“The hotel was opened by Fidel Castro himself”: an enthusiastic review of Cuba
Tonkosti.ru reader Anastasia has always wanted to visit Cuba, and this January her dream came true. “Now the choice of destinations has been greatly narrowed for Russian tourists, and the attitude towards Russians abroad has changed a lot and not for the better. But Cuba has always been a friendly state for us, they treat Russians well there,” the tourist believes.
We watched budget hotels
Even the 180 thousand that we paid for the tour is significant for our budget, but we don’t regret the money spent for a second. We chose Colonial Cayo Coco (former Iberostar Colonial) in Cayo Coco. Booked a standard sea view room all inclusive.1/1
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Flight
All the way we slept for 14 hours, arrived at 6 am local time. The road was moved easier than expected. We arrived at the hotel, left our things at the reception – and immediately to the beach! All fatigue from the road instantly disappeared.
We were settled by 12 o'clock
A waiter approached us on the beach and invited us to go to the reception. They remembered us almost immediately, since at the time of our settlement we were the only tourists from Russia, later several more families arrived.
Most of the tourists are French, Germans and Poles. There were a couple of families from Ukraine, very neutral, no negativity, they had been living in the USA for more than 10 years. Everyone communicates well with each other, I was even surprised at such friendliness from tourists from Canada, they often sat down with us, talkative, like to drink and dance. Once the hotel hosted a concert of a local rock band, the whole hotel sang “El pueblo unido jamás sera vencido”, amazing energy. 1/1
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It is always a pleasure for me to please others and it is important to leave pleasant impressions after me, because the staff works hard to make us have a good holiday.
The staff here is very polite, they always ask how things are going, how the rest is going, if we need anything.
It's a stereotype that Cubans are lazy. Yes, they are slow, they enjoy the moment, but they are honest, open and hardworking people.
The food here is amazing!
There are always several types of meat, most of the food is cooked in front of you . Freshly squeezed juice is served for breakfast, you choose your own fruits for it. The beach bar also has a fruit bar.
Cocktails are masterfully made here, they are quite strong, so if you need something lighter, be sure to warn the bartender. Every evening at dinner, live music is played, dancers perform. The animation was also very pleasing: there are Russian-speaking guys, these are Cubans who studied in our country. We studied at the same university with one of them and we found a lot of topics for discussion.1/1
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He talked a lot about the history of the hotel. It turns out that this hotel was opened by Fidel Castro himself in the 90s, at the time of opening it was one of the most luxurious hotels on the island. Now, although it is a little worn out, you can see how thought out the territory is, stylish colonial-style houses, a real villa of a Cuban sugar cane planter. Previously, this hotel belonged to the Spanish chain Iberostar, so order was always maintained here.
My husband used to disappear in the evenings playing ping-pong, they had international competitions there, they played in pairs, the Canadians won :)
The beach is perfect, the ocean is amazing! A tractor drives along the beach several times a day and levels the sand; urns at every step.
We really enjoyed the rest, we will definitely return if we have the opportunity. We rested for only a week, so we did not visit historical sights, next time we will definitely catch up. Thanks Cuba!
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