Photo of Blau Colonial Hotel Cayo Coco
The resort from about 800ft view from balcony at night Pillar Beach heading to the beach

Blau Colonial Hotel Cayo Coco

Jardins del Rey Cayo Coco, Ciego de Avila Province, Cuba

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The nicest beach ever?

A travel blog entry by bearethere

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On day three of our adventure we were early for one of our lunches. So Eddy, our man in Havana, hee hee, took us to a public beach area called Playa Pilar.
He talked it up a lot and frankly what beach in Cuba isn't nice? but when we got there we were all pretty impressed.
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White cows all over the road

A travel blog entry by bearethere

... about some wild cows which were white. It seemed a little far-fetched but then lo and behold they were all over the road and we had to almost stop to avoid hitting them.
Our hotel was quite nice. It's a budget hotel, only 3 1/2* but it was very clean, cute room and we had an Oceanview.
We checked in no problem and so began our ...

Cuba

A travel blog entry by mkuncio

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... we stopped at a really nice beach for lunch and a swim before making our way back to hotel. The first spot was nice, but I was a little surprised with the lack of coral and fish. I don't like to compare 1 place to another as I like to appreciate each individual place for what it has to offer, but I must admit, the reef system in Cuba is nothing like what I had experienced in Mexico.

I though once we make it to the second spot it may changed my opinion. Unfortunately ...

Finally on holiday!

A travel blog entry by penguinchris

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... ribbon” and stopped for a late lunch at Playa Pinar. Lonely Planet lists this as one of the ten best beaches in the Caribbean so Alex decided to risk getting the last bus home to get some beach time whilst we went in search of more birds.

The causeway looked to have possibilities and at our first stop we picked up a few Least Sandpipers and an Anhinga as well as adding a couple more heron/egret species. We’d discussed an ...

More delays - but it gets better

A travel blog entry by penguinchris

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Our stay at Hotel Inglaterra included breakfast and although our room was fairly ordinary, the public areas of the hotel definitely looked the part and the breakfast was substantial and had plenty of variety.

The cost of car rental in Cuba is ridiculous. We had managed to arrange a reduced rate, saving about £100 on the best quote we’d seen via some contacts but we were still waiting at the hotel for our renter to arrive at 10 a.m., one hour after we had ...

This hotel was formerly known as: Blau Colonial

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