Hotel Casa Granda is located  on the east part of the Céspedes Park, between the Aguilera and Heredia streets.

One of the important buildings around the Céspedes Park is the Hotel Casa Granda. It lies between the cathedral and the old city hall.

In 1909 the Cuban Railroad Company purchased the plot on which Hotel Granda stands today, to build an elegant hotel to represent Santiogo de Cuba properly. The project was prepared by the architect Carlos Segrera and the construction was undertaken by the company Amigos y Hermanos. The hotel was built in 6 months, in a record construction period for that date and opened on January 1914.

It is named after Don Miguel Granda that previously used the building as his residence, and later as guesthouse. With the opening as a hotel, it became the preferred site for banquets and balls for the high society in Santiago de Cuba. The whole structure is renovated by the architect Sandra Alvarez Barthelemy between 1993 and 1995. It was the setting for the scene in Graham Greene’s novel Our Man in Havana. Greene’s famous fiction portrays Cuba’s degenerate gambling and prostitution culture at that time.

Currently the hotel is included in the hotel chain group of Iberostar, so that its name changed to Hotel Iberostar Casa Granda.

The building consists of 4 floors. It provides especially two areas to relax and to enjoy the time: the rooftop bar and the front bar. The historic and atmospheric front bar with balcony on the ground floor is a wonderful place to sit and watch the world go by over a glass of fresh lemonade. The rooftop bar is a fantastic place to escape the intense heat and catch a breeze as you looked out over the best view in the city, as well as to admire the sunset. At night you can sup your mojitos by listening to the music performed in Casa de la Trova.