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GIBARA: Los Hermanos $
B&B Road Map E3
Calle Céspedes 13, e/ J Peralta y Luz
Caballero
Tel (24) 844 542
This enormous colonial home has
four spacious rooms and a com­
munal patio. Short walk to the sea.
GUANTÁNAMO: Casa Lisset
Foster $
B&B Road Map F4
Calle Pedro A Pérez 761, e/ Prado y
Jesús del Sol
Tel (21) 325 970
Lisset offers a warm, helpful
wel come at her downtown
home, with three rooms to rent. Colonial-style decor at Casa Muñoz, Trinidad
GUARDALAVACA: Club Amigo Enjoy massages, and the hosts’ SANTIAGO: Roy's Terrace
Atlántico $$ home­cooked Lebanese food. Inn $
Resort Road Map F3 B&B Road Map F4
Playa Guardalavaca HOLGUÍN: Villa Mirador de Calle Diego Palacios 177, e/ Mariano
Tel (24) 430 180 Mayabe $ Corona y Padre Pico
∑ clubamigo.gvc.tur.cu Countryside Road Map E4 Tel (22) 620 522

This sprawling, revamped complex Altura de Mayabe km 8.5 There are modern rooms across
is located in front of a great strip Tel (24) 422 160 three terraces at this home known
of beach. The rooms and the food This simple hilltop hotel offers for its excellent service and home­
are basic, but for the price, it bungalows in flower­filled cooked meals.
cannot be beaten. gardens just a short drive from
downtown Holguín. A peaceful SANTIAGO: Hostal San
GUARDALAVACA: Sol Río de location with views of the Basilio $$
Luna y Mares $$ palm­studded plain below. Historic Road Map F4
Resort Road Map F3 Calle Bartolomé Masó 403, e/
Playa Esmeralda NIQUERO: Hotel Niquero $ Carnicería y Porfirio Valiente (Calvario)
Tel (24) 430 060 Budget Road Map E4 Tel (22) 651 702
∑ melia.com Calle Martí 100 This small, elegant city centre hotel
With games, watersports facilities Tel (23) 592 367 is adorned with 19th­century
and a children’s club, this large A basic town­centre hotel, Spanish colonial furnishings.
hotel is popular with families. It is the Niquero is the only
set on a stunning beach. accommoda tion close SANTIAGO: Hotel Casa
to the Parque Nacional Granda $$
GUARDALAVACA: Hotel Brisas Desembarco de Granma. Historic Road Map F4
Guardalavaca $$$ Calle Heredia no. 201, esq. San Pedro
Resort Road Map F3 PILÓN: Club Amigo Marea Tel (22) 686 600
Calle 2 no. 1, Playa Guardalavaca del Portillo $$ Santiago’s iconic hotel has a roof
Tel (24) 430 218 Resort Road Map E4 garden, perfect for cocktails at
∑ brisasguardalavaca.com Marea del Portillo km 12.5, Pilón dusk, and a parkside terrace.
Right next to the larger, busier Tel (23) 597 008
Atlántico, this is a family­focused This remote black­sand resort SANTIAGO: Hotel San Juan $$
hotel. The accommodation blocks envel oped by the surrounding Family Road Map F4
huddle around four swimming Sierra Maestra mountains is pop­ Carretera de Siboney km 1.5
pools and face the beach. ular with vacationing Canadians. Tel (22) 687 200
∑ islazul.cu
GUARDALAVACA: Paradisus Río DK Choice This modern hotel with a pool is
de Oro $$$ a short distance from the historic
Resort Road Map F3 SANTIAGO: Casa Colonial centre. Perfect for those with kids.
Playa Esmeralda Maruchi $
Tel (24) 430 090 B&B Road Map F4 DK Choice
∑ melia.com Calle Hartmann (San Félix) 357,
This luxurious adults­only resort e/ Trinidad y San Germán SIERRA MAESTRA: Brisas los
sits in lush gardens. Private coves Tel (22) 620 767 Galeones $$
dotted along the shoreline make A gorgeous Spanish colonial Resort Road Map F4
perfect retreats for relax ation. home in the historic city Carretera Chivirico km 72
It has a fine Japanese restaurant. centre, with an internal Tel (22) 326 160
patio surrounded by An all­inclusive hotel perched
HOLGUÍN: Villa Liba $ flourishing ornamental on a bougainvillea­fringed
B&B Road Map E4 plants. One room is set up hilltop and set against a
Calle Maceo 46, esq. Línea, Reparto El on its own private terrace; the mountain backdrop. The small
Llano other two face the patio and beach is reached by descending
Tel (24) 423 823 are furnished with colonial more than 100 steps, while the
This 1950s home is a peaceful beds and antique lace. pool area is perfect for relaxation.
haven, a short walk from the centre.
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