Birth of the Hotel Hostal Cuba
The Hostal Cuba was a modest establishment offering accommodation mainly to sailors and fishermen, who lived there for extended periods of time.
The Juan family lived in the building from its construction in 1904 until the Spanish Civil War. They then decided to sell it after their daughter’s death. The lasted owners converted the building into the Hostal Cuba, a modest establishment offering accommodation mainly to sailors and fishermen, who lived there for extended periods of time. As years went by and the city continued to evolve, thanks to itsbar’s friendly atmosphere the hotel was patronised by both residents and tourists, not only as a place offering accommodation, but also as a meeting place. At the time you could buy almost anything at the bar, from fish bait and ship fuel to tobacco that was smuggled in from the Caribbean.
However, it was not until the 1990s that the establishment was closed, only to reopen well into the XXIst century.
Our challenge began in 2013.The interior was completely transformed without losing the building’s charm, with the intention of converting it in a unique hotel, while the outer structure and its striking façade were not changed in order to preserve all theirvisual strength and history.