North Coast
One of the few adults-only resorts on the north coast, Blue Bay styles itself as a boutique option for singles and couples looking for a holiday evocative…
North Coast
One of the few adults-only resorts on the north coast, Blue Bay styles itself as a boutique option for singles and couples looking for a holiday evocative…
North Coast
Recently taken over by AM Resorts and turned from a Barceló into a Sunscape, this all-inclusive offers good value and has managed to remain vital at least…
Club Amigo Atlántico – Guardalavaca
Holguín Province
As cheap getaways go, this is Guardalavaca's bargain resort offering, but it's not for particular guests. Cleanliness is not always paramount in this 600…
Varadero
This new-ish Starfish hotel is different from other 21st-century Varadero accommodations. It's not an all-inclusive, it's not a casa particular (private…
US Virgin Islands
The four-story Windward Passage is primarily a business hotel. It’s useful for those seeking free in-room wi-fi, a fitness center, on-site eateries and…
St Vincent & the Grenadines
The eponymous Dennis seems to be related to half the island’s residents, many of whom work here. Rooms are on a hill with views west to Union Island and…
Trinidad
Trinidad goes rustic with the out-of-town Finca Ma Dolores, 1.5km west on the road to Cienfuegos and Topes de Collantes. It's equipped with hotel-style…
Habana del Este
Villa Tarará is part of a planned resort town conceived and built in the 1940s that has gone through various incarnations since (Che Guevara once lived…
Santiago de Cuba Province
This large building behind the basilica has a pleasant sitting room and 15 monk-standard rooms with one to three beds with bath. It's charged in moneda…
Ponce
To the east of Plaza Las Delicias, this independent historical hotel isn't much to look at from the outside, but inside, you'll find a grand lobby. The…
Barbados
A five-story, beachfront, 112-room hotel filled with package tourists that's fairly good for families. In the right light, the institutional green paint…
Holguín Province
This rustic key resort, on a 42-sq-km island at the entrance to Bahía de Nipe, is small, remote and more upmarket than the price suggests. The 12 rooms…
Club Amigo Carisol – Los Corales
Santiago de Cuba Province
There's the swim-up bar, umbrellas in the piña coladas, and the government-sponsored band knocking out 'Guantanamera' as you tuck into your lukewarm…
North Coast
This may be the only self-proclaimed ecolodge to also contain a VIP area with Miami-style lounge beds. And while the austere concrete structure set back…
Varadero
The Delfines is unusual for Varadero in that it's a cheap all-inclusive that inhabits the town itself rather than the spread-out hotel zone to the east…
Cabarete
Budget-minded kitesurfers should consider this relatively new, seafront place. Clean and simply furnished rooms with new flat-screen TVs are in a building…
Punta Cana & the Southeast
Only a block west of the Basilica de Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia, Don Carlos is a maze of rooms. It’s friendly and professional for the most part, but…
Vieques
This cheerful guesthouse has two apartments at the top of a hill, just a few minutes' walk from Esperanza's malecón. Both are wonderfully cozy and decked…
Havana
Named for famous Hemingway novel The Old Man and the Sea, this concrete jungle sits at scruffy Marina Hemingway and has recently been refurbished after a…
Santo Domingo
This aging, sky-high hotel is once again called Sheraton, though now under the Marriott umbrella. A decent option relatively close to the Zona Colonial,…
Culebra
The Tamarindo is Culebra to the core: rustic, isolated and with a lovely Caribbean vista over Cayo Luis Peña. Spread over 60 acres, the dozen apartments…
Port-au-Prince & Around
This large and charming complex has a nice selection of rooms, including ‘gingerbreadized’ rooms near the beach and more Spanish-hacienda-style ones…
Santiago
At the back of a strip mall a short drive from town, this is an excellent-value option. While standard rooms, especially the small basement rooms, lack…
Habana del Este
On the Vía Blanca, 18km east of Havana, this is the closest beach resort to the capital. There's a long, sandy (if rubbish-ridden) shore between the…
Varadero
The turreted Pullman still stands defiantly in Varadero town, competing, not altogether successfully, with the surrounding casas particulares (rooms in…
Cuba
A strong contender for Cuba's 'ugliest hotel,' the Pasacaballo looks like it got catapulted over from a Moscow housing estate in the mid-1970s. Worn-out…
Anguilla
Ease into the laid-back Caribbean lifestyle at this retreat with its front yard of white-sand perfection. Each of the 23 comfortable units comes with…
Península de Samaná
This massive complex, 6km west of Samaná, has generic but comfortable suites with full working kitchens and sea-facing balconies. The large multistory…
Punta Cana & the Southeast
A doable budget choice located in the center of the action in town. Pop your head in before making a decision. It has simple rooms and apartments with…
Anguilla
On a scrubby hillside, this Zen-like villa flanked by smooth wooden balusters and bursts of bamboo sleeps up to eight people. It's only rented in its…
Península de Samaná
Located above a nice international-Chinese restaurant (mains RD$180 to RD$900) on top of a hill, Hotel Blue View has rooms with balconies offering…
Aruba
The Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino splits its 500-plus rooms between a large adults-only complex with casino and shopping mall in the heart of town,…
El Yunque & East Coast
This two-story hotel has 26 spacious rooms that open onto a small pool, a manicured lawn and, beyond that, popular Playa Lucía. Each has a minifridge,…
Santo Domingo
Housed in an old colonial-style home, San Marco's pièce de résistance is the shady, inner courtyard pool area furnished with hammocks and lounge chairs…
Santiago
A garishly designed couples hotel (aka cabaña turisticos or, more colloquially, 'love motel') that charges by the hour and is located along the highway…
Santo Domingo
Only a block from Parque Colón, the Hodelpa Caribe is a convenient choice for those seeking modern comforts without the colonial vibe. The lobby and 45…
Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino
St-Martin & Sint Maarten
Completely updated post-Irma, this 340-room all-inclusive airport-adjacent resort is like a village onto itself. Why leave if you can indulge in six…
Tobago
This timeshare resort has a range of comfortable, well-attended studios to 1- and 4-bed apartments. It's away from the action on a quiet road that winds…
Trinidad
Run by the same team as the fantastic Freebird restaurant below the rooms, Petrea Place is named for the surrounding petrea trees, and offers a tranquil…
Anguilla
Owners Marjorie and Christian quickly make strangers feel like family at this inn steps from the ferry pier. Nicknamed 'FBI,' the Ferryboat Inn's quaint…
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