Iberostar Waves Costa Dorada: Outstanding as always!!!

Iberostar Costa Dorada gives you everything you want for a sunny getaway. The staff is amazing, the grounds are beautiful, the food is excellent. The pool is large with tons of room for everyone of every age. There is shallow areas for small kids and weak swimmers. Stairs and handrails for the elderly or unstable. The water is clean and the staff are always clearing and cleaning any debris from the trees or the guests. The beach is beautiful and the staff work hard to keep the seaweed clear. It  [... read more]is not always clear but the resort can't control mother nature. The food is amazing. The main buffet has something for everyone. The three restaurants are excellent and entertaining. Sakura is a delicious meal and an amazing show. Overall the only low point of the resort is the vendors they have come in. They are pushy and rude. If you say no thank you they will just keep asking even as you walk away. Some have even been aggressive when you refuse to look. But that is also not in the control of the resort. We have been to many different resorts in the DR and we love this one and keep coming back. The resort is also starting to update and upgrade the rooms to make it even more welcoming. WE LOVE THIS RESORT AND CAN'T WAIT TO COME BACK!!!!!!!!!

Iberostar Waves Costa Dorada: Iberostar Costa Dorada

With Iberostar you always know what you'll get. Same layout, mostly same fitures. Costa Dorada is an older resourt, but it's in very good shape. Food and service are good. Rooms are comforable and clean. We asked for delayed check out and got it for $10/hour. Beats seating in the lobby for many hours. Airport transfer could be more comfortable.

Iberostar Waves Costa Dorada: Love the resort

This was our fourth time there. I have all the best to say about the resort. Everyone was nice and helpful. Beach was great, rooms very nice and clean. Cleaning staff was excellent. Servers were great, working very hard to make sure we had a good time.

Iberostar Coral Esmeralda: Friendly small resort has it all

Excellent facility, 1st class staff, lots of food choices, lovely beach. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Iberostar Origin Bella Vista Varadero: Will not go again

The Rooms where moldy . No evenings or night divertissement such as shows ect.. Staff were a bit rude at the bars, they were talking on the phone while serving beer . The elevators malfunctioning, I personally have gotten stuck on the 6th floor in the elevator for about half an hour.

Iberostar Selection Esmeralda: Cuba just ok

We arrived at 8 pm, about 90 min drive to resort area. We were dropped at the wrong section, even after informing the bus driver. Front desk staff were welcoming until they determined we were at the wrong side m, our welcome beverage were taken away and we were told we would have to walk along the road to the correct side. We refused so eventually a got a ride on the golf cart from a very friendly staff member. Newer resort, easy to navigate, some nights they had outdoor lights for the paths, so [... read more]me nights there were no lights. Room was a good size, toilet flushed half the time. Had hot water all week. Towels and sheets were mouldy, difficult to get fresh linen even though resort was mostly empty. We stripped all the linen off the beds and placed in a pile, bed sheets were replaced, Food was the same everyday for lunch and dinner, would be nice to know what you are eating for allergies. Staff didn’t seem overly happy to be working, there, staff asking us to get them lunch from the buffets daily. Why doesn’t the resort offer food for their staff. Definitely shortages on juices and pop. Staff would only provide beverages with alcohol at the bars, if you wanted only water or juice they told you to go to the restaurant (restaurant open 7-10 1-3 and 7-10) Entertainment was in the lobby , good effort but a little disappointed. 24 hour lobby bar often closed at midnight??. Beach is beautiful, you can tell that is the reason people come to Cuba. There was staff cleaning the seaweed off the sand daily. We booked a pool view room at the adults only pool that had children most days. Pool loungers and cabanas could use some maintenance, cabanas had dirty sheets on them all week. Check out is 12 sharp, we had someone at our door at 12:03 telling us to get out of our room now, I asked for 5 more mins to just finish up and they said I had to pay them $11 if I wanted 5 more mins , so had to finish packing in the hallway. Overall this resort was a little boring, nowhere to go once you get there, too far away from the airport for our liking.

Iberostar Coral Holguin: Amazing Resort

Coral Level was by far one of the best in Cuba, the rooms, pool, beach and restaurants were extremley clean. The staff were unbeleivable with thier kindness!! The food was THE BEST we have ever eaten in Cuba, Gormet rest and japinese were both delish. The coral rest was on top of everything We will definately return!! Thank you Trip Central!!

Iberostar Origin Bella Vista Varadero: Iberostar Bella Vista

We stayed at this resort 5 yrs. ago when it was new. It has gone downhill since then but was still good. Our room had a beautiful ocean view, the food at the snack bar was always good and the bartenders at the beach bar were fantastic. When guests leave and they change the bedding wash the bedskirt to or remove it all together it was so disgusting. The food in buffet wasn’t the best nor were some of the drinks but we did fine and had a good time overall.

JOIA Rose Hall by Iberostar: Good Hotel

The hotel was a beautiful hotel The amenities good The staff was excellent The restaurant s were good except the surf and turf The Jamaic as n restaurant was excellent The transfer to and from the hotel Nexus I would not use them again they were very difficult to connect within our arrival in Montego Bay

JOIA Rose Hall by Iberostar: Good Hotel

The hotel was a beautiful hotel The amenities good The staff was excellent The restaurant s were good except the surf and turf The Jamaic as n restaurant was excellent The transfer to and from the hotel Nexus I would not use them again they were very difficult to connect within our arrival in Montego Bay

Iberostar Selection Paraiso Maya Suites: Excellent

The grounds are spectacular and mature. The beach walking south is exceptional x2 hours a few patches of rocks all the way to Maroma Beach. . The food was very good. The service was very good but the ice cream wasn’t good. The fruit and vegetables, baked goods and deserts were great! The rooms are fresh and up to date. Lots of fun activities for families with children. Only 30 mins from the airport.

Iberostar Selection Paraiso Maya Suites: Great Resort

The hotel needs to enforce its policy of not allowing people to reserve seating with towels or personal belongings...most mornings by 9am, all seats had towels. Also, as the resort said 100% no smoking, this was something that was also not enforced by the staff. Otherwise great place to stay, clean rooms, lots of choice for food and all tasted amazing.

Iberostar Origin Laguna Azul: Would not stay here again

We just arrived back from this Resort last night. It is definity not a 5* more like a 2*. We love Cuba and its people. We were totally open minded regarding meals as food is rationed out amongst all the resorts with 5* getting best first and goes down the chain to lower star ratings. We stayed one week and when we checked into our room the mini fridge was empty. Went to front desk twice to have some sent to our room with no success. No pop either. For a resort this large, none of the elevators w [... read more]ere working. If you have small children or seniors travelling its a brutal climb. For two people we had one towel all week. We never saw any maids on our 4th floor all week. Most food were weiners cooked 15 different ways. No eggs or bacon the entire week. Lots of beans, sausages and hard biskets. Some fixings to make a salad. Decent desserts and ice cream is delicious. Ran out of coffee most days not to mention it was the same for drink mixes. One bit of advice..tip the staff. We tipped between 1$ to sometimes 3$. Front desk staff give you the impression that they dont want to be there. Restaurant and beach bar staff are amazing. Beach is ok but last week we had to listen to bull dozers digging on the beach for 3 days. Swim up pool/bar was being retiled, that left one pool for every one. We loved all staff except for front desk. Sadly to say that we will not be returning.

Iberostar Selection Holguin: Sunwing Rep & Doctors are unethical!

Customer service is really good at this hotel. You can be driven anywhere within the hotel grounds and even be driven to the good part of the beach. The beach front pictured in the display pictures is only good until about noon, then it turns into a shallow green lagoon. You’ll have to go over the bridge to the part of the beach where you can enjoy free water sports. They have staff there that will pull chairs out for you. If you don’t get a ride to that part of the beach it can be maybe a 5-6mi [... read more]n walk to your room. The grounds are massive. They have so many golf carts rolling around so you’ll eventually hitch a ride. The staff are courteous, professional & kind. We can’t complain about them whatsoever. The staff are very nice to kids and visually genuine about it. The lady who books al la carte is very shady. We arrived Tuesday and saw her immediately Wednesday. She told us everything was booked and we could only enjoy one restaurant. We spoke to another family on the beach and they advised you’ve got to tip her and she will magically have additional restaurant spots. The Al la carte we did go to, Mediterranean, was good.. but empty. Not sure how they could be sooooo full. Hotel rooms are clean. The women that maintain them are great. If you leave them a tip they’ll make designs with the towels. If you don’t, just a simple little design with the bed throw. Room is still very clean and lots of towels. You get two glass bottles sealed with a piece of sticker of water. The water is different. When it’s cold it’s a bit easier to drink. It isn’t what we’re used to in Canada so it is a bit rough. Other guests were spending upwards of $50-$60 USD for a case of bottled water a taxi driver would go and get. Tips get you anything and everything. Word of advice, coins are not helpful to the staff. Tip them Canadian bills and not Halloween chocolate.. (fine people of Quebec, I saw what you guys were doing.. embarassing behaviour) Beach sports, same deal. You’ll have to sign up to get a spot.. however if you tip, miraculously you can head out on them whenever you want- ask for a guy named “uzmoney”, he will go out with you immediately for about $5/$10- he will bring bread and you’ll be able to see the most beautiful colourful fish. He will stay out long with you too. It’s worth the experience. When the guys have had enough taking people out on them.. they’ll claim wind is too strong or the rescue boat is gone. Usually around 2pm. Don’t sign up for anything after 2, just give them $5 and you’ll get on. They have a tiny little bar on the beach, it’s good. No complaints about the beach at all.. (and I’m talking about the one over the long bridge) watch your stuff on that part of the beach. There are locals hanging out in the bushes. They try to beg at first for your kids’ stuff then they start getting rude that their kids need it more than yours. Listen, we’re all for helping but I’m not about to give you sand toys and the bathing suit on my kids body. Too pushy. Food was ok. We aren’t picky people. They have lots of bread. We didn’t have any eggs the entire week. No bananas? Odd. People went on tours in the villages and there were banana trees. It’s hard to believe the hotel can’t source fresher fruit? I think whoever owns the hotel needs to come and take a look at what the dining experience is like. The food was very repetitive. Lunch and dinner in the buffet were better than breakfast. After a while it was getting a bit hard to find something for breakfast. They had one day of thin bacon, after that it was this pink thick fatty bacon.. that no matter how long it cooked.. it was still kinda raw. You won’t starve at this hotel. You’ll find something to eat. They have chicken breast they cut in thin slices everyday on the grill. Literally, everyday. Lots of deli meat. They have 2 panini makers and 2 toasters so you can make a nicer sandwich. Bring CONDIMENTS!!! Bring ketchup, mayo, peanut butter, salad dressing. Honestly, bring it. DO NOT THINK TWICE.. We brought bags of chips and snacks in our luggage too. It’s important, trust me!!! A separate and concerning experience I’d like to share. We had a very shady experience with the Sunwing rep and the “doctors”. Our daughter had a very bad fever Saturday night. We contacted Sunwing to change our flight (we were supposed to fly out Tuesday). That Saturday night someone left a note at our door to see our shady Sunwing rep at 9:00am. His name is Norge. When we saw him, he told us that we had to go see the doctors on site in order to be cleared to fly. I asked him how much that would cost and he said he didn’t know. He said had we came to see him first and if we didn’t call Sunwing directly, we wouldn’t have to see the doctor. Immediately I thought, shady. He tells us there are flights that day at 10pm (Sunday). So we go to see these two women, one is the “doctor” and one is the “nurse”. They were sitting outside like a bunch of slobs. We greet them. The nurse looks at our daughter, grabs her arm, looks at the inside part of her arm and says.. “yes.. very sick”. Right away we knew.. this is going to be a joke. We walk into the office, it was filthy. They stuck a dirty, probably used, popsicle stick in her mouth to see her throat. At no point did they wear gloves or wash their hands. They tell me her throat is red. Only the nurse could speak some English. I told them, yea, I know. Her throat is sore. We need a note to say we’re fit to fly. (At this point her fever broke, she didn’t have a fever) They take her temperature with a thermometer under the arm, for “5 minutes”. 5 minutes they didn’t time. Sure enough, no fever. They start telling us that we need to return at 4pm for another assessment. I said, for what? Oh to make sure she doesn’t have a fever. I said, no no, Sunwing rep leaves at 4. I’m not going to wait for you guys. She won’t have a fever either way, I’m giving her Tylenol. I immediately saw that this was a game. They started implying that we brought them this sickness. That from Tuesday to Saturday night, our 3 year old brought this sickness. I guess it’s impossible to believe that she could have picked it up at the hotel?? I told them that if they walked around the hotel they’d hear people coughing, sneezing and sniffling. Nope, they refused to believe that. They asked me if I’d like to do a blood test. HAHA for a sore throat??? Oh please. Over my dead body would these people stick anything in my child’s arm. Our daughter had a heat rash developing too. The kind nurse turned off the air conditioning while we were in there so my kids skin was getting worse. What a tool. Our daughter has sensitivities to sunscreen, she wears a beach rash shirt outside and the rash was primarily where the sunscreen was applied but that was too hard for them to believe. She said she couldn’t write us a letter until we returned. I told my husband to go and get the Sunwing rep because clearly we weren’t getting anywhere. He comes, tries to double down that yes, she needs to return. Which I found funny because at the beginning privately he said, had we saw him first we wouldn’t need the doctor. Now he’s preaching she needs to return for another assessment. At this point I started to get very mad. All I wanted to do was go home. I told him regardless, she’s taking Tylenol, their assessment doesn’t mean anything. He then continues speaking Spanish to them. My husband was using google translate, the nurse attempted to grab the phone from his hands and tell him to stop recording. Shady!!! The doctor was trying to explain her name is on the line if she allows us to fly with a sick kid. Then they started talking about Covid. How we need to be tested. I called bull, how can we be tested for Covid when the entire hotel isn’t tested on arrival. So what, we brought Covid.. on Tuesday??? I said no way. They started to get nervous with me and then she started writing some sort of “diagnosis”. Only visually checked her throat ok. Remember people. Diagnosis her with something we couldn’t understand. Gives it to me on a paper with 2023 on it. Then she’s trying to stamp it everywhere and her stamp pad is dry. Joke. She then writes out her diagnosis on a blank piece of paper writing 2024 once the nurse points it out. Gives it to me. While she’s writing out this novel, the nurse is telling us not to allow our daughter to eat ketchup (we had it with us after breaky). Ketchup is giving her a fever and sore throat. Lol anyways.. I walk back to the Sunwing guy so we can book our flights. I ask him to read the letter, sure enough, no where did she write, fit to fly. They told us we’d need this document at the airport because she will be assessed at the airport. I told him to walk back and talk to them because if I go back in there, it won’t be pretty. He’s in there for 20 minutes. She squeezed in “fit to fly”. I asked him what the charge was for our visit with the doctors.. he said no charge. It was supposed to be $10 Canadian but I guess me calling out their shady “practice” was enough for them to skip the charge. I told Norge that these doctors need to watch more movies or tv shows to atleast fake being doctors. They just sit outside and smoke cigarettes all day.. waiting for their next customer to nail. We booked our flights, $465 each cnd to get out of there. We booked a taxi $80 to the airport to beat the buses. At no point were we assessed in the airport or asked for this hand written note. Nice lies “doctors” and Norge - you’re all playing games for money. It’s sad. Very sad. Sunwing, you are disappointing and we will never use you for travel again. We saw our doctors in Canada, Monday morning. Our daughter picked up hand, foot and mouth disease. We swam at the pool on Wednesday and everyday after that we swam in the ocean. There were a bunch of kids at the airport from our hotel, sick as dogs. If your kids have a rash around their mouth, hands and feet.. you got it from the hotel. It’s spreading around. She’s on antibiotics. I also picked up strep throat while there. I’m also on antibiotics. No genius blood test required, just a swab. Lol They don’t sanitize the tables.. and the silverware isn’t all picked up after people eat. They just clear whatever looks touched or used. Some of the waitresses would hold it up, look if it was greasy and then decide if it needs to go back. Servingware isn’t sanitized so God only knows where we picked this up. Plates and glasses were greasy.. looked wiped but no soap. The manager we watched in the restaurant, he would walk by the places and use his fingers to wipe anything off the plates. Place mats on the tables aren’t wiped. You don’t smell vinegar or any sort of cleaning solution. The hotel manager can respond to this with some bull response saying they’re sanitizing, they’re not. We watched. Quite a few passengers on the plane home were coughing, sneezing, hacking. Curious if they had a trusty blood test or Covid test before flying LOL. The beach was wonderful. You can’t beat Cuban beaches. Everything else.. is just too much to handle. If you can afford it, spend a bit more and go to another destination. We went here because it was our daughters first flight and the 3.5 hours on the plane we thought was a good starter for her. We were speaking to others that were in hotels down the way. It’s scary to believe that they had it worse. They were served moldy bread most days. Whoever owns these chains needs to be held accountable. The workers and managers aren’t to blame. They’re working with what they’ve got.. but the owners need a real slap. Unfortunately, we will never return to Cuba again. We were in Varadero in 2012 and it didn’t seem too bad. Covid beat Cuba up bad. The government needs to spend more and invest in tourism in that country before it’s suitable. Sickening and sad.

Iberostar Selection Ensenachos: Amazing resort!

Amazing resort! The location is wonderful! Love the beaches!! Service was good! Food may be need to improve a bit. Overall we had good time there! Thank you for everything! We would like to come back soon

Iberostar Selection Ensenachos: A Slice of Paradise

The grounds are a slice of paradise. They provide a beautiful background to the exceptional service provide by the staff. The staff provide a welcoming but laid back vibe. This was our second visit and we will definitely return for visit three.

JOIA Paraiso by Iberostar: Beautiful resort

Most beautiful building I have ever stayed in. Grounds are nice and you have access to all the other resorts in the complex - fun to wander around and see what they have (I made good use of the waterslides at the Lindo, and went to restaurants at the Del Mar/Beach and Maya as well as the coffee shops, ice cream and hamburger stands throughout the complex). Staff are friendly and service was almost uniformly good. Food was very good for an all-inclusive. We went to the Venetian (Italian), [... read more] Toni's (steaks), the Mexican/ceviche restaurant for lunch, and Haiku (Japanese). Portions were small at the Venetian and Haiku but the food was good. Also went to El Puerto (BBQ, which was decent) at the Beach/Del Mar and El Rancho (steaks - best meal all week) at the Maya. Nothing on the resort is open early so went to the Maya Star Café for a sandwich before some early excursions. Buffet was excellent. Tons of variety. App is glitchy, couldn't use it for a few days as according to the staff it is affected by weather (?). This meant it was hard to view the menus. You can book reservations on the app but obviously can't if it isn't working so I used the concierge. Also need to use the concierge for reservations at other resorts. Ordering drinks on the app didn't work for me, drinks never came. Maps on the app can be confusing. We had an entry-level "garden view" room in the main building and it was still very nice and large. Good housekeeping service with turndown, refilling the mini-bar was sometimes neglected. Entertainment was good. Included things like traditional Mexican dances and mariachi, cover bands, violinist/pianist, etc. Not a lot of other activities on-resort; the other resorts in the complex are more active (e.g. all non-motorized watersports are located at an adjacent resort). The gym is decent, crowding in the morning. Small but has a good collection of equipment. In poor weather you can also use the indoor hot tubs and pool. Wish the hot tub was hotter. Pool area was nice with decent drink service and a swim-up bar. Didn't have a problem getting a spot even on the hottest day though might not be right by the pool. The beach was OK - smallish, lots of seaweed but that's a common issue in this area. Beach is very rocky and red flags the the entirety of our 7-night stay. Overall, very nice resort, would recommend.

Iberostar Selection Holguin: Will not be returning to cuba

I have been to cuba many time ,but now the food was the worst, cuba needs to do something to servive , covid really changed the place resort was only 1/2ocupied in January, the people were grate,no botle water,no soft drink or beer in the fridge

Iberostar Origin Playa Alameda: Do not go here

This hotel needs to be torn down. It’s beyond repair. Mouldy pillows, no toilet paper musty rooms. Overall in terrible shape. Surprisingly the food wasn’t bad. Go somewhere else. Anywhere else. The staff tried but appeared beaten down. Also not many people under 65. If your looking to meet interesting people and have fun this is not the place. .

Hotel Bella Costa: Trip to remember

The first impression of the hotel was, this could not be the same place in the pictures. We were cat fished, the appearance very disappointing. We arrived after 12pm, room was not ready, we were told, we went and checked out the hotel to see what to expect, the hotel smelled moldy, which seemed like they must have leakage, very much so. The beach was beautiful, went back to front desk, room was still not ready. Went to try get something to eat, the lanuage barrier was a major issue, my friend di [... read more]dnt eat pork, but i did I asked for a hamburger got a bun with cheese what my friend settled for. I asked for the hamburger with meat, We noticed the cook and other workers stearing back at us every minute, when I was servered the meat was burnt and couldnt break apart, we saw so many other people getting their burgers and it did not look like what I was served. This was about after 2pm, we left from the hotel went into town, we found a great restaurant named El Bodegon Del Gardo, Calle 49 NO.106 e/1 ra y 2da Ave. Varadero, Cuba (53)45611369 food was pretty good that was a go to place to eat and the staff were great. Went back to the hotel after 7pm same crap room not ready. It was about after 9 we got a room and when we went upstairs, oh and the numbers in the elevator don't match the floors. There was a trail of water drips down the hall to the room, the smell of fresh paint slap us right in the face, the sheets on the bed were dirty, the washroom needed to be cleaned, there was no towel, toilet paper, soap. There was tape holding the glass of balcony door. Fridge was dirty no water. We went right back to front desk, of course we got the looks of here they come again. My head felt like it was going to burst from the smell of the paint. We asked to speak to the manager, she came to me to find out what was happening. I explained to her our ordeal and she was very understanding and apologized for the inconvenience. She offered a new room, which was locted on the other side of the hotel in the bungalow units. Well it was a well needed upgrade. Until we had a visitor who ran out of the washroom (lizard) ? we almost died from heart failure, my friend ran out the room screaming down the path to the security, while I was jumping from bed to chair, security ran over to help but then said he can't go into the room, he went to get someone else, thank God a lovely guest came back from the beach and came to our rescue, using a pillow to get it out of the room. The guy arrived to helped but the work was done already, I almost fell on the lizard trying to move it from the front of our door. It was a very long and stressful day, but we made the best of it and had some very memorable moments and lots of laughter. The one day we chose to go to the beach in the water, was the day after they had a storm, apparently there was a message sent out to not go in the water because of jellyfish, we did not get the message and we were out in the water having a blast trying to understand why no one was joining us out there. Atleast we entertained the guess who was watching us from way up on the sand. Smh, the manager was amazing and really made it her duty to check in with us and tried to make us as comfortable as possible. Was only a shame we only booked for the weekend. Makesure you bring your USD or CAD there is no ATMs and there was no way to get any Cash, and information that we got from the Workers was not very useful, seems like they were confused as much as we were. We will be returning to Cuba but not at this hotel.