Club Kawama: Fun vacation

Going down to Cuba to Kawama hotel was an adventure I took my cycling bike to Road right the roads are wonderful to ride on the hotel was 2 1/2 star and you do get what you pay for Being a cyclist great place to cycle we rode into Havana stay a night and came back . 125K each way good roads if you're cyclist you got to do it

Hotel Villa Cuba: Great Place to visit

We had a very large room with a bidet, go figure, and I loved it. Our bath towels were very small, as small as my hand towels in my bathroom. We loved our bed but the covers could use a good wash. The grounds were very clean, the pool was great but a wee bit cold. The food was poor, they need to train their chef to be a little more creative with the foods they have, but you will not go hungry. The drinks were good but I am not a great drinker, service was a 10, no complaints there, the staff alw [... read more]ays smiling and ready to help. I have kept the best for last. What a beach. I will return to Villa Cuba any day for the most beautiful Beach!!!!!!! Our stay was most enjoyable, next time I will take my own bed covers and bath towels. One can only get what they paid for and I think we got our money's worth. Overall, a great experience and I would recommend and return to Villa Cuba again. The best bang for your bucks.

Club Amigo Ancon: Club Amigo Ancon, Cuba

Hotel 3 stars that makes great efforts to be top. Food ok, restaurants help for the variety. Oceanview room ok but not so big. People are very very welcoming, great service. Scuba diving is great and Leo and Igor great instructors. Hector makes delicious and original cocktails. MariaElena very attentive to the clients and she offers great service either to the dining room or the lobby bar. Trinidad is a beautiful city.

Hotel Internacional: Hotel was closed 2 days prior to leaving!!!!!

Had a change to the Barceló Solymar, but I think they knew we did not book there originally, treated very badly, first four nites had a room DIRECTLY over the disco, and the following week and 1/2 were directly over the loading dock area, great diesel fumes

Hotel Villa Cuba: A Great Budget Vacation

A good three star hotel for those who are not obsessed with perfection. The rooms were clean, the food was good, and the staff were wonderful. Villa Cuba has a clean, large white sand beach with plenty of shade and shallow swimming.

Club Karey: Club Karey

for what I paid it was fine right on the beach would I go back yes, Its not for everyone but if your a down to earth person and are not looking for a fancy room then you can't beat this place as for the food well its cuba

Hotel Internacional: Cheated On

I did not like this hotel. There was really no service at all at this hotel. Rooms were never cleaned, sheets never changed, and towels never replaced with clean ones. Kitchen staff and waiters that would hit on you while you waited for your food. The prepared food was also tasteless and extremely repetitive. There was one occasion where my food had quite a long hair in it! The staff didn't seem to care that the food wasn't being cooked properly as my meat would be cold raw in places. The barte [... read more]nders were always trying to make a deal with us in hopes they could rip us off on rum bottles. Despite indicating they had a 24 hour bar, they refused to serve us alcohol after 4am. The bar itself was poorly stocked as we only had mojitos for a limited time (i.e., until their bag of mint leaves ran out). The lightening at this hotel was atrocious. Every room was incredibly dim; you had to eat essentially in the dark, our rooms were dim even with the few lamps on and the hallways were dark. There were no activities planned during the day. While there was a volleyball net set up, it was old and the net was in need of a replacement, badly. While there were suppose to be quite a few non motorized water vehicles available, they were non existent. The late night activities were poorly put together. While I sympathize with the entertainers being there to do a job, the few props they had to use were something from an elementary school play. The overall attitude from the staff was that they couldn't care less about their guests or their comfort. It got to a point that the food became unbearable so a few of the guests frequented another hotel for their food for dinner. During the day, if we were invited to another hotel, we took advantage and ate there. Every hotel to the left and right of hotel International was far better - filled with life and staff that seemed far more content with interacting with guests. It was only after a few days into my one week trip that I was informed that the hotel was actually going to be destroyed and another hotel was to be constructed in its place. For the amount of money I paid for this one week trip, I deserved to know that fact ahead of time because it seemed to be a direct cause for why the staff didn't seem to care about cleanliness of the hotel or treating their guests as if they were special.

Club Amigo Ancon: Great Resort.

The Club Amigo Ancon Resort is very nice. The lounge is good, they gave us good room and upgraded us without charging any extra money. Over all the resort is very compact and enjoyable. The food is ok, very basic. But we have to remember it that this is 3 star. About the Gran Caribe Resort , I am very much disappointed. The main reception is nice, beach is nice, the people are very friendly. But the conditions of the rooms run down a lot. The food is average. I would not recommend any body to go [... read more] there. Though they have all kinds of facilities by book, to me it is a 2 star resort.

Club Kawama: Good low cost option

My second time at Club Kawama and you get what you pay for. I upgraded to a superior room this time and it was well worth it. Room 2602 with a small terrace facing the ocean. The food is not great but I could always find something to eat. The beach is wonderful and the pools are clean. The staff are friendly and really try to make your stay great. The security guards presented me with small flowers, etc made of Palm fronds. A nice touch. I took an excursion to Havana for the day and enjoyed it i [... read more]mmensely. An easy walk into Varadero is one of the perks of this resort. Remember your vacation is what you make of it. If you find fault in everything, don't go to Club Kawama. If you enjoy warm weather, beautiful beaches and pools, nice people, enjoy your stay at Kawama at a decent price.

Hotel Internacional: not bad

Example: What did you think about  Hotel is too old. It needs renovation or demolish and rebuild. Location is fantastic, close to the Beach and Varadero city. Food could be improved eg choices of free salt foods for older people that do not eat food with salt.

Roc Barlovento: Good resort

Resort was old but clean, pools were very nice, beach was beautiful.. Rooms are older but clean had hot water all the time.. Staff was very friendly.. Food was not bad for Cuba.. Had a great time and for the price was great!

Roc Barlovento: Cheap and cheerful

This is an older resort and a little outdated to say the least. The reception staff need to be more pleasant and welcoming if not at least helpful. Having said that all other staff were wonderful. The place is spotless... the resort is smaller which I particularly liked.

Roc Barlovento: Great Staff

Staff was super nice, wish I could say the same for the management. Manager was cold and didn't engage much with his clients. Food was really good. Lacked in entertainment during the day.. Hardly saw the animation team at all only at the shows at night. Rooms were clean but run down. All in all it was a great vacation because we made it one.

Hotel Internacional: Great Beach!!

My husband went to this hotel 20 years ago. The beach is beautiful and it is walk to Varadero is short. The rooms are run down (some people were complaining of mould). The food was ok but repetitive compared to 4or5 star hotels that we have stayed at in Cuba. Overall if you are there for the beach-this is the best but if you want good variety of food- go to a higher rated hotel.

Roc Barlovento: Not a 5* paradise, but a fair 3.5* resort :)

My husband and I visited this resort from December 27th 2014 to January 3rd 2015. We enjoyed our stay and did not have any major complaints. That being said, we came in with no great expectations, which helped us to not be disappointed when things were not always perfect... If you go in expecting a 5* experience, you will, undoubtedly, be disappointed. If you come in expecting a well-maintained, average 3-3.5* resort, you should be satisfied and pleased with things, overall. The best assets of t [... read more]his resort are its friendly bar and dining room staff, its tasty food, its BEAUTIFUL, pristine, white sand beach, and its clean, well-maintained grounds. Expect : - Small, simple, dated rooms --- Be sure to request a King-size, as they will give you two twins by default. - Unfriendly & sometimes impatient and rude front desk staff (a few were great, but on average, the service in this area left something to be desired...) --- - To have to tip consistently in order to receive the best service (at bars, restaurants and with the cleaning staff in your room) - To have to leave the resort for night life (No disco or dance/night club on site) Nightly entertainment (professional dancers, swimmers, singers, illusionists, etc) lasts from 9:30p.m. to 10:30p.m. nightly (usually a very good show!), but as of 11p.m., the only place to go is the little "Lobby Bar", which stays open 24/7, but is a tiny, open-air bar, located in the front lobby where guests check in and out...not a very entertaining place to be...That being said, it is very safe to leave the resort and venture into town in Varadero; we went out with 3 other couples for New Years Eve and were not disappointed. Cubans, in general, are very welcoming, friendly and helpful. - To see cats all over (as you will on most, if not all, resorts in the Caribbean). The cats take care of any rodents, and I, for one, would much prefer seeing cats around than rodents of any kind! ;) Keep these things in mind and you should have a nice, relaxing stay at the Roc Barlovento! Enjoy!

Club Kawama: Not bad

We were basictly their for the sun, beach and sand. What need to be change is the beds they were horrible to sleep on and the beach at lease pass the tractor to clean up all the broken shells the disco on the resort was NOT good as they need to also get rid of the mould the smell and play more upgraded music :) other then that like i said we were their more for the sun beach and sand

Club Kawama: Good Resort

Nice clean place. We enjoyed our stay. The food was quite good. Only disappointing thing was the disco. It stank of dampness and mould. None of the guests seemed to know where it was and as a result no one went even though it was open each evening. It should be aired out and publicized so that guests can go. Not enough night life at this resort.

Hotel Villa Cuba: Villa Cuba

This is a beautiful resort, inside and out. The staff are friendly and accommodating. This was our 2nd time here. Only a few things we would like to see improved. In the buffet restaurant, the set up needs to be better: plates in a separate area and meat in a separate station. Trying to get into the a la carte restaurants was ridiculous. Why offer a la carte if you can't get a reservation? Lastly, control your guests! Many guests, mostly youth, were loud, rude, not properly dressed, eating and d [... read more]rinking in the pool and using profanity. They were noisy till 2 and 3a.m. Enforce the rules and show the rest of your guests respect.

Roc Barlovento: Resort not bad, there's nice beech and locations.

Hotel can be batter even for Cuba. Food very simple and every day the same one. Drinks are cheeper. Thay try to clean the room, but never wash the floor. A lots of moscitos! !!!!! Animation - thay just had animation.

Club Kawama: Ok if you want cheap

The place itself was ideally located. It was close to town and you could walk or hop on the bus. The food was bland and not received well by my party of 15. We ended up eating off the resort a few times because of this. Unlike Cayo Coco the staff were not very friendly. In fact it seemed like they were inpartial to getting a tip. Could that mean that we trip in general tip too much. For example when we arrived at the hotel we had not exchanged our Canadian currency. I gave the porter a toonie an [... read more]d he made a face and walked away. I did like the room that was assigned to us. It was in the older section and we had a great view of the front of the resort which also has a water view. There was entertainment every night which I did enjoy for the most part. As for towels you had to put a deposit of 10 pesos before you could get one. Every time I went there there were none. The maid service was only adequate. We got one small roll of toilet paper each day. They did not supply Kleenex and did not replace the small containers of shampoo, conditioner and bath gel. Our room had a small fridge and was supposed to be filled with some water and a bottle of rum. We mentioned this twice to the front desk but nothing was done about it. This room was an upgrade from the standard room which we paid an additional amount for. A few of our friends had issues with plumbing and had to be moved to other rooms. If you are looking for an economy flight on Cubana Air it was fine. I did enjoy myself but would think twice before I went back. Having said that 4 of our friends in our party have been to Kawama 3 or 4 times. One last thing, if you want to tip, give it to the grounds keepers, the ones that rake the lawn etc. we did and they were much more appreciative.