House of the Bacardi family in Santiago de Cuba

This impressive house is located in the residential area of Santiago de Cuba and formerly belonged to the Bacardi family

The original Bacardi Rum Factory was built in 1838 and is

still in Santiago de Cuba

Here are now Ron Caney and Havana Club rum made

After the revolution of 1959, the Bacardi company moved to Puerto Rico together with the patent

Bacardi's office in Havana is a beautiful art deco building from 1930

The Bacardi building in Havana is located on Avenida de Belgica 261 between Empedrado and San Juan de Dios in Old Havana

The building was designed by the architects Rafael Fernández Ruenes, Esteban Rodríguez Castell and Jose Menendez for the Bacardi rum company

The art deco building was completed in 1930 and was at that time the largest building in Havana

After the Cuban revolution and the departure of Bacardi from Cuba the building remained

in use as an office

The renovation of the exterior was almost finished and the building

looked lovely

On the inside is still a lot to be done

We have paid the doorman a CUC entrance per person

The last two floors we had to take the stairs

We were shocked on the top floor of the poor state of repair

The balcony was full of cracks so we didn`t dare leaning against the edge

The entrance was beautifully decorated with marble and stained glass

View on Havana from the roof of the Bacardi building

From the roof of the Bacardi building we had a wonderful view on Havana and the roof was full laundry, antennes and water reservoirs

Bacardi building