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Rooms:
5.0
Service:
4.0
Cleanliness:
5.0
Food:
6.0
Amenities:
5.0
Initially we wanted to go to Iberostar Tainos. But the refusal came 2 days before departure, I had to take this one, they guaranteed places in it - now we understand why.
The hotel is VERY OLD, even by Cuban standards in my opinion. Almost the only one (proudly informed at the reception) where the electricity is still 110v (phones and iPads were eventually charged). Room wildly shabby, safe with a large heavy key (lever). It is surprising that at the same time the number from the card opens)
There is no Wi-Fi, as elsewhere in Cuba, 4 computers with an Internet in the lobby, speed - 5 minutes loaded into the mail. In general, you like it or not - you are eliminated from all affairs during the entire vacation - or you are sitting on the phone.
3-storey main building with rooms plus bungalows. If you take rooms, then away from the reception (in the evening there is music) and the “restaurant” (wild stench from the kitchen).
The food is so-so. The main restaurant all the tourists without saying a word called the canteen.
It seems that there is a lot of food, but everything is somehow fatty and primitive, for those who like to “put potatoes on a plate so that with a slide”. Although a couple of times for dinner and mussels were given.
An unpleasant moment, after being in the "canteen" clothes always exuded the smell of rancid oil, even after breakfast.
It is advisable to come there at the very beginning, then there are no places, or after someone on a soiled tablecloth (you also need to find such a place) without half of the appliances - the staff there, although friendly, does not really move.
There are 4 more restaurants of the "alakart" type, by appointment, which offered a choice of 2 - 3 dishes. The quality of food is about the same, one plus is that you sit civilly and do not have to run around - everyone is brought.
There are several bars on site, the closer to the beach, the worse the quality. The lobby has the most delicious cocktails and coffee.
The beach is not bad, the sand is fine and white, but dirty, a lot of cigarette butts and plastic utensils (after vacationers).
Cleaning the beach for 2 weeks of stay has never been seen. Apparently, they were limited only to cleaning along the coast - by a tractor (the algae thrown out by the storm disappeared one morning).
The ocean is warm but cloudy. Not much life.
Entertainment - canoe and catamaran (only with an instructor). There is also surf, but it turned out to be professional (without a keel from below), plus the whole thing worked only in "good" weather, a little stronger breeze (when, in theory, professionals should ride surf) - the guys cheerfully hung a yellow flag and closed the shop. It seems that there you could still ride a banana for money.
The hotel area is large, but not well maintained. Dirty plus construction and repair work here and there (they paved the paths with tiles, built another small "tavern" near the beach).
In general, there is no escape from socialism (the hotels, although foreign, are 50% owned by Cuba). Everything around is common, everyone doesn’t care, no one is in a hurry.
Bartenders steal alcohol and sell it to tourists (rum in sealed bottles), on the beach, caretakers offer cigars stolen in factories (by the way, cigars are offered all around there - there is no point in buying them in stores).
To understand the life of ordinary people, it is enough to go on an excursion to Havana, look at the slums there and along the way.
With all this, we had a good rest, because we didn’t get hung up on the minuses and perceived everything as it is. Anyway, here it is dark and slushy, and there the sun and the ocean.
But to go there again - hardly - it is better to go to the Dominican Republic.
The hotel is VERY OLD, even by Cuban standards in my opinion. Almost the only one (proudly informed at the reception) where the electricity is still 110v (phones and iPads were eventually charged). Room wildly shabby, safe with a large heavy key (lever). It is surprising that at the same time the number from the card opens)
There is no Wi-Fi, as elsewhere in Cuba, 4 computers with an Internet in the lobby, speed - 5 minutes loaded into the mail. In general, you like it or not - you are eliminated from all affairs during the entire vacation - or you are sitting on the phone.
3-storey main building with rooms plus bungalows. If you take rooms, then away from the reception (in the evening there is music) and the “restaurant” (wild stench from the kitchen).
The food is so-so. The main restaurant all the tourists without saying a word called the canteen.
It seems that there is a lot of food, but everything is somehow fatty and primitive, for those who like to “put potatoes on a plate so that with a slide”. Although a couple of times for dinner and mussels were given.
An unpleasant moment, after being in the "canteen" clothes always exuded the smell of rancid oil, even after breakfast.
It is advisable to come there at the very beginning, then there are no places, or after someone on a soiled tablecloth (you also need to find such a place) without half of the appliances - the staff there, although friendly, does not really move.
There are 4 more restaurants of the "alakart" type, by appointment, which offered a choice of 2 - 3 dishes. The quality of food is about the same, one plus is that you sit civilly and do not have to run around - everyone is brought.
There are several bars on site, the closer to the beach, the worse the quality. The lobby has the most delicious cocktails and coffee.
The beach is not bad, the sand is fine and white, but dirty, a lot of cigarette butts and plastic utensils (after vacationers).
Cleaning the beach for 2 weeks of stay has never been seen. Apparently, they were limited only to cleaning along the coast - by a tractor (the algae thrown out by the storm disappeared one morning).
The ocean is warm but cloudy. Not much life.
Entertainment - canoe and catamaran (only with an instructor). There is also surf, but it turned out to be professional (without a keel from below), plus the whole thing worked only in "good" weather, a little stronger breeze (when, in theory, professionals should ride surf) - the guys cheerfully hung a yellow flag and closed the shop. It seems that there you could still ride a banana for money.
The hotel area is large, but not well maintained. Dirty plus construction and repair work here and there (they paved the paths with tiles, built another small "tavern" near the beach).
In general, there is no escape from socialism (the hotels, although foreign, are 50% owned by Cuba). Everything around is common, everyone doesn’t care, no one is in a hurry.
Bartenders steal alcohol and sell it to tourists (rum in sealed bottles), on the beach, caretakers offer cigars stolen in factories (by the way, cigars are offered all around there - there is no point in buying them in stores).
To understand the life of ordinary people, it is enough to go on an excursion to Havana, look at the slums there and along the way.
With all this, we had a good rest, because we didn’t get hung up on the minuses and perceived everything as it is. Anyway, here it is dark and slushy, and there the sun and the ocean.
But to go there again - hardly - it is better to go to the Dominican Republic.
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