen Sprache mächtig, man lernt viele tolle Leute kennen, einzig die Matratzen und Kissen sind schon etwas verlebt, jedoch nicht doller als irgendwo anders.

Auberge très pratique, bien située. Les propriétaires peuvent nous donner des contacts de casas particulares pour d'autres villes. Le seul bémol concerne le dîner: je pensais qu'il était possible de dîner à l'auberge (il y a même un menu proposé) mais cela n'a pas été possible lorsque je l'ai demandé.

My friends and I stayed in Paradise Hostel for 2 nights, and it was absolutely amazing! The staff is incredibly helpful, especially the breakfast in the morning. I stayed in a four-star hotel the previous 2 nights and I'll say the experience in Paradise was much better! Truly highlight to our stay in Havana and definitely a recommendation!

It has been a great pleasure to stay in Havana in this wonderful hostel. The place is very close to the city center. Rooms are clean and cosy. People working there are very nice and helpful! AirCanada lost my luggage and they were calling them everyday to make sure I will get it. I honestly recommand this hostel to have a great time in Havana as I had :) Greetings from Poland!

I spent a very good time in Hostel Paradise Backpackers!

I recommend !

Enjoy your stay in Cuba!

good hostel, if we have to go back we will stop here again.

Super Atmosphäre! Liebe Familie! Sehr authentisch! Tolles Hostel um gut Leute kennenzulernen! Die meisten waren Alleinreisende! Backpacker waren zwischen 25 und 35 Jahren! 10-15 Minuten Fußweg zur Altstadt! Kuba muss man gesehen haben!

super nice staff!

I'm quite happy with the hostel and I must say that it's by far a good value for price option for budget-conscious travelers:)

That said, if you guys want to travel a cheap and really Cuban way, which basically means low-cost and more fun bear the following in mind:)

1) Breakfast in the hostel is a few cucs (cuc is associated with tourists, average Cuban salary is 20 cucs a month!), just 300m away there's around 10 paladares (close to the hospital) where you can get breakfast for as little as 0.5cuc! Then remember any food in your casa will be up to 8 times more expensive than in the town in the local restaurant. Try to not pay in cucs but peso cubano!

2)Remember: if you order a taxi yourself/find accommodation in other cities yourself (there's plenty of it everywhere!), you will save money! If the hostel does it for you, they receive COMMISSION, which makes the price higher!

3) Bottled water around the corner (go left and then right) is 0.70 and not 1.20 cucs (water has a fixed price in this country and it's 0.70 for 1.5 liter)

4) Always negotiate the price and always ask for the price before you use the service/purchase anything - Cuba is a country where survival tactics are really on high alert.

Je recommande chaudement aux voyageurs qui n'ont pas envie d'être dans un ghetto et désirent plutôt connaître les Cubains. Le personnel est très aimable et prêt à nous aider. Pas luxueux mais xcellent petit déjeuner. Gracias a todos !

This hostel was great! We stayed here when we first arrived and decided to return after a trip to vinales because we enjoyed it so much. Staff is very welcoming and helpful

This is an incredible hostel/house, I would totally recommend it to travelers that want to have some real exposure to la Habana. The family is very welcoming and helpful, rooms are very clean and food/drinks/cocktails are great! I will definitely be coming back :)

Really good location and the staff were very friendly. Room is typical dorm, but has all you need. Recommended.

Buenisimo el lugar, la ubicacion esta muy estrategica pude recorrer la Habana caminando ya que el lugar queda al medio por un lado para la plaza de la revolucion y por el otro la Habana vieja y esta a tan solo tres o cuatro cuadras de el medio del malecon, recomendado!!!

Very nice hostel and very nice people! I do recommend!

Location, people and the facility is good; eat breakfast but avoid dinner. I had a pleasant stay and recommend this place to other travelers.

I really enjoyed my stay at this hostel. The staff (Jennifer) was great and it was a very cool space. Food was also good. Great value and location

Beautiful hostel, enjoyed my stay!

The big drawback with this hostel is the unfriendly staff. I was greeted by a hostile 'What's your name?', not even a hello, let alone a 'Welcome to Cuba!'. I wasn't told anything about the hostel or the area or anything, just given my sheets and key and pointed to my bed.

Also, despite booking on this site for a 4-bed dorm, all the dorms are 6 beds. They had only one plug socket in the room (the one in the bathroom didn't work) and the toilet didn't have a toilet seat (although to be fair this is common in Cuba) or toilet paper.

One of the rooms opens onto the kitchen so is noisy at night and in the morning, you also can hear to doorbell which rings right outside. There are only 4 lockers per room of 6 people (and you will need to bring your own lock, although this seems to be standard in Cuba).

The pluses were that the showers were consistently hot, the aircon works, the rooms are cleaned daily, and the location is between Havana Viejo and Vedado so you can walk to either the clubs or to the historical centre in 15 minutes. The food was good and not expensive and the shared kitchen table means it's easy to meet people. They let you bring in your own alcohol and there doesn't seem to be a curfew on drinking in the hostel. It's also in a pretty colonial building with plants and little fish pond.

In the future they will have a rooftop bar but that is in construction so everyone drinks directly outside the rooms. So this is better as a party hostel than for a more relaxed stay - I didn't get much sleep.

Basically, I would recommend that unless you just want a party place, try and book at Rolando's hostel next door, which is much friendlier and has enough lockers and a rooftop bar so is less noisy.

This is located in a somewhat shady part of town. Virtually no lights at night and felt a bit unsafe walking back at night.

Pls stay away from this place and book a room closer to the tourist attractions.

Great Hostel. Met loads of great people, Havana is great with loads to do.

I had a great time on my stay here. The staff were friendly and helpful. Room was clean, bed comfortable, bathroom clean and a good hot shower. I met a lot of travelers here which led to some great nights out on the rooftop bar and beyond. 100% recommend

This is a place you should visit if you travel to Havana the atmosphere is amazing and the staff will make you feel at home

lovely place and building with terrace, felt a bond with abuela and had a nice game with the little girl. Great location in centro Habana.

Excelente lugar. Nos trataron de lo mejor. Nos sentimos como en familia. Muy seguro, limpio y acogedor. Localizado en una zona céntrica. Lo recomiendo absolutamente.

Really good place to stay ! Thanks for everything

I would totally recommend Paradise Hostel Backpacker, for a number of reasons. First of all because it is located near the main interest spots in Habana, second because the staff is very warm and they'll give you advice as to how to manage yourself in Habana. Also the arquitecture is beautiful. For 4 CUC you can get a very filling breakfast and it has a roof top with a bar where they serve all sorts of cuban cocktails with rum.

Everything was perfect!