Summary

During Hemingway’s route through Havana we will visit the most emblematic, transcendent and personal places that influenced the life and work of this immortal writer.

1. Finca Vigia

The “Finca Vigia” was Hemingway’s residence in Cuba from 1940 until 1960. It was his most stable home during his writing career and the birthplace of some of his greatest novels: “For whom the bell tolls”, “The old man and the sea” and “Across the river and into the trees”. Mandatory place in the guided tours of Cuba and the Hemingway route, the house is preserved in the exact same way in which the author left it.

Discover his writings in the bathroom wall, his working spot, hunting trophies and even the typing machine that was used for “The old man and the sea”.It was while living here that he was awarded the Nobel in literature in 1954 an award that he devoted in part to the Cuban people.

It is at this place that his yacht “El Pilar” rest. This yacht was constantly used to expand Hemingway’s horizons and draw inspiration for his novel.

Such is the level of conservation that It almost seems if the man itself could emerge from one of its windows. This is the reason for the “National Restoration Award” which was granted to the museum in 2007.

2. Cojimar

The next stop in the Eminway route is a little village near to Havana. Cojimar is an antique and picture-perfect small town located in the east coast of Havana. It is the port at which El Pillar used to dock in between adventures. The frequency of Hemingways visits turn him into a community member beloved and respected by the locals.

Such is the case that upon his death a bust of the writer was placed in the towns central square, a bust that was built with the material from melted propellers from the boats of the local fisherman’s.

It was here that he meet men like “Gregorio Fuentes” the commander of “El Pilar” a robust man that would go on to live over a 100 years and condensate all the experience of this lifestyle, and would pass some of it to Hemingway.

3. Las Terrazas bar

Before to finish the Emingway route in Havana, We will enjoy one the most popular bar in Cuba.

There, Ernest Hemingway enjoyed talking to the locals like Anselmo Hernandez, a local fisherman that would answer questions from the journalist in long interviews conducted at the bar “Las Terrazas”. Thats interviews would became direct inspiration for the great literary work “The old man and the sea”.

Hemingway would turn to be a “regular” at “Las Terrazas” so much so that his favorite spot would become perpetually reserved. Even today Ernest Hemingway’s presence can be felt throughout the town, from its central square, piers, bar and sea line. But specially so from the lifestyle of rough maritime man and woman that lured the Writer and his imagination.

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