Blau Varadero: Yes

I was happy with most services except had lots of problems with door key getting in.had to change key many times. I noticed all washrooms used flimsy toilet paper to wipe hands and instead of soap there was shampoo to wash hands; disappointing for such an up and up beautiful hotel. But if these conditions change for better would certainly recommend this hotel and have already done so. I myself would love to return to Blau. My husband loves this hotel and refuses to try any other hotel. I myself [... read more] was very pleased otherwise; excellent meals and entertainment. 😇😎

Blau Varadero: Family feeling.

We got impeccable friendly service. It felt like extended family. The hotel was very clean, the staff were always smiling and ready to help you any way they could. We enjoyed our stay very much and we look forward to returning again this Christmas 2019.

Blau Varadero: Great return visit

The hotel is very easy to find your way around.The rooms are clean and comfortable. The staff are excellent. It is easy to make reservations for the a la carte. The food is good . The beach is beautiful with lots of loungers and the pool is very nice .

Blau Varadero: We Will Return

Thank you Tina ( Scibetta ) for all your help and guidance. Danuta and I had a great time at Blau Varadero. The resort was excellent, our room with a amazing view of the ocean had a truly relaxing effect on us. Watching the sunrise and sunset was a daily treat. The resort's amenities were fantastic, food and drink was plentiful and never ending. The pool and beach were perfect, never a problem with towels, lounges, beach bar was right on the beach!! Who could ask for anything more. Lets not fo [... read more]rget the staff......great accommodating staff. Have to mention a few from the restaurants...Ernesto, Avelio, Camays, Yeny, and of course our singing waiter Wilifed. Hope I got the names right. Anyway, we will definitely book this resort again in Cuba. We always go to Cuba on our trips to the Caribbean. One last thing, we usually book with Redtag, never again. We had a problem on a trip to Cayo Coco. Redtag fluffed us off to Air Canada who in turn did absolutely nothing for us. After numerous emails and calls I gave up but they will never see a dime from me again. Not to mention the fact that we will not refer Redtag to anyone. Lastly, one down side. We had our luggage opened at the Varadero Airport, Items were stolen including Danuta's ring and clothing. They left the Rum !! I guess they dont drink. Fantastic trip....thanks again TripCentral.

Blau Varadero: Good resort

Lunch area not good,flies all over the food. Staff great.. Beach wonderful.No Canadian flag even after mentioning almost every day they dont care for Canadians, Excuses they use is well this is Cuba in order to get away with allot of things,in that case hotel is overpriced.

Aston Costa Verde Beach Resort: The resort was great as always , 50 plus times there ,

air transat should hire sane employees, there service are beyond repair , nothing i paid for i got (option plus) and to finish on a sour note 6 days with out any luggage, i advise any one to stay clear of transat , many flights with them and every time issues

Blau Varadero: The best resort resort ever!

I have been going to Blau for over seven years. According to me this resort is a five star not a forur. It's everything we could ask for. The staff are great and the food is great! There is something to please everyone. The grounds are always well kept. Many of the rooms have been upgraded and very comfortable and beautiful! Like I said all we could ask for. There are many activities that you can participate in if you want to. We had a very relaxing week! Looking forward to going back next  [... read more]year.

Aston Costa Verde Beach Resort: Swimming Heaven

I love this place in spite of the food. Some of the A La Carte restaurants were actually quite decent. Forget the buffet, especially if you are health conscious about sodium. Fresh unadorned cooked vegetables are truly scarce. Bonus points for lovely presentation. They really try. World class beach, kind people, beautiful landscaping, comfy rooms. I feel safe there.

Aston Costa Verde Beach Resort: back for a second time round!

Back for a second time round!, Stayed in plus side newer rooms. Rooms excellent. Staff always friendly. Food good. Traveled May 8th. so resort was under populated. Ale carts were reduced to one venue and one choice per night. I had to insist after we were told lobster was fully booked, then was accommodated.

Aston Costa Verde Beach Resort: terrible resort

Hotel was bad 1st room given had baby crabs crawling all over. 3 days in I fell on the ceramic terrace and broke my hip spent 3 days in hospital in Cuba before air ambulance flew me back to Canada. This is one trip from HELL that I will never forget. Will never ever travel there again!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aston Costa Verde Beach Resort: Disappointed

This was, I think our fourth time to this resort and it has been excellent up to this time. We travelled last week, from May 12-19, we were very surprised to know that Blau resort is being changed to Fiesta Americana. Another surprised was that a lot of the restaurants were closed, only one was opened. The worst part was that the buffet restaurant was closed which was terrible, and they were hosting the buffet in the Cuban restaurant which is in the open, which meant flies all over the food whi [... read more]ch was disgusting. We struggle all week for meal times, usually meaning to eat a hamburger and fries, extremely late breakfast at the snack bar and we ended up eating chips and chocolate bars from the store for dinner for the last 3 days since there was no more restaurants to go to. The grounds were good, mostly the pool for “plus” customer only and that meant us since we paid for it which was a great thing. The workers in the snack bar and the pizza place were great, the maid did an excellent job cleaning our room, it was always spotless even the floors. She was very friendly and very courteous. I wouldn’t recommend it unless you have a back up for food to eat, which I didn’t. I would recommend it until they open the buffet restaurant with closed windows. Hopefully they do soon for people to enjoy this wonderful resort.

Aston Costa Verde Beach Resort: Not what you’ve heard.

My sister and l just came back from Holguin Cuba. May 2018 I always avoided booking the Blau Costa Verde because people said there are rocks on the beach, the food is not so good, and the place needs lots of TLC. So l went not expecting much at all since even the weather was showing to be raining and cloudy. I decided to see Everything for myself. The people working there are all friendly and appreciative of even a “thank you”. The gardeners are working hard every day to keep all  [... read more]the areas looking as nice as possible. The Hotel is under new management (Mexican) and is now already being called Fiesta Americana Costa Verde. Changes are under way. The Potential of this resort is going to be awesome. I told them l really enjoyed my holiday, the weather was great, the Beach is Beautiful, the food will improve along with everything else and yet we ate happily and we’re always satisfied. I think one day soon this resort is going to be amazing. I’m looking forward to returning as soon as the improvements are done.

Blau Varadero: Felt Like Coming Home

This was our 8th stay at our Beautiful Blau Varadero. Always feels like coming home. Stayed in one of the newly renovated rooms on the 8th floor with pool/ocean view. Absolutely beautiful. Brand new beds, so comfy. Blue tooth speaker with lovely flat panel tv on the wall. Loved the addition of coffee makers in the rooms a few years back so one can wake up to coffee in the room and enjoy on your balcony with the view of the ocean. Can see alot of work was done to the hotel since the damage o [... read more]f hurricane Urma. Brand new curtains in the Lobby area look great. Always enjoyed the Lobby area in the am's for cappuccinos. Checked out the Chill out bar one evening and it was nice. Comfy seats located all around it outside. The food was great as always. Loved the lobster at the returning guest dinner and enjoyed the Italian a la carte immensely. Can't wait to go back as only home couple of days and missing this Beautiful resort and Cuba already.

Punta Peninsula Varadero: Blau Marina Veradero

The hotel is huge, having 24 accommodation buildings each having 48 rooms. We went at an excessively quiet time, there were maybe 100 guests total during our week there. Food left a lot to be desired but there were always choices. The whole place was kept very clean! Sound system in theatre needs upgrading was very loud and muffled. Beach was great.

Aston Costa Verde Beach Resort: Beautiful Wedding

This was my eight time at the resort. I have brought many people over the years because I had such a wonderful time for most of them. Unfortunately the resort is going through a transition with new ownership and all I have to say is that other than a beautiful wedding and good company our trip was quite a disappointment and I really don't think I would return here. Cuba itself is beautiful and I will continue to explore the island of paradise.

Aston Costa Verde Beach Resort: Changes happening to fast

We have stayed at this resort several times. This year we left Halifax April 22 - May 6...our usual two week holiday. The first week there was amazing all our fav. employees were working and a pleasure to see them all again. Very excited that we did get our requested room so important to us. Then things started to change during our second week. Apparently resort was low on guests ...under new management etc. So we were told we had to leave our fav. room by a note left in our door. This was the  [... read more]start of disappointment and pure confusion. They said we were going to the plus section and so we did. If I had wanted to be in the plus section I would have booked that way. Long walk when u need two knee replacements. They closed the main buffet..the beach restaurant and the larcarts. Things got hectic discouraging.. frustrating etc. The one main reason we return to this resort ever year is employees..our room..and the food. I understand this is Cuba different way of life and I truly love our friends there. Never had this happen to us before at this resort but being trustful we had left two thermoses and my morning coffee mug on our patio table. Went to look for them and they were gone. I know in my heart ..gut and mind it was not the employees working there. Lots of rumors of how locals come in on the weekends and steel cutterly etc. Now keep in mind the employees have to pay for these items so I was told. Not sure of the upper Managers name but he does not speak English. I believe it was his wife that I seen several times walking around with a walkie talkie. I was quite taken back when I did witness her showing authority in the buffet. It was hot these people work their butts off doing repetious work. Omg this one worker had a small glass half glass of water and with one point by a finger she had to get rid of the water. Come on lady in the long dress really !!!! really it's not the Ritz Carlton. Oh to you and your husband your welcome on the gift we gave you both and also for your 10 year old son. The employees feel positive changes are coming to the resort .I hope it will be that way. To take out all regular staff well almost all lay them off or send them painting u have to be kidding me. The students that replaced them are running around shoes to big or too small working like animals for free. Um yeah something wrong with that set up. Yes they need on secene training hey but not put out there like they are totally lost. Lastly no one can fill Barbara's shoes no one. Sorry we did not see her this year in public relations. Will I go back right now debateable. I have to say I would recommend to a friend as long as they read reviews from here on. As I don't know what it will be like next April.

Blau Varadero: Amazing place

It was my 7th time at the Blau and the 4th time for my boyfriend. We love to go there. The hotel is clean, the food is good and the staff is amazing. They are part of my family and we stay in touch after each visit. I recommend that hotel... you will be addicted for sure!

Punta Peninsula Varadero: Truly an amazing resort!

Blau Marina Varadero Resort is an exceptional resort. The rooms were very clean and I felt very comfortable in my room. It was like sleeping at home. I loved the food! There were so many choices, the flavour and presentation was exceptional. Even if you were fussy, which my husband is, you would find something you liked. The grounds and the hotel facility was clean and was well kept. Loved the pool and when I was tired of the pool, the beach was a great place to hang out too. The hotel offe [... read more]red so much to do and the people that worked there were very friendly and were very helpful. Someone would always ask how you were enjoying your stay because they wanted to make sure you happy, which we were. Overall our stay there was very enjoyable and we would return to Blau Marina Varadero.

Aston Costa Verde Beach Resort: Comfortable and relaxing

This was a spur of the moment trip for us so was mainly looking for a good place at a good price. We got both. The resort was smaller than most as well as at the end of the season so it wasn't over crowded at the pools or beach. Lots of sun. Staff was friendly and helpful when needed. This is not a fancy resort, but was very clean. The mattresses are in need of replacing. Signage could be better for finding your way around, but again it is a smaller resort. Only negatives about the place was tha [... read more]t they didn't use real OJ in their drinks and they sprayed for bugs at suppertime when everyone was outside.

Punta Peninsula Varadero: Unfortunate

This was our 10th visit to this hotel. We love the staff. They are always willing to do whatever it takes to make our experience enjoyable. Unfortunately this trip the hotel is between owners and more than half closed. The buffet was very scant and the only 2 times we ate at the resort that were even in our opinion any good at all were the 2 a la carte meals. We ate across the road at the marina and it was excellent. When you pay for all inclusive you don't expect to have to go elsewhere f [... read more]or meals. On a good note the beach was as beautiful as ever and our room was comfortable and very clean. The maid made us the lovely towel creatures daily. There were only 100 people at a resort that can accommodate 1300. Pools were closed and many services unavailable. We wish we had been told by tripcentral before we went as we would have chosen a different resort. Hopefully the future will be brighter for this gorgeous property. Right now I am going to have to say I would not recommend but perhaps in the future.