It is the Hotel Marqués de Prado Ameno that is indicated as Hotel Florida on the map.

The Hotel Marqués de Prado Ameno was built as a mansion in the first decade of the 18th century. In 1725, it was reconstructed and later it passed into the hands of the Cuban alderman Nicolás de Cárdenas Vélez de Guevara y Castellón. Nicolás de Cárdenas Vélez de Guevara y Castellón was the first marquis of the nobility Prado Ameno that was created by the Spanish King Carlos III in 1768. Several generations of this distinguished noble family occupied the residence. María Teresa de Cárdenas y Chacón, V. Marquise of Prado Ameno, that was living in the residence since 1864, sold the residence in 1904. After this date, it became the property of several persons. At the beginning of the 21st century it was renovated by the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana. Since then it serves as 4-star hotel of the Company Habaguanex.

The Hotel Marqués de Prado Ameno faces the O’Reilly street, but has an internal connection with another hotel, Hotel Florida that is located on the Obispo street, so that both hotels seem to have more than one entrance.

The Hotel Florida was built as a residence in 1836.  The illustrious people that lived in the building were the members of some renowned families, like the Counts of San Ignacio and Count of Casa Moré, José Eugenio Moré de la Bastida, and some rich sugar plantation owners. In 1885, the building was converted into a hotel that served until 1952. During the 1930s, it was also occupied by the Club Británico de La Habana.

Both the hotels retain the typical features of the Cuban aristocratic dwelling of the time.

The long hallway of the Hotel Marqués de Prado Ameno gives access to the serene courtyard that is surrounded by columns and arches. The bright and spacious courtyard with checkered ground let you feel the ambience of the colonial time. The second floor is accessed through the solid staircase on the side of the central courtyard. The hotel has 16 rooms. Fragments of wall paintings from different eras adorn the walls of the galleries, as well as the rooms. The hotel has a terrace and the Manzano Hall that evokes the famous poet Juan Francisco Manzano that lived as a slave of the Marquises of Prado Ameno.