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          Six Cuban hotels Among the
        
        
          Best in the Caribbean
        
        
          Six Cuban hotels stand out among the top 25 all-
        
        
          inclusive resorts in the Caribbean, according to the
        
        
          2016 Travelers’ Choice Awards organized by the larg-
        
        
          est travel website, TripAdvisor, from the opinions of
        
        
          thousands of users of different nationalities.
        
        
          The five-star facility located in the Jardines del Rey
        
        
          area, the Royalton Cayo Santa Maria, ranked sixth,
        
        
          while it is also in position 19 worldwide. Customers
        
        
          of this resort, operated by Canada’s Blue Diamond
        
        
          north of the province of Villa Clara, highlight in Tri-
        
        
          pAdvisor the excellence of services, the careful at-
        
        
          tention of its staff and the beauty of the area where
        
        
          it is situated.
        
        
          Also located in the same tourist destination, the Me-
        
        
          lia Buenavista appears at 18 in the regional ranking,
        
        
          while the Melia Cayo Coco, north of Ciego de Avila,
        
        
          ranks tenth. In addition, the Paradisus Rio de Oro
        
        
          Resort and Spa, in Holguin is placed 14; the Royal-
        
        
          ton Hicacos Varadero Resort and Spa Varadero at
        
        
          21, and Iberostar Varadero at 24.
        
        
          The Traveler’s Choice Awards acknowledge a total of
        
        
          100 properties around the world and its winners are
        
        
          determined by the criteria assessed by millions of
        
        
          travelers in several categories, such as best hotels,
        
        
          destinations and beaches and favorite restaurants.