We spent 11 days there beginning Feb 20. The weather was beautiful.
Check in was fastest ever at a resort as we arrived with few other guests.

We had emailed asking for a specific room which they had ready for us. It was wonderful, quiet with a lovely balcony where we spent hours reading and watching the sea.

The fridge was cold and stocked daily with bottled water. the bad coke they make in Cuba and good juices. The bed was very large and comfortably firm. The room was very well cleaned each day. There were no crawling bugs at all but there were a few flies on the veranda in the afternoon mainly. They did a spraying run around the hotel twice during our stay.

The guests were mostly Canadian middle aged and overweight.
They were friendly, well behaved, ate and drank a lot and got sunburned.

The food is Cuban not French not Italian. There is always more than necessary and always something good. The drinks are resort weak. Its a good thing they are. If they were strong everyone would be blotto by 2PM. The hotel cups are tiny so bring a big Canadian Tire insulated cup and you will be saved from getting up every 2 minutes to go back to the bar.

The snorkeling at the beach was very good. The water was warm enough it was possible to do this for an hour or so. Lots of fish but nothing very big or threatening. The coral was in fairly good shape in spite of people standing on it. Visibility varied from very clear to a bit cloudy.

We were not involved much in the activities organized around the pool but people seemed to be having fun. We took a hotel tour to Havana and another to Varadero both of which had very good guides who were extremely candid about their lives in Cuba and very proud of their country.

We rented a car and spent another day in Havana and a day in Pinar Del Rio province. It is easy to get around as there is little traffic. It costs 3CUC to park all day in Havana with a guy to watch the car. Havana is safe and was completely free of jineteros in the central areas while we were there.

I liked the hotel staff. Some were friendly and some reserved but all were attentive and polite and almost resentful of tips at times.
I wonder if they have to turn them over to the hotel. The bus tour guides on the other hand were most grateful for a CUC or two.
We have been to most of the bigger islands in the Caribbean and most of the countries in central america and five other resorts in Cuba including Paradisus Rio D'oro and this place is my favorite ( for now). It is not glitsy just a happy relaxing place.

The TV and internet are not very good but it is a relief to be able to ignore them. The dinning room toaster is also feeble but we met some interesting people while waiting for it to do its work
We will go back.

We arrived at the hotel on 24th February, after an excellent flight with Virgin. We were given a friendly welcome and shown to our room, I had emailed guest relations requesting a quiet top floor room with a king size bed and that is exactly what we got. We had room 2139 which is at the end of the walkway down to the beach.Our balcony directly overlooked the beach. I would not have been happy if we had been put anywhere near the pool and entertainment area though, we like early nights and the noise from the entertainment area was loud until 11pm some nights.

Our room was spotlessly clean, the bed was comfy with lots of soft pillows. There was good water pressure in the shower. A decent selction of toiletries were provided.There was also a hairdryer, iron and board, CD player and coffee machine. A fridge would have been welcome though, I think they are in some of the ocean front rooms.A vacuum jug is provided which you can get filled with filtered water at the bars, this is a bit of a nuisance though. We missed having a supply of bottled water and soft drinks in the room which is common in other caribbean all inclusive resorts.Our maid, Mayret,looked after us really well, our room was always serviced before 11am and without fail she left us towel decorations, including swans, hearts and butterflies. We left her little gifts and she would always write a note to say thanks.

The hotel grounds and beach were immaculate. We did not use the pool but spent our days on the beach, there is lots of shade available and plenty of chairs. The resort appeared full and there were plentry of chairs to go round.People still insisted though on the selfish practise of reserving their chairs early in the morning and then not appearing until just before lunch.The beach beds were hard plastic although not too uncomfy. I noticed that quite a few people brought the pillows from their bedrooms to lie on. I thought that was horrible and realy unhygenic.

The sea was beautiful, there were a few jellyfish on the day we arrived, but they completely disappeared and the green flag flew all week. The sea was crystal clear and the coral was really close to the shore, snorkelling was great with a good variety of fish. It is a good spot for novice snorkellers to learn in safety. I was disappointed to see people standing on the coral, the hotel does not seem to worried about this and does nothing to discourage people form doing so. Perhaps a couple of signs on the beach would help.

Food - well I was disappointed, the breakfasts were my favourite. Lots of choice and the omelette chef was great. The breads were really good, especially the walnut rolls.The coffee was bad though and the fresh juice bar was lacking.

Lunch- we used the buffet once, we didn't fancy the cooked offerings and just had deserts.For the rest of the time we used the beach restaurant, not a huge choice, burgers, hot dogs, fish fillet, chicken or pizza with fries and salad. It wasgood though, freshly cooked and served with a smile. We had the best service here.

Evening buffet, well I'm sorry but I don't understand anyone who rates the food highly here. It was average at best, a limited salad selection, meats in gravy and sloppy mashed potatoes.Nothing had any flavour and most things looked unappetising. The deserts were good though, lots of chocolatey puds and cakes.

We ate at both speciality restaurants, the Italian was OK, but the seafood cocktail was ruined by being smothered in tomato ketchup.We preferred the Cuban restaurant, but beacuse we had the last reservation we were rushed through our meal which was over in about 40 minutes.

There is a good selection of bars, we thought that the quality of drinks were good, especially the Mojitos, and we liked the spanish coffee after dinner. More waiter service would have been good though. We used the Piano bar but thought it lacked atmosphere, the piano player was a joke. He was a miserable person who spent most of his time hanging out at the end of the bar drinking, he only played once the whole week and then ignored his audience.

On the subject of staff, I have read in other reviews that everyone is friendly and smiling. We did not find this to be the case, some people were lovely, especially at the beach bar, others were not. Staff at the lobby bar appeared to have their favourites and made a fuss of them, we were lucky to get a glimmer of a smile, even though we tipped.

Overall although I have been negative in some areas, we did really enjoy our week at Breezes, it just didn't measure up to other places we have been.However, if you are looking for a relaxing break in a spotlessly clean and beautiful environment AND the price is right, I would recommend it.

My second time to Varadero and I must say the Jibacoa was much better then the Barcelo Solymar (where I stayed the first time). The only area where it might be a negative is the location. This resort is not in Varadero, its about 45 minutes from there and an hour and a bit to Havana. Although the secluded location can be a postitive depending on the type of traveler you are. The food was good for Cuba standards. The beach and snorkelling are excellent when its not windy. It is a little more relaxed of a resort, but we managed to get a good group of young people as well to get things going. I would definitely recommend this hotel to couples who are looking for relaxation and daytime activities. If your looking for nightlife, stay in Havana.

I just returned from Breezes Jibacoa and I have to say that it is simply the best resort that I have ever been to.
The food was simply fantastic, the service was exceptional.
The coral reef was just crazy, it was so.... amazing that I can't say enough about it.
My buddy and I did two Excursions.
1: The first was the Jeep tour and oh boy were we in for a treat. Snorkeling in the underwater river cave and then taking a tour of the Bellamar Caves. The stop @ the coffe farm\restaurant was also terrific, I got to ride a bull, and my buddy rode a horse.
2: The other tour was to Havana. that whole trip can be sumed up as fantastic!!!
Back to the resort, the nightly shows were very cool, the pool was a little shallow, but still nice to play volleyball in.