Holguin

I'd say it's in the same league as Playa Pesquero Premium, at a significant lower price (for now). Coral area is pretty compact, with everything close and not a long walk to the main resort. Rooms are great, and everything works well. The Coral restaurant is a la carte all meals, with pretty good menus at lunch and dinner. The lobby bar is not very active, rather low occupancy at the time and older tourists. Main/better beach (Pesquero) is a good walk away but cart rides are available and fast.

Paradisus Rio De Oro is one of our favorite resorts in Cuba. This January, we were staying there one week. It was our 3rd time we were spending our vacation in this beautiful resort. Our room was clean and bottled drinking water was always available. Good restaurants and bars, nice beach. Very friendly staff. Pool entertainment was particularly amazing. Thanks to an excellent work by Vasti, we were very active in the pool. Her dedication and professionalism were truly inspiring. We all had a great time. Vasti made our holiday enjoyable and unforgettable. We will definitely return to this resort.

We had a great time at Playa Pesquero. Both my parents and children enjoyed it very much. The hotel and the grounds are well kept. Our room was in a perfect location, clean and welll equipped. The staff accommodated our requests regarding the room prior to coming. The beach is amazing, sand and water beautiful, you can do snorkeling right near the shore and see fishes and corals. The pool is very nice and big as well. Food was good, many restaurants and buffets on the site, you can always find something you enjoy eating, kids loved it. Staff is amazing, very nice people all around, always with a smile and willing to help out. We did not want to leave. Will be back for sure :)

This resort was amazing with plenty of good food and activities. The staff was amazing and super friendly. Like most places in Cuba, from time to time things ran low or out, but they accommodated as much as possible and there was other things that would be substituted. The rooms are a little dated and run down but everything worked and was clean. I cannot wait for the next trip!

We went to Fiesta Americana on Wed February 11th - Wed February 18th in 2019 and had an amazing time and decided to go back the exact same week in 2020. We were disappointed this year. Here were the pros from last year: -weather (only rained one evening for about an hour) -food was excellent (for Cuba's standards) with fresh fruit everyday, a person available to make fresh smoothies, even options such as brie cheese were available -not crowded, don't have to get up early to save a chair by the pool/beach Cons from last year: -broken chairs (almost all of them have broken bases which make very uncomfortable for lounging) -very slow service at the snack bar -ran out of all bread throughout the hotel most days -we were in the main block which was really loud This year's pros: -weather - above 30 everyday, didn't see one drop of rain -got invited to a 'special dinner' one night with 8 others (4 couples) where we were served surf and turf in exchange for a review... -great spot -we were in block 17 which was (in our opinion), second best block. If we could choose, we'd request 16. closest block that is not right in the centre of the action. We don't like being a mile away but don't want to be right in the centre of the action kept up late from disco music, etc. This year's cons: -they brought in over 1,000 local cubans for Valentine's day (Friday) and Saturday. It was awful because that resort cannot handle that many guests. Not enough restaurants, not enough food, not enough toilet paper, not enough currency. Just plain awful. Every food lineup was hours long. They ran out of most of the food at every restaurant (imagine going to an italian restaurant and being offered penne noodles with white sauce and no meat as the ONLY thing left on the menu). Many of the Cubans were rude and would quite literally push you out of the way and butt right in front of you in lines. Huge disaster. -currency was always out at the hotel. they wouldn't break large bills into smaller ones so we tipped a few times and then stopped tipping until they'd break our bills (tried 3 days in a row before they finally had smaller money) -the above mentioned problem trickled into everything else.... toilet paper was always out, food was always out, etc -almost every lounger is broken and uncomfortable. we got up super early to reserve 2 of the 5 good ones around the main pool Still a cheap trip with great weather if you can let go of the anger you face trying to line up for a simple drink or coffee. And if you're ok for a couple days standing in line for an hour before getting seated at a restaurant.

This was our second time, the first was a couple of months ago in December. We were generally very happy with all of it that is why we returned so quickly for 2 weeks this time. Little cove beach was delightful and this time they brought down the chaise lounges and had a manned bar and then added a BBQ lunch area, it was wonderful and so were those staff! I particularly like the fact that they do not force loud music on their guests. I would avoid the Grill bar near the swim up pool...every meal I had there was dreadful. The 24 hour bar near the double pool could be wonderful but the service was very poor, staff are given specific areas to serve so if that server is hiding in the back the other one will not offer to take your order even though they see you sitting there for hours. We ended up just going all the way up to the buffet to eat. Things keep changing with no one telling anyone, We discovered the Benny Bar opened up to everyone but we found out by talking to someone working in the nursery. We tried it for breakfast and it was great so if you are going, there is another option to eat besides the buffet. The accommodation in the Villas is great, big rooms and beds, loads of cupboard space, patios balconies etc. The cleaning was good and the service on the front desk was quite efficient, the staff seemed pretty experienced and knowledgeable. There is a nice little outdoor arts and crafts market near the hotel well worth visiting...

The resort's staffs are very friendly and greatly. The room is clean and AC and hot water are perfect. But there are a lots of tiny bugs and bite you and cause itchy. My arms and legs are bitten allover. It was nightmare. The beach is ok. But the sea is very shallow and not for swimming. The room electric voltage is low. My cellphone is difficult to charge unless sometimes in the morning and shutdown your room AC then can charge it. WIFI is very bad.