Car rental in Havana

Renting a car in Havana means choosing not just a vehicle but which part of the city you want to start from. Cubacar, Havanautos, Rex and Vía all keep counters across Vedado, Miramar, Old Havana and Boyeros, so wherever your flight lands or your casa sits, there is a company working that patch of the city. Vía also holds a corner in Nuevo Vedado, while Cuba on the road and Enjoy Travel Group round things out across Havana more broadly, with Cuba on the road reaching into Playa too.

What you drive shapes the trip as much as where you drive it. Havanautos and Cubacar both carry the Kia Picanto and Renault Sandero for simple, economic runs, manual or automatic. Rex leans into the upper end of the fleet, with a Mercedes-Benz C 200, a Mercedes-Benz GLA 180 and, if you want the wind in your hair, a Mercedes-Benz C 180 Cabriolet. Vía and Rex both offer jeep options for rougher ambitions, the Suzuki Jimny and Suzuki Vitara at Vía, the Hyundai Santa Fe and Hyundai Cantus at Rex. If your crew needs room, the Maxus G 10 minivan is on offer through Rex and Havanautos, and Cuba on the road even has a Fiat Ducato camper van and a Piaggio MP3 scooter for something different entirely.

Airport pickup is standard with every one of these companies, and insurance comes included across the board, so the paperwork side of things is simpler than you might expect. Most let you add a second driver and drop the car somewhere other than where you picked it up, which matters if your route through Havana does not end where it began.