Miramar, Ciudad de La Habana is an upscale district in the municipality of Playa in the city of Havana.
Many embassies are located in Miramar - in particular on Quinta Avenida (Fifth Avenue).
This is a beautiful residential area (one of the better parts of Havana). Before the Revolution, this was an upscale neighbourhood. There are many large houses and mansions here. This district and the Country Club (Siboney) were the most glamourous spaces in the Havana of the 50s. There are also some of Havana's more modern hotels such as Hotel Melia Habana, Oasis Panorama Hotel and Occidental Miramar, beaches and private rental houses (known as casas particulares).
In the late 1990s and 2000s, the have been built several office blocks in a complex called Centro de Negocios Miramar - the "Miramar Trade Center".
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Coordinates: 23°7′21″N 82°25′10″W / 23.1225°N 82.41944°W
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