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Old Havana (Habana Vieja)
A UNESCO time capsule of baroque and neoclassical architecture, vintage American cars, salsa music, and the legendary Malecon seafront promenade.
13 km · about 25 min drive
Havana, Cuba · North America
Balcón de la Lisa is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Marianao, 13km from Old Havana (Habana Vieja).
Balcón de la Lisa is a city located in Havana, Cuba. With a population of 147,415, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Balcón de la Lisa sits in Cuba. It's in the America/Havana time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Balcón de la Lisa to your route.
The Sans Souci was a nightclub within a natural environment and located seven miles outside of Havana. It had a restaurant and floor shows nightly that attracted a great number of tourists. Its greatest profits came from an amusement arcade operating in a small room next door to the Sans Souci that was not advertisedRead more
since there was no official license for its exploitation.
In the early 1950s the club was purchased by the brothers Gabriel "Kelly" and Sammy Mannarino, both of the Pittsburgh Mafia. In April 1953 the Cuban government arrested a dozen North Americans who were suspected of running fraudulent games at the Sans Souci, and also the Tropicana Club and the Jockey Club. Eleven of them were deported. In 1955 it was purchased by Santo Trafficante Jr., mafia boss of the Trafficante crime family in Florida. Trafficante was a legal resident of Cuba, with his address listed at an apartment he had at the Sans Souci. Norman Rothman, who was manager for its previous owners the Mannarino brothers, stayed on as manager. R. D. Matthews of Texas also worked there. Chicago Outfit-linked criminals David Yaras and Leonard Patrick were reported to have possessed interests in the Sans Souci. The Sans Souci was destroyed by mobs in early January 1959 as Fidel Castro's rebel army overtook Havana. The casino was covered in kerosene and set alight.
The 1956 the Cabaret Yearbook describes the venue as "Usually run by Americans, Sans Souci Cabaret is located in a Spanish-type villa. Stage, dance floor and tables are under the moonlight. Shows, like at the other Big Three nightclubs, are production numbers with name acts. Good-looking U.S. showgirls are an added attraction. Sans Souci, as well as Tropicana and Montmartre, has a gambling room with roulette, craps and chemin de fer, etc. Located even further out than Tropicana, Sans Souci usually opens only for the winter season."
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Balcón de la Lisa is located in Havana, Cuba, North America. The coordinates are 23.0535 latitude, -82.4476 longitude.
Balcón de la Lisa has a population of approximately 147,415 people, making it a city in Cuba.
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A UNESCO time capsule of baroque and neoclassical architecture, vintage American cars, salsa music, and the legendary Malecon seafront promenade.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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20-metre white marble statue of Jesus on a hilltop overlooking Havana harbour, sculpted by a Cuban artist in 1958.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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A cramped Old Havana bodega claiming the mojito's invention, its walls layered floor to ceiling in decades of signatures and graffiti from patrons famous and otherwise. Live son trova most evenings.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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