Maria la Gorda - Revision history

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-The dinner buffet is no good and at 15CUC per person is very bad value. There is also a small a la carte restaurant which is marginally better. When booking the hotel don't take the dinner option - you can decide when you get there if you want to risk the buffet! (In March 2006 the food was found to be OK, though the restaurant was better than the buffet. Both were no better or worse than most of the meals in various parts of Cuba.)
+The dinner buffet is no good and at 15CUC per person is very bad value. There is also a small a la carte restaurant which is marginally better. When booking the hotel don't take the dinner option - you can decide when you get there if you want to risk the buffet! (In March 2006 the food was found to be OK, though the restaurant was better than the buffet. Both were no better or worse than most of the meals in various parts of Cuba.) (In February 2010 buffet food was very good - not luxury, of course, but much much much better compared to anything we had in Cuba at all)
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-Hotel Maria la Gorda, CUC 66 for a room with 2 beds (hot water, TV, rich breakfast). This is the only hotel in entire area down from Guane. They have a complex of wooden cabins connected by walkways which were comfortable and pleasant.
+*'''Hotel Maria la Gorda''', CUC 66 for a room with 2 beds (hot water, TV, rich breakfast). This is the only hotel in entire area down from Guane. They have a complex of wooden cabins connected by walkways which were comfortable and pleasant.
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-The food at the hotel is pretty foul. The dinner buffet is no good and at 15CUC per person is very bad value. There is also a small a la carte restaurant which is marginally better. When booking the hotel dont take the dinner option - you can decide when you get there if you want to risk the buffet!
+The dinner buffet is no good and at 15CUC per person is very bad value. There is also a small a la carte restaurant which is marginally better. When booking the hotel don't take the dinner option - you can decide when you get there if you want to risk the buffet! (In March 2006 the food was found to be OK, though the restaurant was better than the buffet. Both were no better or worse than most of the meals in various parts of Cuba.)
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 In March 2006 the food was found to be OK, though the restaurant was better than the buffet. Both were no better or worse than most of the meals in various parts of Cuba.
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 The food at the hotel is pretty foul. The dinner buffet is no good and at 15CUC per person is very bad value. There is also a small a la carte restaurant which is marginally better. When booking the hotel dont take the dinner option - you can decide when you get there if you want to risk the buffet!
-In March 2006 we found the food OK, though the restaurant was better than the buffet. Both were no better or worse than most of the meals we were served in various parts of Cuba.
+In March 2006 the food was found to be OK, though the restaurant was better than the buffet. Both were no better or worse than most of the meals in various parts of Cuba.
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 Diving is the main activity on offer. A range of options are available, and snorkeling trips go out with every dive (though on one trip there was little to be seen by snorkelers that couldn't be seen by snorkeling from the jetty). There is also a volleyball pitch.
-The hotel also advertises that it runs hiking excursions, and other entertainment, but I saw little evidence of any of that.
+The hotel also advertises that it runs hiking excursions, and other entertainment, but travelers report little evidence of any of that.
-If you have your own transport it is possible to drive (with a paid guide) to the western end of mainland Cuba. This Wikitraveller was rather disappointed in this trip: it was a long dusty drive with little to see - there's a lighthouse and marina at the end, but we weren't taken round the former and were the only visitors to the latter (they provided sandwiches and beers, not included in the price). We did see a couple of Iguanas from the road, but we'd already seen one within the resort. The highlight was a deep swimming hole with an underground connection to the sea (and containing some tropical fish). This wasn't far from the start of the tour, at the Ecological station, where the road meets the sea on the way in. It was unclear whether you could get there without paying the guide fee (you probably could on foot). Other trips (including hikes) are also available from the station. If you're interested in Cuban birdlife there are a few bits and pieces to be seen. Bee Hummingbirds (the smallest bird in the world) are said to be present on the peninsula but I didn't see any (found them at Playa Larga instead, with the help of a guide). Royal Terns loafed on the piles near the resort entrance and I found some Yellow-headed Warblers and a single Black-throated Green Warbler around a dump not far from the resort - follow a track into the scrubby woodland next to a roadside pool on the inland side of the road half a mile or so from the resort entrance. In spring large black, yellow and red land crabs swarm in their hundreds across the roads (especially after rain) and the inevitable casualties attract scavenging flocks of Turkey Vultures. Quite a sight.
+If you have your own transport it is possible to drive (with a paid guide) to the western end of mainland Cuba. This Wikitraveller was rather disappointed in this trip: it was a long dusty drive with little to see - there's a lighthouse and marina at the end, but we weren't taken round the former and were the only visitors to the latter (they provided sandwiches and beers, not included in the price). You may see some Iguanas from the road, or within the resort. There is a deep swimming hole with an underground connection to the sea (and containing some tropical fish) at the Ecological station, where the road meets the sea on the way in. Other trips (including hikes) are also available from the station. If you're interested in Cuban birdlife there are a few bits and pieces to be seen. Bee Hummingbirds (the smallest bird in the world) are said to be present on the peninsula and at Playa Larga. Royal Terns loaf on the piles near the resort entrance and there are some Yellow-headed Warblers and Black-throated Green Warblers around a dump not far from the resort - follow a track into the scrubby woodland next to a roadside pool on the inland side of the road half a mile or so from the resort entrance. In spring large black, yellow and red land crabs swarm in their hundreds across the roads (especially after rain) and the inevitable casualties attract scavenging flocks of Turkey Vultures. Quite a sight.
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