Trinidad - Carnival In Trinidad - Various Artists

Advantages: Culture, cuisine and charm
Disadvantages: Hard to leave

.... A previous host back in Havana had kindly made arrangements for a friend of his, another casa particular owner, to put us up in Trinidad and Pedro took us straight to his house on the edge of Trinidad?s quaint and colourful colonial old town, taking short cuts down narrow alleyways while we tried to remember landmarks. We were hungry, tired and somewhat taken aback by all the hustle and bustle going on around us. Pedro seemed to know everyone in Trinidad and shook hands with the men he met and pointed out things of interest along the short walk up the hill to the house he shares with his wife, Carmen. Trinidad has few big tourist hotels, the few there are in the area are mainly situated on the beach a few miles away at Playa Ancon and so locals have been given more or less free reign in letting out their spare rooms. The quality varies from... Read review

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Advantages: Location, location, location
Disadvantages: Noisy for some guests

...We went on holiday to Majorca for 10 days in July and stayed at the Sol Trinidad hotel in Magaluf. We have been to Magaluf in the past and stayed at a Sol hotel which we really liked and so decided to give this one a go. We booked it off teletext and stayed half-board. The hotel has 375 rooms spread over 9 floors, we had a pool view room on the forth floor which was quite handy as the two (very small!) lifts were out of action a few times and I was grateful for only having to climb four flights of stairs. It is situated a 2 minute walk across the road to the beach, and the road along the front of the hotel has lots of shops (clothes, souvenirs, booze, fags etc) and the road behind mainly bars and BCM the major nightclub where Radio 1 were doing there live weekend while we were there. It is a 5 minute walk to the strip where all... Read review

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Advantages: Beautiful Tropical Paradise
Disadvantages: Wet, increasingly crime-ridden.

...I can't find a category for Hotels in Trinidad, but as this is my first op over here, go easy on me! I hope it also gives an insight into the landscape, atmosphere and some other attractions of Trinidad. The Asa Wright centre is more than just a hotel, it's a nature reserve, research centre, visitor attraction and tranquil get-away-from-it-all hideaway, high up in the Northern Range mountains of Trinidad. The original house is set on a former coffee/cocoa/citrus plantation overlooking the Arima Valley, and was established as a residence for visiting naturalists in the post-war years, by its owner, Asa Wright. As she became too elderly to manage the place, a trust was established to protect the estate and maintain the house as a hotel for wildlife enthusiasts. The trust have continued to buy up land in the surrounding area to... Read review

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