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We were in this hotel from February 28 to March 9.2012.

TERRITORY. Beautiful. Very green, lots of palm trees, flowers. Very thoughtful. The reception is in the center, very nice. Without windows and doors, everywhere there are ponds with fish (some dirty), palm trees, plants, herons catch fry in the ponds, in short, it’s pretty exotic)). Near our building in a flower bed I saw a hummingbird, 2 times! The intricately shaped POOL, surrounded by palm trees, is located a little to the side, therefore it is not a central place for movement.

NUMBERS. HORROR-HORROR!! ! ! ! The number itself is normal. But the bathroom is complete darkness! ! ! ! I don't pick on. The previous review talked about cockroaches, I also killed one with us, and not Madagascar, but such an ordinary black cockroach of ours (thank God that at least not a red one ....brrr. . ). We also changed three rooms, they are all the same, only in the third TV was a Sony LCD! ! ! )) , so we decided to stop at it.

The plumbing is old, sometimes there was not enough water pressure to switch to the shower, I had to hold the switch while my husband was washing. There was a Roman curtain hanging on the window, judging by its appearance, it has been hanging there since the time of the Roman Empire. True, after I wrote about the number in the questionnaire, they removed it. The cupboard, also tattered, by the way, was in the bathroom, opposite the washbasin. In short, I did not want to go to the bathroom again.

CLEANING. Ooooh.... it's a song! ! ! ! We got a terrible maid. I’ll make a reservation right away, not everyone is as lazy as dirty as ours. She cleaned terribly, razika commercials 3-4 in 10 days. After the same questionnaire, she ran to us with questions about what was wrong, and asked me to go to the managers and say that she cleans well ...In short, she also turned out to be impudent ...

NUTRITION. In the common canteen they fed decently. One minus - the range of products for 10 days almost did not change.
But this is quite enough to choose food to your liking, it just gets boring later. Of the pluses, that there is a grill stand with seafood and meat, you show, and they cook in front of you, only the freshness of some seafood was in doubt. The fresh juices were not fresh, and those that were absolutely tasteless were probably out of season. Take orange fresh from the vending machine, because there is no fresh at the common counter. Fruit is also out of season, there is nothing to write about.

RESTAURANTS. Cuban, now near the pool, did not go. In Italian very tasty pizza with seafood, otherwise normal food, quite tasty, but nothing special. Romantic, neither mind nor heart, ate warm shrimp, basically delicious. Lobsters are served there, but we overate seafood during the rest, so we didn’t order them. Japanese. This is tin. Please don't go there because it just sucks!! ! !

BARS. Alcohol super.
I don’t know why to buy more cognac, if they serve 5-year-old Torres (excellent Catalan brandy) for free, they pour nasty Napoleon by default. Just ask for Torres, you won't regret it. 12 year old Chivas, Absolut vodka, martini, Campari, Cointreau, lots of liqueurs (all original). A decent rosé , tastier than red and white. And sometimes there is pink champagne, it is sweeter than white. But this is only part of what is there. And of course cocktails! ! They whip pina colada in a blender, and not just pour the frozen mixture, as they did in the Dominican Republic.


SERVICE. For the first time in my life, I felt discrimination based on nationality. It was felt in the common canteen and restaurants. They will pour coffee for old Canadians ten times, and they will pass you by without noticing. Things were better in the bars, although we always gave tips. In general, Cubans are Chaldean people, they are constantly waiting for tips, and not only at the hotel, on excursions too, about them separately. .

ANIMATION.
Quite enough. During the day, a standard set: volleyball, dancing, yoga, water aerobics in the ocean! ! I liked that in the evening in the lobby bar, first live music, then dancing like salsa, then some kind of show, then disco. Not stressful, but at the same time quite fun.

BEACH. HE IS BEAUTIFUL. OCEAN TEAR. This is the factor that covers all the shortcomings of the hotel. In addition, the neighboring Iberostar has a sunbed-wide beach. The main thing is to get there so that there is no storm, because after it there is no complete calm for 3-4 days. When it's completely calm, it's just heaven!! ! ! ! On the beach, lured pelicans, which are fed every day by local fishermen, absolutely free (which is a rarity) give a fish to feed them yourself.

TOURS. Do not take a group tour to Havana for anything in the world. She will be subject to the "retractable" places of the greedy guide, who will then get drunk and will not knit bast, and then she will still extort tips for a lousy excursion.
We were more tired than after the 12 hour flight. Moreover, the prostitute costs 50 cookies more for two. With this we lost. We also went to the crocodile farm (already individually), our guide also got drunk, despite the fact that she was driving! ! ! ! They wanted to take the steering wheel from her, but it seems that while they were having dinner and were on the beach, they came to their senses))

Summing up, I will say. I really liked Cuba. Yes, the rooms are not great. Yes, some Cubans too. But the impressions from the country, from the chic ocean, from the atmosphere, all this is relegated to the 10th plan. If the poor bathroom does not scare you, then in general I liked the hotel. It just seems to be the case in Cuba.

Comparing with the Dominican Republic (December 2011) - in the Dominican Republic the service is better, the people are nicer, the food is better, BUT THE OCEAN is better in Cuba! ! !