The weather was more or less perfect, round about 28+C every day with a nice cooling breeze off the sea, the hotel beach was perfect a lovely long strip of clean white sand with a very very blue and warm sea, beach lovers paradise.
Whilst in the Hotel we just chilled out, the day consisted of simply, brekkie, beach, lunch, few drinks, beach, few drinks, nap, dinner, few drinks bed, pretty simple but very very effective in the relaxation stakes, we were both thoroughly chilled out within 2 days.
We stayed in Havana for one night and thoroughly enjoyed the vibe of the place, the old town is great fun and the city as a who is very interesting. The live music bounding out of the Bars and Clubs is magic, the Bueno Vista Social Club was the highlight ACE.We stayed in what was the old Hilton in Havana (see the pictures), which was where Fidel ran the
revolution from for 18
months, he had the penthouse suite apparently. The hotel itself was pretty good example of 50's architecture, but i think it still had the same lifts, these things had a mind of there own and were on bungee cords! it took at least 20 minutes to get to the ground floor from our room on the 18th floor, every time the lift stopped it felt like it was catapulted up two floors before docking with the selected floor, i don't mind this kink of thing at Alton Towers but not when I'm trying to get down for brekkie!
revolution from for 18
months, he had the penthouse suite apparently. The hotel itself was pretty good example of 50's architecture, but i think it still had the same lifts, these things had a mind of there own and were on bungee cords! it took at least 20 minutes to get to the ground floor from our room on the 18th floor, every time the lift stopped it felt like it was catapulted up two floors before docking with the selected floor, i don't mind this kink of thing at Alton Towers but not when I'm trying to get down for brekkie! The other major selling point of the hotel was "The Top of the World" nite club and it definitely was NITE. This was a night club on the top floor of the hotel, which was allegedly one of Havana's hot spots, well it was a little club which looked a bit like The Rotherham United Suite (that good eh!) but it did have a rather funky round bar where we sat at the smallest stools
known to man and drank the most expensive drinks in Cuba i think! But again the clubs saving grace was the house band, there were about 20 of em and after a very very long Phoenix nights / boxing Las Vegas style intro the band finally exploded into action. But none the less they were rather good.
known to man and drank the most expensive drinks in Cuba i think! But again the clubs saving grace was the house band, there were about 20 of em and after a very very long Phoenix nights / boxing Las Vegas style intro the band finally exploded into action. But none the less they were rather good.
The Cubans really do not like the Americans and the picture on the left shows the US consulate in Havana as they no longer have an embassy, the flags in front of the consulate have been erected by Fidel as a kind of public art works / memorial each flag symbolises a Cuban killed by the Americans.
Lots of cigars and mojito's were enjoyed and the overall feeling of Cuba is that of a great place to go and holiday and really chill out, the people are great and have a very good sense of humour, Catherine and myself would recommend it to anyone.
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