Travelers Reviews Casa Villa Cristal Vinales

Sonja & Trevor from London UK:
Thank s! o much for the wonderful time! We have really enjoyed these 3 days in January with you and highly appreciate the warm and caring hospitality. Fransisco, Any and family are wonderful hosts, always there
with friendly advice, assisting with arranging visits and making us feel welcome by introducing us to their friends and family. The room and
the bathroom are very nice and clean with a great hot shower. We had such lovely chilling out times in their beautiful garden and on the veranda, sitting in rocking chair watching the sun-set. And we can only agree with everyone else’s review that Any’s dinners are the best Cuban cooking we had during our 3-week stay in Cuba!! Thank you so much again and until our next stay in Viñales.

Donald and Margeret from Canada wrote us: We just got back from a 9 day stay in Cuba [ 2 days in Havana not so good] but 7 days with Francisco and Any at Villa Cristal in Vinales. Wonderful stay, excellent food,beaufiful location. Most relaxing holiday we have ever had. Hosts were gracious and well spoken as well as very informative about Cuban culture and society. We would recommend this casa particular to anyone wanting a friendly welcome . We found it hard to leave.

Christoph from Austria wrote us: I stayed at Villa Cristal for some days in January 2005. I really enjoyed it being among these nice people. They know a lot of things to do and great places to go in the Valle Vinales. Since they speak English very well, I had a lot of fun with the whole family (and also their friends and neighbours). In the evening we were playing Domino, drinking rum, smoking cigars, listening to Cuban music, talking about this and that, ... Francisco, Any and Bullo got to be really nice friends! Thank you for everything! I'm looking forward to come back someday!!!

Viheke and Rasmus from Denmark : We have really enjoyed the stay with you The room and the bathroom are well decorated and kept very clean.
We have enjoyed and loved every meal that Any have prepared for us, she is an excellent cook as well and if we did not finish it all, it was just because we unfortunately could not eat more.
We highly appreciate your warm and caring hospitality. Always there with a friendly advise and good jokes. It was very easy for us to stay with you as you as go open minded and well spoken in English. This is the first time that we stay in a Casa Particular and we are certainly not disappointed.
We wish you all the best for the future Viheke and Rasmus from Denmark

Grant Robinson from Canada: Villa Cristal and the viñales Valley is a veritable paradise, form the variety of locally grown food to stunning scenery that is brought together by the charming hospitality of Francisco and Any. We’ll come back again. I highly recommend learning the game of dominoes, it’s a local compulsion and very social way to get to know the locals.

Per and Kate from Denmark: Thank so much for a very very nice stay! We have really enjoyed these 3 days with you. The bath room is by far the prettiest we have seen in Cuba. Wish we had one like it at home. And plenty of hot water, that was nice after 2 days with only cold water in Havana!
Any´s food is also by far the best food we have had get in this country, what a pity we couldn’t eat more. It just tasted so good, the soap (sauce?...), the meet, the vegetables and the fruit (specially the pineapples and bananas)
Francisco´s help with arranging the day trip to Cayo Levisa (the beautiful coral island) and taxi back to Varadero is also very much appreciated, it was so easy, just ask him and the next day everything is arranged! And the right price.
And just to sit in your back yard listening to the roosters, the pigs, etc. Watching the hamming birds, the chicken, cats, dogs walk around, or Bullo attending to the house or feed the pig, while we enjoyed one of many mojitos and Bucaneros, well what can we say? That has been paradise!!
The home made coffee was like the rest also some of the best we had.
One evening an official massager came by offering 1 hour massage for 25CUC. Kate accepted and it was worth every cent
And of course we enjoyed being able to have long talk with you in english which you both speak very, very well.
If – or rather when – we come back to Viñales, we for sure wish to stay with you again!
Regards and best wishes
Per and Kate from Denmark

Soren and Karen from Denmark: We have really enjoyed the past 3 days here in Viñales and Villa Cristal. Its one of the most relaxing and pleasant places we have ever been to.
The room was nice and the bathroom excellent. Any and Francisco have both been very helpful and its very nice to sit in the rocking chair in front of their house watching life go´s by
Any´s cooking is the best. We’re been looking forward to our breakfast and enjoyed our dinner every night.
For us its been important that you both speak so fluent English. Muchas Gracias

Miles and Tamara from Australia: Thank you very much for your wonderful hospitality. You have a very nice house and a very nice family. What a wonderful life in Cuba. Thank you for helping us arrange ourtrip and feeding us so well. Muchas gracias por todo.

Mandy Sirett from England and Bert Van der Horing from Holland: Thank you for sharing your lovely home, for looking after us, feeding us and introducing us to all your friends and family
We felt very much at home and not having a home back in Europe meant we could have stayed here!!
We will recommend your hospitality to anyone
With very best wishes to you all.
Mandy Sirett from England and Bert Van der Horing from Holland

Marie and Alain from Canada: Thank you very much for a wonderful evening. The room and bathroom are fantastic. Thank you also for a very good dinner and breakfast. We will recommend Villa Cristal to other people people travelling to Viñales
Best wishes to all of you and thank you again
Marie and Alain from Canada

John and June Murphy from Ireland: Many thanks for having us in your nice home and for the excellent cooking. We would recommend it to any one we meat.
Best wishes to you and your family
John and June Murphy from Ireland

Myra and Jeroen Dicker from Holland: We had a lovely stay at your home. A perfect example of Cuban hospitality!
Because of our Luna de Miel, Anita prepared a lovely romantic honey moon dinner at the first evening. She also arrange 3 hours horse ride through the valley which can be recommend to all visitors, also for those who can not ride a horse. The American/Mexican saddles are easy to hold on to. So for everyone who can ride a bike, horse back riding become a piece of cake.
We also visited Cueva del Indio what was really impressive.
Beside all the tourist things the discussions with Anita and Francisco were fascinating. We’ve read a lot about Cuba before coming over, but once you talk about the real Cuban life you will see its totally different from the books.
Thank you very much. We’ve enjoyed the easy going Cuban way of life every second
Myra and Jeroen Dicker from Holland

Petra y Jaks from Czech Republic: We have just 3 words to express our stay here, it was wonderful!
Thank you for your friendly welcoming and your hospitality. Any your food is so delicious and great!! For us these days we spent with you here In Viñales belong to the best in Cuba, and we hope to come here once again.
Muchas Gracias por todo
Petra y Jaks from Czech Republic

Janny and Jacques Van Beek from Holland: We did not have any experience with casas particulares. In fact our stay with Any, Francisco and family was the second one after in Havana. But the welcome in Viñales was very touching. We felt just like at home. We only stayed here for 2 whole days and it was to short to see the whole western part of Cuba and to know the family better. But whenever we decide to leave another time for Cuba, we will visit Viñales again and we can´t resist another stay with Any and Francisco. Besides we played Dominó with Bullo, a fame we played in our youth long ago. One saty with Any and family was very charming, we enjoy the food. Any cooks very much and hope to see the family in the future again

Esteban and Tressa from USA : Words to describe our stay at Villa Cristal with Bullo, Efrain, Anita and Francisco: easy, relaxed, kind, gracious, informative and lively.
This was our first trip to Cuba and out of Havana. We feel it so hard to describe the spirit of the people. We found such friendly, warm and kind people that it was a bit stunning at first. After a few days, sitting on the porch watching the many forms of transportations go by; noting all the waves, hellos and sharing of neighbours and friends, enjoying the flow of life in this small – Marquez Like- town of Viñales, added up in some inextricable way of a warm and easy sense.
Anita´s cooking is wonderful as is her joy in helping with the simplest things. Francisco really helped us get a sense of the Cuban way of seeing the political world outside. And of course his constant concern that all is going well.
Any way we will always be grateful for this family and these lovely country with such kind people.

Natalie and Jenny from Scotland and Ireland : We would like to thank you all for welcoming us into your happy and charming home We loved everything about our stay from the beautiful Viñales Valley to the delicious cooking, helpful advice (horses, salsa, etc) and not least the gorgeous Efrain! Like others had said before, we will definitely recommend your super hospitality and if we are even back in Viñales will definitely be booking in your home Thanks again for helping us organising our trip to Trinidad- Meeting all of you has really added to our Cuban experience Cheers Natalie and Jenny from Scotland and Ireland

Shawna and Kelly: Dear Anita and Francisco, y to all at Villa Cristal; Gracias por su hospitalidad, fueron muy amables, I really hope to someday comeback and stay with you and speak Spanish, jajaja
I have had a wonderful stay- Your kindness, generosity is much appreciated – We thank you from the bottom of our hearts! Your casa is welcoming beautiful – We both enjoyed conversing with you (both of you) Learning more about Cuba, food was buenisimo! Felicitaciones a la cocinera Joe and I both wish to return sometime in the near future Best wishes, hugs and kisses to you all
Muchas Gracias
Shawna and Kelly
Ps I really wish to say more, but words can´t even come close to describing how I feel