We were at La Salina for our wedding during the week of April 6-13!!! Our trip couldn't have been better!!!! The Resort is AMAZING!!! The grounds are so well maintained, and the garden staff are SO SO nice and they work SO hard. We enjoyed the walking, the size of the resort is nothing to complain about. Its actually better, especially after the amount of food there is to eat! The buffet always had good food (especially the YUMMY ribs) The snack bars were great. The a la cartes were soooo yummy!! The beach is beautiful!! The staff were super friendly. Absolutely NO complaints. Our wedding was amazing!! Couldn't have been better!! Definitely worth getting the cuban band to play!! The Wedding cake is DELICIOUS!!! Susana is GREAT. We had our own arch constructed for our ceremony and the guys worked so hard to get it the way we wanted it!!! Kudos to them!!! They were awesome!! Now the arch is permanently at the beach for everyone to use!!!
The activity pool is SO much fun!! Especially the waterslide!! What a hoot!! Even for adults!!

A few tips:
Bring Bugspray!! its not just this resort, its cuba in general.
Don't just tip the maids. They get most of the stuff. Don't forget the gardeners and the other staff as well.
Bring a sweater. Its kinda cool at night
Book your a la cartes the day you get there. The Japanese and Steak house fill up!!
Be considerate, and don't 'reserve' beach loungers.

Not one single thing to Complain about!!! Enjoy your trip!!!

Hotels are old and run down. Cities also run down and dirty. Was there two weeks...would never go back. I feel sorry for Cuban people.

I visited Varadero and Havana in February and was amazed by the friendlynest of the Cubans.After reading some of the negative reviews I went without much expectations.

The hotel in Varadero ' Palma Real' was what I would expect of a 3.5 star, but the staff made our stay a dream. Unfortunatly they couldn't do much about the loud guest in the hallways at 3am.
Notice to fellow travellers " a hotel is not your house, try to be quiet in public areas after 10pm" .
The best surprise , was the fact that you do not get attacked by sellers & beggars as soon as you step foot outside .

The prices on liquor was best at the airport.& what a surprise to be able to take liquids in our carryons from Varadero airport.

“This is the most beautiful land that human eyes have ever seen “these were the words with which the admiral Christopher Columbus described the island in 1492. Cuba it does not provide the polished version of modern-day tourism that other destinations offer. Tourists complain of poor service, spotty infrastructure and lousy food, indicative of a communist system where shortages are common and state employees feel little motivation to excel at their jobs. The government offers all-inclusive packages but this doesn’t help you to know the true Cuba. True Cuba is underneath that shell that media have been promoting during the years, diggings in inconveniences will make you realize that the real essence of this island, in spite of all it problems, remains intact. Despite of natural and non-natural upsets Cuba still preserve a unique ecosystem, rich cultural and historical heritage designated by UNESCO, great natural beauty (some of the best beaches in the world), wonderful friendly people, inspiring and perfect blended music from all over the world and also why not, astonishing vintage cars and the famous Cuban cigars. But sometimes is enough one unpleasant occurrence to cover the good ones… anyway here I leave a tread about what Cuba will always mean for us…