| top class four star all inclusive resort in Varadero | | | | complaining, and like to see themselves in print, and |
| Cuba is well worth investigation before you book | | | | equally those who are blind to obvious faults, so you |
| your vacation this year | | | | need to take a position on what you read, look at |
| There are differing opinions about the large all | | | | the price you are going to pay, and make a realistic |
| inclusive resorts that seem to pepper the Cuba | | | | assessment of how it is likely to be. |
| landscape. There seems little doubt however that the | | | | The one consistent feature of all the hotels you read |
| Blau Varadero Hotel has fairly unanimous approval not | | | | about in Cuba is how wonderful the staff are, and |
| only from the travel industry but also the travelling | | | | the Blau Varadero Hotel is no exception at all to this. |
| population of the UK and Europe. | | | | The staff work incredibly hard, and try to please, and |
| What is it that makes an all inclusive resort like Blau | | | | to ensure the guests have a good time. The rooms |
| Varadero Hotel so popular, getting a huge measure | | | | and maid service are exceptionally good, although the |
| of support from guests, so much so it has been | | | | rooms themselves are quite plain, but you really only |
| voted the second most popular hotel in Cuba. | | | | use them for sleeping. There a loads of towels and |
| It is a large resort with over 390 rooms and suites, | | | | the white bed linen is always spotless. |
| and is rated as a four star in quality, and there seems | | | | Guests in Cuba Resorts tend to complain about the |
| to be a wide disparity in how guests enjoyed their | | | | food. The buffets as is so often the case in hotels all |
| stay at the Blau Varadero Hotel. | | | | over the world are OK. In fairness there is somehow |
| Some folks were very critical about all aspects of the | | | | a need to eat far more than you would do at home, |
| resort, and others had nothing but praise, so it is | | | | and if you were to compare the choice with what |
| difficult to make an objective judgement. Possibly the | | | | you have at home, there is a lot to choose from. If |
| first and very important point to remember is that | | | | you take breakfast as an example, most people |
| Cuba is a third world country with a very run down | | | | have toast cereal and coffee, whereas at the Blau |
| economy, so you cannot expect standards you will | | | | Varadero Hotel there are three different egg choices, |
| find elsewhere in the Caribbean. Having said that, | | | | bacon, pancakes, French toast, and cereals. This is a |
| there are plenty of people disappointed on islands like | | | | pretty good selection, and you could draw the same |
| Barbados and Antigua because they expect the | | | | comparisons at lunch and dinner. |
| same standards as you will find in London, Paris, or | | | | You also have an a la carte dining option, once a |
| New York. Experienced and worldly travellers know | | | | week at the Palma Real, and the Grill restaurant |
| that things are different in the Caribbean, and they | | | | where you will get really good service, better quality |
| are in fact very very different in Cuba. | | | | wines, and the food is very well presented and good |
| There is also the group of people who delight in | | | | by Cuba resort standards. |