Cib Maria La Gorda

“Great location”

We were travelling around Cuba to see wildlife. This hotel is really convenient for the Guanacabibes biosphere reserve. The beach is lovely and great for swimming. Staff helpful and friendly and food good.

“Worth to go”

If you dive you're planning to go to Cuba , this is your place You will enjoy the beach and the crystal water where to dive in. The lodge is medium size, so you'll need to book in advance The lodge is over an unspoiled beach that makes it delightful.

“The best scuba diving we had in Cuba”

We were not sure if it is worth going all the way down there for scuba diving but I am glad we did. There are three dives a day (9:00, 11:00 and 15:00) which give you flexibility. There was no need to book in advance we just showed up before the dive and it was enough. The dive masters checked ou... lisää

We were not sure if it is worth going all the way down there for scuba diving but I am glad we did. There are three dives a day (9:00, 11:00 and 15:00) which give you flexibility. There was no need to book in advance we just showed up before the dive and it was enough. The dive masters checked out certificates and allocated us to a group depending on our experience. The group was nicely small (4+1) and the instructor was attentive. The equipment has seen better days but as we found out later on in Playa Giron and Trinidad it could be much worse. We saw plenty of fish (barracuda, lion fish) and beautiful coral gardens and I think this was the best diving site we visited in Cuba. Later on we met in Trinidad another couple who also did diving in Maria La Gorda and said they even saw shark and turtle, unfortunately, we were not that lucky.

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“Only option in Maria la Gorda”

We stayed at this hotel two nights because we wanted to scuba dive in one of the best places in Cuba. The scuba diving was really amazing! It was my first dive ever and I am so grateful to the instructor Gerardo who was so kind and lovely with me! He really made me feel safe the whole time and I ... lisää

We stayed at this hotel two nights because we wanted to scuba dive in one of the best places in Cuba. The scuba diving was really amazing! It was my first dive ever and I am so grateful to the instructor Gerardo who was so kind and lovely with me! He really made me feel safe the whole time and I had a fantastic dive! So much so that I decided to go for a second round in the afternoon and was so happy to see he would be our instructor once again! THANKS GERARDO! Even while simply snorkeling ashore, one could see several different species of fishes of the most beautiful colors. It’s special! The hotel, well... It was our first experience in a state hotel after many casas particulares and the service is simply not comparable. The food was far from being good (but standard for a state hotel as we later discovered) and we didn’t really enjoy the many flies flying on and over it. We booked full board (and thank God because the hotel is in the middle of nowhere and the shop inside has limited opening hours), but we discovered the beverages (including water) were not included... The room and the bathroom were very spacious and mostly clean. We also had a nice balcony. The towels, however, seemed dirty. They had ugly red and brown stains on them (probably they are washed by hands and stains are hard to get rid of?) and we preferred not to use them. The hotel has both double storey cement houses and far more lovely wooden cabins. Unluckily, the cabins were under renovation and couldn’t be used. There were also small cement houses right in front of the beach. We would recommend them, if the wooden cabins aren’t available. Horses walk freely in the park of the hotel, which makes for a really picturesque scenery. Cats are everywhere!!

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