Lourdes and her family made us very welcome indeed and we spent 2 delightful evenings playing dominoes with her and a lovely neighbour. Our room was spacious and clean and breakfast and dinner Cuban style was delicious, though we needed to ask for smaller portions! The house is about 10 minutes walk from the centre of Camaguey in a pleasant street where I felt we got to know quite a few people in a short time. Off the main tourist track I felt we really saw the real Cuba here.

We had a very enjoyable time with Mariaelena and her other guests. The dirty street outside the house was very deceptive because inside her house was charming and relaxing. Our room was very well appointed - the best we experienced in our 2 weeks in Cuba. We ate excellent food in the courtyard and Mariaelena and her family were very helpful, friendly and available constantly to sort out any touristic queries we had.

We hadn't realised that we were booked into a small apartment with all mod cons next door to Mariela's house with a door on to the street. She has other rooms available on the roof which are accessed by stairs and a first floor terrace. Maybe these are cheaper! We had a friendly welcome and the food was very good indeed (breakfast and dinner).

Catalina actually lives on the hill as you come into Vinales about 10 minutes walk from the centre of the town. A fantastic location especially from the roof where you eat good Cuban food under a parasol. Room is very basic but clean. A few things need fixing eg bathroom light, bedside light but Catalina is working on these. Friendly and helpful with a very pleasant English speaking neighbour who comes regularly to make sure all is ok. Felt very at ease here and no need to pay someone to watch the car at night!

We had a very nice time with Jorge, his family and the other guests. It was very much living 'en famille' in an interesting house which gave us a real idea of Cuba as it actually is for many of the population in Havana. Jorge is great fun and very helpful.