На Кубе главное - море! In Cuba, the main thing is the sea!

Cuba is Cuba. Therefore, you are unlikely to find a clean five in the European sense. But of the available, I think this is the best. The first impression upon arrival and a critical examination of the room and territory is disappointing: the furniture is a bit old, the bathroom has rust, pillows that are not quite familiar, simple furniture in the bars. . . But over time, you relax and move away from the standards, and already everything seems wonderful. It so happened that our friends rested in another nearby Paradisus hotel, and their hotel is positioned a little higher with us, and the rooms are fresher and the territory is greener, but the food at Sandals compensates for its deterioration. Moreover, we liked the main restaurant more than a la carte. At breakfast, at least 6-8 types of fruit, a wide variety of noble cheeses, red fish, fried eggs, scrambled eggs, waffles instantly, almost without a queue, while while you wait, they unobtrusively entertain with conversations, there was champagne several times. For lunch and dinner, 3 types of meat (beef, lamb, chicken), king prawns (and the waiter immediately brings a bowl to wash his hands without asking), grilled fish, rolls, sashimi, Italian cuisine, awesome fragrant tomatoes, ice cream. Tipping is loved, but not begged for, in any case, friendly, smiling, attentive, that you want to leave a tip. If you are tired of Sandals restaurants, you can easily go along the river bank for lunch or dinner at Paradisus - these hotels do not have bracelets, and no one asks which one is from which. We did this to spend time with friends. The audience is 70% Canadians, with young people and pensioners 50/50. During the day, young people hang out in the pool, in the evening in the bar and on the beach, everyone is cheerful, sociable, but not lawless. As for the animation, I disagree with the previous review. Animation is more designed for the young category - either a show of tricks and tricks to modern music (Rammstein), or a rock concert. Although in general we are not big fans of animation in general, because we entertain ourselves. There are not many of our compatriots, unlike Paradisus, they are mostly quite intelligent audience, although not without exceptions. But it's all little things. The main attraction of Cuba is the sea, so in addition to the beach there are boat trips, we highly recommend it! The coolest thing is fishing. The price for 4 fishermen is 380 cookies (360 euros), each accompanying person is 30 cookies, but this is an individual boat, a team of 2 people. , booze, drinks and an individual program - fishing didn’t go, so they will take you to swim with masks, catch lobsters in front of you and prepare a dinner of delicacies for 25 cookies, for which they would give no less than a hundred on land. Fishing is in demand, so you need to book at least 3-5 days in advance. You can also ride a boat in a group on Cayo Blanco, the price per person will be the same as fishing, only there will be about 50 people in a group, but a lot depends on the team - we were very lucky, there were incredibly funny and witty guys. We also took a tour to Cayo Largo, but this is further away, you have to fly with a local airline, which does not look very reliable, but the pilots of the Soviet school, so everything will be in order. If funds allow, then I highly recommend taking a plane in business class - 13 hours of horizontal position are worth it!